AMIR ZAKI

Born: 1974 Beaumont, CA

Lives and works in Los Angeles

Education:

1999 Master of Fine Arts, University of California, Los Angeles

1996 Bachelors of Arts, University of California, Riverside

Solo Exhibitions:

2005 Spring through Winter, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, CA

Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, NY

SOUTH…WEST…COLD…WATER…SOUTH…WEST…STUDIO…CITY,

Roberts and Tilton Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2004 Amir Zaki: Billboard Project. MAK Center for Art and Architecture / City of West Hollywood. West Hollywood, CA

Amir Zaki: Front and Center, Sweeney Art Gallery, UC Riverside. Riverside, CA

2003 VLHV, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA (Catalogue)

VLHV, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA (Catalogue)

2002 Art Statements, Art Basel-Miami Beach. James Harris Gallery. Miami, FL

2001 “Various Recording of Ambient Noise (From at Least Ten Feet above Ground)"

and “ Long, Dark Look at Common Roofing Materials and Their

Surroundings” and “What Cats Might See,”

Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA

2000 Photographs From, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA

Photographs From, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY

Photographs From, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA

1999 Spot-Lit Stages of a Nocturnal Voyage, Sweeney Art Gallery, University of California, Riverside

Group Exhibitions

2004 Direct Exposure: Perspectives on the Southern California Landscape, Ontario International Airport, Ontario, CA.

2003 A Decade of Collecting, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA

2002 New Additions to the Curiously Strong Collection, New Museum of Contemporary Art. New York, NY

For Real, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA

New Additions to the Curiously Strong Collection, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA

Majestic Sprawl, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA

Caught, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA

Anti-form, Center for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO

2001 Friends of the West, Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Santa Barbara, CA

Vision Embraces the World, Echo Park Projects, Los Angeles, CA

2000 Scanner, CCAC Oliver Art Center. Oakland, CA

Legal Paper Show, Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA

1999 Take a Walk Around the Room, Tularosa Dr., Los Angeles, CA

MFA Thesis Exhibition, UCLA Wight Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

CAA / MFA Juried Exhibition, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery.

Los Angeles, CA

1998 Home, Los Angeles Cultural Net, Internet Project: www.lacn.org

1997 Malibu Sex Party, Purple Fine Art, Venice, CA

1996 Thesis Exhibition, Sweeney Art Gallery, Riverside, CA

Public Collections:

Creative Artists Agency, Los Angeles, CA

Dacra Collection, Miami Beach, FL

Microsoft, Redmond, WA

Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Harbor, CA

Progressive Corporation, Mayfield Village, OH

Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA

Altoids Curiously Strong Collection, New York, NY

Selected Bibliography:

Myers, Holly. "A Dramatic Gaze up at the Hilltop," Los Angeles Times,

January 28, 2005 E24.

Hackett, Regina. Amir Zaki's photos of everyday scenes invite double takes.

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Jan 10, 2003. p.15.

Miller, Jeffrey. "Age of Convenience: The Beauty of Monotony," The Stranger, January 16-22, 2002, p.32.

Hoffman, Leslie. "Skewed Perspectives," Pulp. Review. Nov. 28, 2002

McQuaid , Cate. "Modern Art's North Shore Exposure," The Boston Globe, March 28, 2002, p.D3.

Thomas, Mary. "Artist’s Make their Own Reality in Digital Realism,"

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Dec. 7, 2002, Section C-7.

Hainley, Bruce. “Amir Zaki” Artforum, November 2001, p. 151

Cooper, Jacqueline. “Amir Zaki,” New Art Examiner, September, 2000 pp.61-62.

Frederickson, Eric. “Amir Zaki,” The Stranger, Vol. 9 No. 24, Mar. 2-8, 2000, p. 38.

Hackett, Regina. “Art Review,” The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Mar. 24, 2000,

Sect. WH, p. 22.

Hall, Emily. “New Developments: Photo Facts and Fictions,” The Stranger, Vol. 9

No. 27, March 23-39, 2000, p. 33.

McGovern, Thomas. “Amir Zaki,” Artweek, July/August 2000, pp. 23-24.

Schubert, Lawrence. “Amir Zaki,” Flaunt Magazine, May 2000, p. 52.

Hultrans, Andrew. “Surf and Turf,” Artforum, Summer 1999