Zach Grear "RAPTURE"

Zach Grear (b. 1984, San Francisco, CA, USA) is a writer and self-taught artist based in Brooklyn. He attended San Francisco State University and graduated with a BA in Creative Writing. In 2010 he moved to New York City and in 2018 quit his full-time job to pursue his art practice. His work focuses on gay erotic imagery inspired by the gay porn he shoplifted as a teen. The hand-drawn tattoo line work he draws is a way to directly inscribe his beauty standard onto the featured bodies. These alterations join vibrant floral collage backgrounds to exalt gay sexuality into a deified realm. His art has been featured in the New York Pride Guide magazine, the Oslo Erotic Film & Art Festival, The AIDS Memorial T-Shirt, and LaMama Galleria among others.

Utilizing this creative momentum, he is returning to writing. His short nonfiction has been shown in TRUANT zine and most recently the introduction to Male Burlesk-Times Square 1980-81: Photographs by Vivienne Maricevic. Zach is currently working on his first book. 

Learn more about his artwork on our website.