ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Zak Smith was born in Syracuse, New York, in 1976. In addition to the Gravity’s Rainbow illustrations, which were shown in the 2004 Whitney Biennial and are now in the collection of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Smith’s recent projects include the multipanel painting 100 Girls and 100 Octopuses and an ongoing series of portraits of friends and acquaintances in the sex industry entitled Girls in the Naked Girl Business as well as a number of stand-alone paintings and drawings, abstract and otherwise. His work has appeared in numerous publications worldwide and is held in many public and private collections, including the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum. He is a frequent contributor to several independent comics and zines, including Paping and See How Pretty, See How Smart. His first monograph, Zak Smith: Pictures Of Girls, was published in 2005.

He lives and works in Brooklyn, where he is currently working on new paintings as well as an autobiographical series entitled Drawings from around the Time I Became a Porn Star.