Zach Searcy

April 14, 2023 thru

 May 30, 2023

Featured image: Garden 

About the exhibition

Blooming

Made during the springtime in Portugal at an artist residency, these paper pulp paintings revolve with themes of nature, science, and organic matter. Traditionally, Zach creates paintings together with wood sculptural supports for the pieces. These paper pulp paintings are a response to convention allowing this fluid process to shorten the gap between impulse and creation.

Blending paper with water produces a pulp which can build form allowing the pulp to become sculptural. The pulp can become compositions to be poured rather than being built. Color then can be thought of as a material. Working inside of this medium develops a generous state of play.

“Living material” was a consistent phrase kept in mind during the production phase and while Zach took daily walks around the blooming landscapes of Portugal.

Zach Searcy’s exhibition is on view from April 27May 21, 2023

About the artist

Zach Searcy is a mixed media artist from Knoxville, TN. A self trained artist, Searcy’s work has been featured throughout the Southeastern US and the Bay Area. Searcy opened and curated a gallery space in Knoxville showing local and national artists in a wide range of mediums including contemporary painting, sound art, and film. Now residing in San Francisco, Searcy is a resident artist at Root Division, a contemporary art space providing affordable studio spaces to artists in downtown San Francisco.

Artwork in the show

Small case

Paths
Paper pulp , acrylic, and gouache on wood panel
14.5” x 10.5”
2023
$495.00

Big case
Left to right

Pollinator
Paper pulp, acrylic, and gouache on wood panel
9″ x 12″
2023
$445.00

Render
Paper pulp, acrylic, and gouache on wood panel
14″ x 11″
2023
$495.00

Garden
Paper pulp, acrylic, and gouache on wood panel
20″ x 16″
2023
$795.00

Sunbathing
Paper pulp, acrylic, and gouache on wood panel
20″ x 16″
2023
$795.00

Dandelion
Paper pulp, acrylic, and gouache on wood panel
20″ x 16″
2023
$795.00

Germinate
Paper pulp, acrylic, and gouache on wood panel
14″ x 11″
2023
$495.00

Curious Plants

Paper pulp, acrylic, and gouache on wood panel
9″ x 12″
2023
$445.00

The Ramp Gallery is an artist-driven exhibition space at SOMArts that is currently accepting applications for four-week long solo and group shows. An opportunity for entrepreneurial artists to ramp up their careers by exhibiting at one of San Francisco’s most dynamic hubs for art and community, the high-visibility location of The Ramp Gallery is adjacent to the main entrance of SOMArts and open to all local artists in the Bay Area. To learn more about the space please visit, The Ramp Gallery.