Zackary Drucker
Zackary Drucker (1983) is a transgender performance artist in Los Angeles. She regularly collaborates with Rhys Ernst.
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1983 Syracuse, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | California Institute of the Arts, School of Visual Arts |
| Known for | performance art, photography, film, gender and sexuality |
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Drucker earned an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts in 2007 and a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in 2005. She was born and raised in Syracuse, New York by what she calls “two really fantastic, progressive, educated parents.”[1]
Drucker and Ernst were included in the first iteration of the Hammer Museum's Made in LA bianual. There they premiered the film "She gone Rouge". The film was also included in Outfest 2013.[2] "She gone Rouge" includes several of Druckers mentors including Holly Woodlawn, Vaginal Davis, and Flawless Sabrina.
In 2014 Drucker and Ernst exhibited “Relationship,” at the Whitney Biennial, Through a series of photos the chronicled the process and the evolution of couples relationship and gender transitions.[3][4] The photographic series was later exhibited at Luis De Jesus Gallery, where Drucker is represented.[5]
Since 2013 Drucker and Ernst have worked as trans consultants and associate producers on Amazon’s Amazon original series Transparent.[6]
Drucker has performed and exhibited her work internationally in museums, galleries, and film festivals including the 54th Venice Biennale–Swiss Off-Site Pavilion; Curtat Tunnel, Lausanne, Switzerland; L.U.C.C.A. Museum of Contemporary Art, Lucca, IT; Les Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA; MOMA PS1; Deitch Projects; Leo Koenig Inc. Projekte; Invisible Exports in New York; and Jerome Zodo, Milan. In Los Angeles, her performances, films and videos have been seen at the Hammer Museum, REDCAT, L.A.C.E., and Human Resources.
External links
- Zackary Drucker's website
- "Darling Zackary," ARTPULSE
- "Trangender Couple Photographs Their Opposite Transitions," ABC News
- "Meet Two of the Trans Minds Behind the Groundbreaking New Show 'Transparent'", Hunffington Post
- "The Queens' Vernacular: Zackary Drucker Reads Gender," Art in America
- "Zackary Drucker", Interview Magazine
- "Trading Places: Zackary Drucker and Rhys Ernst at the Whitney Biennial," Artillery Magazine
References
- ↑ "An Artist Is Born: An Interview With Zackary Drucker". LA I'm Yours. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ↑ Alloway, Meredith (Producer) (July 16, 2013). Outfest Interview with Zackary Drucker and Rhys Ernst of "She Gone Rogue" (YOUTUBE VIDEO). Los Angeles. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
- ↑ Bernstein, Jacob. "In Their Own Terms". The New York TImes. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ↑ Cotter, Holland. "One Last Dance in the Old Place". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ↑ Knight, Christopher. "Zackary Drucker and Rhys Ernst, from many angles". LA Times. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ↑ "Out 100: Zackary Drucker & Rhys Ernst". Out. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
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