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Zack Rafuls
b.1992, Miami, FL
zrafuls@saic.edu
(786) 897-4984
EDUCATION
Fall 2014
AICAD Mobility Program, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2011-present Expected Bachelor of Fine Arts, Watkins College of Art, Design, & Film, Nashville, TN
Summer 2010 Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts, Middle Tennessee State University,
Murfreesboro, TN

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2014

Loose Noose
Group pop-up show organized in conjunction with BY THE STEEPLE BELL ROPE, residency of
Scott Zieher and Mike Womack of ZieherSmith & Horton
Track 13 in Cummins Station; Nashville, TN
PICNIC
Group show with Co. H council
Fort Houston; Nashville, TN
Bruised Anvil
The Packing Plant; Nashville, TN
Co. H presents: “ATTENTION!”, a Juried screening of Video Work
Organized and curated with Co. H
Track One Building, Wedgewood-Houston; Nashville, TN
Mystic Truths: A Group Show from Co. H & Friends
Organized and curated with Co. H
Brownlee O. Currey Gallery at Watkins College of Art, Design, & Film; Nashville, TN
HELL IS HOT
Solo exhibition
Watkins Arcade Gallery; Nashville, TN
7 Types of Play
Group show with Co. H council
Watkins Arcade Gallery; Nashville, TN
20 Collaborations in Book Art
In collaboration with Terry Thacker
Nashville Public Library, Main Library Art Gallery
Brownlee O. Currey Juried Student Exhibition
Brownlee O. Currey Gallery at Watkins College of Art, Design, & Film; Nashville, TN

2013

Light Adapted
Track One Building, Wedgewood-Houston; Nashville, TN

Unit 2 (part 1)
Group show of work made in collaboration with death row inmates from Riverbend Maximum
Security Institution in Nashville, TN
COOP Gallery, Nashville, TN
Weight: Spring Student Exhibition, Curated by Co. H
Group show organized and curated with Co. H
Brownlee O. Currey Gallery at Watkins College of Art, Design, & Film; Nashville, TN
Idle Hands
Ground Floor Gallery & Studios; Nashville, TN

WORK EXPERIENCE
Studio Assistant, Scott Zieher and Mike Womack of ZieherSmith & Horton
BY THE STEEPLE BELL ROPE, month-long residency at Track 13 in Cummins Station and SeedSpace
Nashville, TN — August 2014
Studio Assistant, Harmony Korine
Nashville, TN — March 2014--May 2014
Studio Assistant, Terry Thacker
Nashville, TN — December 2013

RELATED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Artober Nashville Local Arts Spotlight
Featured artist
October 2014
Student Artist Collective Co. H
Chair
2012-2014
Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
Intern
Jan-May 2014

HONORS & AWARDS
Best Student Art Show for Co. H’s Mystic Truths, Nashville Scene “Best of 2014”, Writer’s Choice
AICAD Mobility Exchange Program, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Fall 2014
Honorable Mention, Brownlee O. Currey Juried Student Exhibition, 2014
Fine Art Leadership Award, 2012-2014
Tennessee HOPE Scholarship, 2011-2014
President’s Award, 2011-20114
Dean’s List, 2011-2014
Honorable Mention, Brownlee O. Currey Juried Student Exhibition, 2013
National Portfolio Day Award, 2011
Governor’s School for the Arts Award, 2011

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Nolan, Joe. “Art-On: Closing Reception for Mystic Truths this Saturday at Watkins”, Country Life:
Nashville Scene Arts + Culture Blog, 10 July 2014.
Nolan, Joe. “Critical I: Mystic Truths”, Nashville Arts Magazine, July 2014.

Hutson, Laura, “Co. H Presents Seven Types of Play at Watkins Arcade Gallery in April”, Nashville
Scene, March 2014.
Eler, Alicia, “Dreaming on Death Row”, HyperAllergic, September 2013.
Charley, John, “Death-row prisoners' artworks: the story of a unique collaboration”, The Guardian,
September 2013.