On the occasion of The Art Show 2022, Almine Rech will present a solo booth of works by Zio Ziegler. Ziegler’s large-format ‘Essential Figures’ paintings feature primitive patterns, improvised linework, and layers of amorphous forms that appear both solid and porous, oscillating between the visible and invisible.

Ziegler paints from a meditative state, drawing from his subconscious a personal interpretation of the world around him. For him, painting is an act of self-exploration and a radical expression of vulnerability. “Painting is my attempt at self-understanding - rather than finding a concept and executing it in a linear fashion, I react to my questions, life, and awareness,” he claims. The focus of Ziegler’s practice aims to illuminate the process of creating instead of isolating the final result. His images of monumental figures set in motion serve as a portal of sorts for the viewer, inviting them to perceive the work in their own way, and in turn creating an active exchange between the artist and the audience.

Using primarily oil sticks, Ziegler works with textures that fuse the raw oil pigment with external materials such as sand, soil, and pumice. His sources of inspiration include Italian Futurism and Cubism, and call to mind the hybridization of figuration and abstraction exemplified by Francis Bacon, the early works of Kazimir Malevich, and Constantin Brancusi's sculptures.

Ziegler studied at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and Brown University, receiving his BFA from RISD in 2010. Recent solo exhibitions include Meta Myths at Allouche Benias Gallery, Athens, Greece (2019); The Fourth Wall at the Marin Museum of Contemporary Art (2018); Bernard Gwilliam and the Quantum Modernism at Jules Maeght Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2017); Meta Species at Ochi Gallery, Idaho, CA (2016); and Et in Arte Ego at Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy (2014). Ziegler has been commissioned by the United Nations for a 70th anniversary commemorative mural in Oakland California, and has been teaching at Stanford University since 2019.

The Art Show
November 2- 6, 2022 | New York
Booth 119

Biography:

Born 1988 in Mill Valley, California

Lives and works in Mill Valley, California

Solo Exhibitions




2020
‘A Case Against Reality,’ Ever Gold [Projects], San Francisco, CA

2019
‘Meta-Myths,’ Allouche Benias Gallery, Athens, Greece

2018
The Fourth Wall, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA

2017
Meta Species, Ochi Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho

2016
‘Bernard Gwilliam & The Quantum Modernism,’ Jules Maeght Gallery, San Francisco,
CA
To Arrive at the Truth, Ochi Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
‘The Deformation,’ Sky Art Foundation, Kiyev, Ukraine

2015
‘The Psyche's Gestures,’ SOZE Gallery, Hollywood, CA
‘Painting is the Pattern,’ Jules Maeght, San Francisco, CA

2014
‘Intuitivism,’ Le QuiVive, Oakland, CA
‘Et In Arte Ego,’ Antonio Colombo, Milan, Italy
Group Shows

2017
Daniel Gibson and Zio Ziegler at Antonio Colombo Gallery, Milan, Italy

2016
No Commission (Swiz Beats Art Project), Berlin, Germany
‘Momento Mori,’ Huntington Beach Art Center, CA

2015
No Commission (Swiz Beats Art Project), Art Basel Miami, FL
‘Conditions,’ Athen B. Gallery, Oakland, CA

Public Collections
Rubell Museum, Miami FL
Colleción Solo, Madrid Spain