Visual Project Exhibition
2019 Fall Grantee
Zac Hacmon
Zac Hacmon - Artist
Zac Hacmon is a New York-based artist born in Holon, Israel. Hacmon is a sculptor and installation artist whose work investigates modes of control and the delineation of private and public spaces. His exhibitions include: King of the Hill, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York / UNBORN, mh PROJECT nyc, New York / Code vs. Code, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel / Empathy, Smack Mellon Gallery, New York / Citizens, Petach-Tikva Museum of Art, Israel / Publications include 100 Sculptors of Tomorrow, Thames & Hudson, Kurt Beers, September 3, 2019.
A Cafe Royal Cultural Foundation NYC 2019 fall visual grant has been awarded to Zac to help with the installation of his 2020 exhibition “Hedgehogs” in NYC.
Illustration of the proposed project Hedgehog is informed by the star-like shape of the Czech hedgehog, a static obstacle used to mark borders
“Hedgehogs” is an interactive sound installation that explores the Mexican-American border and creates a manipulated border crossing experience in the gallery space. “Hedgehogs” addresses acts of displacement and relocation and also calls attention to global borders, social emergency and the inhumanity of these crossings. This project is scheduled to be installed as an interactive sound installation at LMAK Gallery on the Lower East Side in New York City on September 2020. The specific location of this future exhibition is significant as it brings the border experience to the City. “Hedgehogs” will connect city architecture and borders; it will create a new intermediate space by sound.
'UNBORN' at mh PROJECT nyc Gallery
“Gateway” Smack Mellon Gallery / Group exhibition ‘Empathy’, curated by Gabriel de Guzman
Hacmon is a recipient of the Rita Glasser Fellowship Award (2016), New York. His previous residencies include LMCC Workspace Residency (2018-2019), Salem Art Works Residency Fellowship Program, Salem, New York (2017), International Artist-in-Residence Program at MeetFactory Studio, Prague, Czech Republic (2015), MMCA International Artists Residency Program at National Art Studio, Changdong, Seoul, South Korea (2014).
As a sculptor and installation artist, Hacmon explores sociopolitical conflicts through architecture. Through large-scale interactive installations, Hacmon’s work gives viewers access to sites that are usually rejected or hidden from public perception. He investigates the use of architecture as a tool for division or as a measure to generate identity.
Please visit Zac’s Instagram page, Facebook and website for more information.
