Tony Zatzick

PO Box 1046, CT 06813
(860) 946-9675
zatzick@localnet.com

Born 1967 - Los Angeles, CA

Education

Attended Ecole des Beaux Arts, Lacoste France in Fall 1987

BA, Fine Art (Painting) - University of California, Santa Cruz 1989

MFA - Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT - 2004

Resident Faculty: Margaret Grimes, Marjorie Portnow, John Wallace

Visiting Critics: John Arthur, Hugh O’Donnell, James McGarrell, Susanna Coffey, Don Kimes, Lois Dodd, William Bailley, Robert Andrew Parker, Ruth Miller, Yvonne Jacquette, Roger Boyce, Stanley Lewis, Robert Berlind and Graham Nickson

Drawing Marathon with Graham Nickson, New York Studio School, Summer 2003

Residency at the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson Vermont, Fall 2004

Selected Solo Exhibitions

Fall 2006 Community College of Rhode Island - Flanagan Campus, Lincoln, RI

“Chi”

Spring 2005 Sherman Library, Sherman, CT

“Watercolors”

Fall 2004 Gunn Memorial Library, Washington, CT

Recent Work

Fall 2001 Kramer School Artist Cooperative, Little Rock, AR

“Recent Work from California”

Spring 1999 Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville, AR

“Arkansas Landscapes"

Spring 1998 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro, New Orleans, LA

"Central American Landscapes"

Fall 1997 Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville, AR

"Local Colors"

Spring 1996 ’36 Club, Fayetteville, AR

"Journey to the Edge - Visions from Mexico"

Spring 1995 New Orleans Museum for Responsible Art- New Orleans, LA

"Watershed"

Spring 1994 Chaos Gallery, New Orleans, LA

"Spring in a New Light"

Spring 1992 The Buchanan St. Gallery, San Francisco, CA

"Masks of the Spirit"

Selected Juried Group Exhibition

Fall 2006 Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT

“Connecticut Vision” - Juror’s Barbara Grossman & Charles Cajori

Spring 2006 Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT

“Particular Places” ­ Juror: Bernard Chaet

Summer 2004 Bowery Gallery, New York, New York

Juried Show, Juror: William Bailey

Spring 2004 Wright State University Art Galleries, Dayton, Ohio

“Drawing from Perception V” juror: Charles Cajori

Summer 2003 Historic Arkansas Museum ­ Trinity Gallery, Little Rock AR

“From the Kramer School- Work by Tony Zatzick, Dero Sanford and Jennifer Fowler”

Spring 2001 French Institute - Alliance Francais, New York, New York

“Traces of Provence: Art after Lacoste”

Spring 2001 Fort Smith Convention Center, Fort Smith, AR

“Fort Smith Art Quest”

Summer 2000 The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR

“The 43rd Annual Delta Exhibition” juror: Graham Nickson

Group Exhibitions

Summer 2006 Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, N.Y. – Small Works on Paper

Winter 2006 Silo Gallery, New Milford CT

The Woods

Fall 2005 Washington Art Association, Washington CT

Faculty Exhibition

Fall 2005 Silo Gallery, New Milford CT

The Farm

Summer 2005 Blue Mountain Gallery. NY, NY

Small Works Invitational Part One - Paintings

Summer 2005 Blue Mountain Gallery, NY, NY

Small Works Invitational Part Two ­ Works on Paper

Summer 2005 Noho Gallery, NY, NY

8 Emerging Artists ­ WCSU Graduate Exhibition

Summer 2005 Porter Street Artist’s Collective, Watertown, CT

Open Studio

Spring 2004 Warner Hall, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT

“Master of Fine Arts - Thesis Exhibition 2004”

Spring 2004 Student Center, W. Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT

“Landscape Painting Show” (in honor of Jane Goodall)

Spring 2003 Warner Hall, W. Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT

“1^st Year M.F.A. Exhibition”

Spring 2003 Silo Gallery, New Milford, CT

“Sights, Sounds, and Celebration”

Spring 2003 Warner Hall, W. Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT

“Landscape Painting Show” (in honor of Jane Goodall)

Awards

Spring 2004 Master of Fine Arts Award ­ Western Connecticut State University - Division of Graduate Studies

Fall 2004 Artist’s Grant ­ Residency at Vermont Studio Center ­ Johnson VT

Fall 1996 1st Place ­ Artists of Northwest Arkansas Fall Regional Exhibition

Major Commissions

Winter 2002 Indoor Mural 8’X 100’ - Historic Arkansas Museum, Little Rock, AR

Fall 2001 Indoor Mural 8’X 100’ - Historic Arkansas Museum, Little Rock, AR

Spring 2001 Indoor Mural 10’X 54’ - Castaway Island Grill & Brewery, Little Rock, AR

Spring 2001 Storefront Mural 5’X14’- Nationwide Insurance Company, Little Rock, AR

Spring 2000 Outdoor Mural 17’X 20’- Cantrell Gardens, Little Rock, AR

Teaching Experience

Winter 2004 Painting Instructor - Washington Art Association, Washington, CT

Spring 2004-present Educational Advisor ­ Liquitex

Spring /Fall 2003 Graduate Assistant ­Printmaking W. Connecticut State University

Summer 2002/03 AIE Artist in Residence/Lecturer -Southern Arkansas University,

Magnolia, AR

Spring 2002 AIE Artist Residency - Fair Park Elementary, Little Rock, AR

Spring 2001 Adjunct Painting Faculty- Philander Smith College (Historic African

American Institution), Little Rock, AR

2000-2002 Painting Instructor - Museum School of The Arkansas Arts Center,

2000-2002 Art Instructor - U. of Arkansas Little Rock- Share America Program

Fall 1996 Visiting Artist/Guest Speaker at U. of Arkansas, Fayetteville

1989-1990 h3Assistant Instructor - Painting, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Lacoste, France

Related Professional Experience

2005-2006 MFA Assistant - Western Connecticut State University

Fall 2004 University Assistant - MFA Program Western Connecticut State U.

Spring 2003 Internship with Artist Hugh O’Donnell

Summer 2000/01 Community Outreach Mural Project - Arkansas Arts Center, LR, AR

1998-2000 h3Assistant to Muralist Patrick Cunningham, Little Rock, AR

Professional Memberships

2002 - Present College Art Association

2001- 2004 Member of the Arkansas Arts Council’s Arts in Education Program

2000-2002 Vice President of the Kramer School Artist Cooperative, LR, AR