Lives and works in San Francisco, CA

 

EDUCATION

  • 2009
  • MA (Visual & Critical Studies), California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
  • 2006
  • MFA (Painting & Drawing), California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
  • 2001
  • BA (Art), Stanford University, Stanford, CA

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS

  • 2012
  • Nothing Is Ever Finished, Eli Ridgway Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • Crumple Crumple, Eli Ridgway Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • 2011
  • Fellowship Exhibition, Kala Art institute, Berkeley CA
  • Zachary Royer Scholz, New Resources Bank, San Francisco, CA
  • 2010
  • Tape, Paint, Repaint, Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
  • Flux Redux, Recology, San Francisco, CA
  • 2009
  • Thoughts in Circles and Squares, NOMA Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • Open Space, Chandra Cerrito Contemporary, Oakland, CA
  • 2008
  • Specific Objects, David Sallow Gallery, Los Angles, CA
  • Yet to Be Determined, The LAB, San Francisco, CA
  • Zachary Royer Scholz, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
  • Void, The Small Gallery, Oakland, CA
  • 2007
  • Whirlpool, The Small Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • 2006
  • MFA Thesis Exhibition, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
  • 2004
  • Square, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
  • 2002
  • Zachary Royer Scholz, Frank Schlesinger Associates, Washington, DC
  • 2001
  • BA Thesis Exhibition, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
  • 4 More, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2011
  • Working Conditions, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
  • Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
  • Shadowshop, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
  • Fresh Work, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
  • 2010
  • We Have As Much Time As It Takes, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
  • PAPER! AWESOME!, Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
  • Par Avion, Parlour, Siena, Italy
  • New Enterprise, Fine Art Base, Seaside, CA
  • Hello! My Name Is…, Invisible Venue, College Art Association 98th Annual Conference, Chicago, IL
  • Chimera: Fabrications of the Mind, Gensler, San Francisco, CA
  • Top 10, MacArthur B. Arthur, Oakland, CA
  • 2009
  • Stowaways, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
  • Deadpan Exchange IV, K2 Contemporary At Center, Izmir Turkey
  • Present Tense Biennial, The Chinese Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
  • Mashup, NOMA Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • Artists of ZYZZYVA, Mina Dresden, San Francisco, CA
  • A Matter of Course, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
  • 2008
  • Casual Labor, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
  • Amidst The Ruins, Mission 17, San Francisco, CA
  • The Colony Room, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
  • The Portable Ice Cream Stand, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
  • Cleanliness Is..., Intersection Institute, San Francisco, CA
  • 2007
  • Word of Mouth, Gallery Diet at The Bridge Art Fair, Miami, FL
  • Grounded, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
  • Don’t Try This At Home, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
  • Bay Area Currents, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
  • Faction, PLAySPACE Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • Pro Arts Juried Annual, Pro Arts, Oakland, CA
  • Close Calls 2007, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
  • 2006
  • Terror?, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
  • Works Around Process, PLAySPACE Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • New California Masters, Works San Jose, San Jose, CA
  • Lock-in, PLAySPACE Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • 2005
  • Contact, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
  • Mayhem, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
  • ISA Black-Market, Hayes Valley Market, San Francisco, CA

 

SCREENINGS

  • 2010
  • Mobile Arts Platform (MAP), Potrero Hill Exhibition, San Francisco, CA [October 16th]
  • Mobile Arts Platform (MAP), Left Coast Live, San Jose, CA [June 25th to 26th]
  • Mobile Arts Platform (MAP), SOMArts, San Francisco, CA [March 26th]

 

AWARDS, GRANTS, AND FELLOWSHIPS

  • 2011
  • San Francisco Artist Award Finalist, Frey Norris Contemporary & Modern
  • 2010
  • Kala Fellowship, Kala Art Institute
  • 2008
  • SECA Art Award Finalist, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
  • Kala Fellowship Finalist, Kala Art Institute
  • 2007
  • Outstanding Leadership Award, California College of the Arts
  • 2006
  • Visual Studies Research Grant, California College of the Arts
  • Board Prize Finalist, Kala Art Institute
  • 2001
  • Department of Humanities Arts Award, Stanford University

 

RESIDENCIES

  • 2012
  • Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
  • 2011
  • Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
  • 2010
  • Recology, San Francisco, CA
  • 2007
  • Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA

 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

  • Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
  • Mess Hall’s Printed Materials Archive, Chicago, IL
  • Recology, San Francisco, CA

 

PUBLICATIONS

  • 2012
  • “Crestmont at Coral” John Chiara at Haines Gallery, Art Practical (review)
  • 2011
  • “Is It Obvious?”, Isn't It Obvious. San Francisco Arts Commission (catalog essay)
  • “Best of: Zachary Royer Scholz” – Art Practical (feature)
  • “San Francisco and the Art World of Tomorrow (Part 1)”, Art Practical (feature)
  • “San Francisco and the Art World of Tomorrow (Part 2)”, Art Practical (feature)
  • “San Francisco and the Art World of Tomorrow (Part 3)”, Art Practical (feature)
  • “In and out of Context”, Panel Discussion at the Art Los Angles Contemporary art fair, Art Practical (feature)
  • "Here Be Dragons: Mapping Information and Imagination" at Intersection for the Arts – Art Practical (review)
  • Looking Through Trees: Pamela Jorden” at Romer Young Gallery – Art Practical (review)
  • “Episode 299: Aaron GM and Ginger Wolfe Suarez”, Bad At Sports (audio interview)
  • 2010
  • All my Black Pens, ZYZZYVA #88 [Spring] (image)
  • “Brion Nuda Rosch”, Brion Nuda Rosch. Little Paper Planes (monograph foreword)
  • Art at the Dump, published by Recology (book)
  • “Cremaster Cycle plus De Lama Lâmina” Matthew Barney at the Roxie Theater, Art Practical (review)
  • “We They, We They” Clare Rojas at The Museum of Craft and Folk Art, Art Practical (review)
  • “Jordan Kantor” at Ratio 3, Art Practical (review)
  • “Alchemy” at Southern Exposure, Art Practical (review)
  • “Front + Center: Weather Systems” at Headlands Center for the Arts, Art Practical (review)
  • “Calder to Warhol: Introducing the Fischer Collection” at SFMOMA, KQED Arts (review)
  • “John Waters: Rush” at Rena Bransten, KQED Arts (review)
  • “Extended Play” at Southern Exposure, KQED Arts (review)
  • “Bohemia of Finances (pt. 3)”, Conversation with Brandon Brown on SFMOMA’s Open Space (interview)
  • “Conversation with Zachary Royer Scholz”, with Renny Pritikin on SFMOMA’s Open Space (interview)
  • Opposing Mirrors with Video Monitors on Time Delay, SFMOMA’s Open Space (image)
  • 88514009 (wood, metal, tape) studio holding pattern, Something Home Something (image)
  • 2009
  • Stowaways, Wattis Institute for the Arts (exhibition catalog)
  • “Domestic Display: home is where the Art is”, Home is Something I Carry with Me (catalog essay)
  • “Alternative to the Alternative”, 5000 word Sightlines version (essay)
  • “Alternative to the Alternative”, (MA thesis)
  • “Zachary Royer Scholz”, Present Tense Biennial (catalog interview)
  • “Brion Nuda Rosch & Chris Sollars: Arthur Allen”, Art Practical (review)
  • “Anne Appleby: The Blue Planet”, Art Practical (review)
  • “Mitzi Pederson: I'll Start Again”, Shotgun Review (review)
  • “Kim Anno: Liquescent”, Shotgun Review (review)
  • “Alika Cooper: A Cold Wave”, Shotgun Review (review)
  • “Elise Irving: Lightboxes”, Shotgun Review (review)
  • 21304608 (water, tape, trash bags, 2 drums), Something Home Something (image)
  • “Yet to Be Determined”, Paint Speak, (video interview)
  • 2008
  • 3407 (rock, pallet), Whitefish Review [Winter] (image reproduction and essay)
  • 8.51106 (4 table legs, primer, ground), ZYZZYVA #82 [Spring] (image)
  • “Martin Puryear at SFMOMA”, Shotgun Review (review)
  • “Figure Below: Nicholas Mohanna at Eleanor Harwood”, Shotgun Review (review)
  • “When Hell Freezes Over: Lauren Davies at Gallery 16”, Shotgun Review (review)
  • “Misfits: Todd Bura at Triple Base Gallery”, Shotgun Review (review)
  • “Specific Objects”, Venice the Menice (video interview)
  • “Yet To Be Determined”, Inside City Limits (video interview)
  • 16434408 (mirrored plexi, tape), Try Harder (image)
  • 266479.508 (tape, paint), Something Home Something (image)
  • 8.51106 (4 table legs, primer, ground), Something Home Something (image)
  • 2007
  • “A-Z”, (unpublished MFA thesis)
  • “Envelope”, The Blink #1 [February] (image reproduction and essay)
  • “There’s No Place Like Here”, Shotgun Review (review)
  • “Art Space Talk: Zachary Scholz”, My Art Space (interview)

 

PUBLIC LECTURES, ARTIST TALKS, AND PANELS

  • 2012
  • Some Thoughts on Impermanence – Queenʼs Nails Projects, San Francisco, CA (artist talk)
  • 2011
  • Zachary Royer Scholz – Kala Art Institute, Berkeley CA (fellowship talk)
  • Uncertainty of the Expanded Field, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA (panel)
  • Excavatus: The Intersection of High/Lowbrow Art, Goforaloop Gallery, San Francisco, CA (panel)
  • In and out of Context, Art Los Angles Contemporary Art Fair, Santa Monica, CA (panel)
  • 2010
  • Visual & Critical Studies Dual Degree, California College of the arts, San Francisco, CA (visiting artist)
  • Art Appreciation, Solano Community College, Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, CA (visiting artist)
  • Art at the Dump, Recology, San Francisco, CA (artist talk)
  • 2009
  • Alternative to the Alternative, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA (symposium presentation)
  • Thoughts in Circles and Squares, NOMA Gallery, San Francisco, CA (artist talk)
  • Art Work Reading Room, Sight School, Oakland, CA (reading)
  • 2008
  • Zachary Royer Scholz, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA (artist talk)
  • 2007
  • Don’t Try This at Home, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA (artist talk)
  • Mad Science I, PLAySPACE Gallery, San Francisco, CA (artist talk)
  • Bay Area Currents, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA (artist talk)
  • 2006
  • Senior Sculpture, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA (visiting artist)

 

CURATION

  • 2012
  • Illegitimate Business, Will Brown Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • 2009
  • Installart, Kjell Varvin, Project 7, Berkeley, CA
  • 2008
  • Movements Placements Arrangements and Exchanges, Brion Nuda Rosch, Project 7, Berkeley, CA
  • Through the Wall and Into the Floor, Kirk Stoller, Project 7, Berkeley, CA
  • 2007
  • Crystal Laser Kite Loom of the Future...Today!!!, Travis Meinolf, Project 7, Berkeley, CA
  • 2006
  • Co-director, PLAySPACE Gallery, San Francisco CA

 

TEACHING

  • 2012
  • CCA Alumni Mentor, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
  • 2011
  • CCA Alumni Mentor, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
  • 2009
  • MFA Studio Instructor, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
  • Junior Review Guest Reviewer, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
  • 2008
  • MFA Studio Instructor, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
  • Architecture Graduate Thesis Instructor, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
  • 2007
  • Honors Instructor, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
  • First Year Review Guest Reviewer, California College off the Arts, Oakland, CA
  • 2006
  • Honors Instructor, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
  • Visiting Artist, Senior Sculpture, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
  • Guest Critic, Senior Sculpture, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
  • 2005
  • Teaching Assistant, Advanced Drawing, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
  • Summer Instructor, School of The Arts, San Francisco, CA

 

ARTICLES AND REVIEWS

  • 2012
  • “Entrepreneurial Aesthetics” Norrena, Jim. Glance, California College of the Arts, (Spring issue)
  • “Invaluable Objects” Martinez, Christina Catherine. Art Slant, (February 28th)
  • “ʼIllegitimate Businessʼ Exposes the Underbelly of the Art World” – McCarthy, Allison. 7x7 Magazine, (February 17th)
  • “Illegitimate Business” Pritikin, Renny. Art Practical, issue 3.9, (February 16th)
  • “Illegitimate Business” Bellamy, Dodie. SFMOMA Open Space, (February 9th)
  • “Zachary Royer Scholz at Eli Ridgway” Staff. Artist-At-Large, (February 3rd)
  • “Illegitimate Business” De Vries, Heidi J. Engineerʼs Daughter, (February 1st)
  • “Illegitimate business” Frock, Christian L. SF Arts, (February)
  • “Will Brown Grand Opening: Illegitimate Business” Bamberger, Alan. Art Business, (January 28th)
  • “Zachary Royer Scholz” Incontri, Andrea. AI_, (January 26th)
  • 2011
  • “Southern Exposure: Same Working Conditions, New Work” – Anthonisen, Marion. KQED Arts, (December 20th)
  • “Miscellany 12.12.11” – De Vries, Heidi J. Engineerʼs Daughter, (December 12th)
  • “It Starts with the Right Working Conditions” – Anthonisen, Marion. KQED Arts, (November 26th)
  • “Working Conditions: Southern Exposure's Edgy New Exhibit” – McCarthy, Allison. 7x7 Magazine, (November 11th)
  • “Artists put to work at Working Conditions Expo” – Staff. El Reportero, (November 9th)
  • “Residency Projects II” – Yap, Christine Wong. KQED Arts, issue 3.2, (October 15th)
  • “Residency Projects II” – Yap, Christine Wong. Art Practical, issue 3.2, (October 6th)
  • “Bouquets of Art” – Cheng, Dewitt. East Bay Express, (October 5th)
  • “Residency Projects II” – De Vries, Heidi J. Engineerʼs Daughter, (September 28th)
  • “Residency Project II” – Brier, Jessica. Art Practical, issue 3.1, (September 22nd)
  • “A Breath of Fresh Air” – Westbrook, Lindsey. Glance, California College of the Arts (Fall issue)
  • Art Practical's well written piece on the arts history of the Bay Area” – Park Life, (August 5th)
  • “Culture Wire: Artists at the SF Dump” – Culture Wire. San Francisco Arts Commission, (July 12th)
  • “Practicing the Art of Recycling” – Locke, Michelle. The Daily Journal, (June 23rd)
  • “The New Guard” – McCarthey, Alison. 7x7 Magazine, (June 22nd)
  • “Dumpster Artists” – Staff. Eco-Artware-Notes, (May 9th) “Zachary Scholz” – Sande. (May 5th)
  • “Art Los Angeles Contemporary: Day 4” – Life Magazine, (January 30th)
  • 2010
  • “Zachary Scholz” – Malinda & Blair. Sustainable Art in San Francisco, (December 9th)
  • “Shadowshop” – Maloney, Patricia. Art Practical, issue 2.6, (December 2nd)
  • “Art at the Dump: From Trash to Treasure” – Brekke, Erika. OnEarth, NRDC [video], (November 17th)
  • “Detritus Artists: Sustainable Art” – Wong, Nicole. Green Matters, (October 8th)
  • “Dumpster Diving Divas Practice Art of Recycling” – Locke, Michelle. Associated Press (October 5th)-Republished by ABC News, MSNBC, Yahoo News, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Arab Times.
  • “Bookshelf” – Glance, California College of the Arts, (Fall issue)
  • “Re-play” – Bamberger, Alan. Art Business, (September 17th)
  • “Zachary Royer Scholz: Paint, Tape, Repaint” – Mallouk, Elyse. Art Practical, issue 2.1 (September 16th)
  • “Bohemia of Finances” – Brown Brandon. SFMOMA Open Space (September 1st)
  • “Zachary Royer Scholz” – Portalen Portalen, (June 29th)
  • “Tape, Paint, Repaint” – Oishi, Saeko. Evil Monito Magazine (July 28th)
  • “The Grass is ALWAYS Greener” – Rosch, Brion Nuda. SFMOMA Open Space, (July 27th)
  • “Baer Ridgway” – RWM. Art Business, (July 24th)
  • “Zachary Royer Scholz: Tape, Paint, Repaint” – HallReady. (July 22nd)
  • “Base in Space” – Quintana, Mica. Monterey County Weekly, (June 17th)
  • “Art of the Dump” – The Green Scene [video], (July 9th)
  • “We Have As Much Time As It Takes” – Kunstaspekte, (July)
  • “We Have As Much Time As It Takes” – Brier, Jessica. Art Practical, issue 1.16 (June 3rd)
  • “Paper Awesome” – Gallery Crawl, KQED Arts, (March 9th)
  • “Gensler” – Bamberger, Alan. Art Bussiness, (January 14th)
  • “Beams of Light 2009” – Radlo, Carolyn. Cakes and Ale, (January 1st)
  • 2009
  • “Art Work”, Dobey, Peter. Art Practical, issue 1.5, Worker, (December)
  • “Art, Work, and Artwork”, Young, Spencer. San Francisco Bay Guardian, (December 21st)
  • “NOMA Gallery”, Bamberger, Alan. Art Business, (October 8th)
  • “The Artists of Mina Dresden”, ZYZZYVASPEAKS, (June)
  • “The Exhibition Formerly Known as Passengers: Stowaways”, Art News, (May)
  • “Present Tense Biennial”, Nakasone, Marisa. San Francisco Examiner, (May)
  • “Present Tense Biennial”, Vogel, Traci. San Francisco Weekly, (May 5th)
  • “Present Tense Biennial”, Light, Claire. KQED Arts, (May 5th)
  • “Present Tense Biennial”, World Journal, (May 2nd)
  • “Present Tense Biennial”, Sing Tao Daily, (April 23rd)
  • “Yet to Be Determined”, Pittman, Steuart. Paint Speak, (March 22nd)
  • “Open Space”, Booth, Kwan. The Oakbook (January)
  • 2008
  • “Open Space”, Ringer, Isabelle. Peidmont Post, (December 10th)
  • “Open Space”, Cheng, DeWitt. East Bay Express, (December)
  • “The Colony Room”, Lerner, Sharon. Whitehot Magazine, (December)
  • “Specific Objects”, Mizota, Sharon. The Los Angles Times (October)
  • “Out and About: LA Chinatown Openings”, Try Harder, (October 11th)
  • “Yet To Be Determined”, Hegert, Natalie. ArtSlant (August)
  • “Casual Labor”, Oliver, Scott. Shotgun Review (June)
  • “Casual Labor”, Bradley, Chrissie. Artweek (May)
  • “Amidst The Ruins”, Warner, Tonya. Percolator Magazine, (March)
  • “Amidst The Ruins”, Vogel, Traci. SF Weekly, (March)
  • “Casual Labor”, Cheng, DeWitt. East Bay Express, (March)
  • “Zachary Royer Scholz”, Ritchie, Andy. ArtSlant, (February 24th)
  • 2007
  • “Don‘t Try This at Home”, Westbrook, Lindsey. Artweek, (December/January)
  • “Don‘t Try This at Home”, Leaverton, Michael. SF Weekly, (September 12th)
  • “Bay Area Currents”, Callaway, Robert. Art Fever, (June 5th)
  • “Bay Area Currents”, Kurcharski, S.R.. Shotgun Review, (May 25th)
  • “Juried Annual 2007”, Spicer, Jakki. East Bay Express, (February 28th)
  • “Close Calls” at the Headlands”, Callaway, Robert. Art Fever, (February 17th)