Alex Zecca was born in San Francisco in 1970. He studied at California College of the Arts (formerly CCAC) and in Florence Italy before earning his BFA and MFA at The San Francisco Art Institute in Painting (1994/1996). He currently lives and works in Los Angeles. The central focus of his new work continues to be about Process. His drawings are the result of specific, cumulative, sequences of handmade inked lines on paper. And paintings with a like processes on linen mounted plywood panels. His practice is a specific and exacting methodology. It is an exercise in focus and precision. Color mixing by way of these systems, is the focus of the works visual intrigue.
EDUCATION
1994-96
1992-94
1991
Independent Study, Greve (Fl), Italy
SOLO EXHIBITION
2019
Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA. “New Work”
2015
Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA. “New Work”
2013
Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID. “Collage Radii”
2012
Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA. “New Work”
2010
Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA. “New Drawings”
2008
Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID. “New Drawings”
2008
Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA. “New Drawings”
2007
Sloan Miyasato, San Francisco, CA. “New Drawings”
2006
Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA. “New Drawings”
2005
Sloan Miyasato, San Francisco, CA. “New Paintings”
2005
Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA. “New Paintings”
1999
Emmie Smock Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014
Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA. “A Winter Group Show”
2013
Breeze Block Gallery, Portland, OR. “Buddy System Invitational” curated by Sven Davis
2013
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA. “Approaching Infinity: The Richard Green Collection of Meticulous Abstraction”
2012
Aqua Wynwood Miami (Gallery 16)
2011
ART L.A. (Gallery 16)
2011
Park Life, San Francisco, CA. “Living Room” curated by Joey Piziali and Vanessa Blaikie of Romer Young Gallery
2010
San Francisco State University Fine Arts Gallery. “Out of Order: Geometric Systems in Contemporary Bay Area Art”
2010
Aqua Wynwood Miami (Gallery 16)
2009
Gallery 16, San Francisco, California. “Let’s Leave It At That…”
2009
Berkeley Art Center, CA. “Metaphysical Abstraction”
2009
Berkeley Art Center, CA. “Annual Juried Exhibition”
2009
Sloan Miyasato, San Francisco, CA.
2008
New Langton Arts Live Annual Auction, San Francisco, CA.
2008
Aqua Wynwood Miami (Gallery 16)
2008
Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA. “These are the People in Your Neighborhood”
2008
Sloan Miyasato, San Francisco, CA.
2006
Art L.A. (Gallery 16)
2006
Aqua Wynwood Miami (Gallery 16)
2005
Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA. “Group of mostly unrelated things”
2005
Sloan Miyasato, San Francisco, CA.
2005
Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2004
Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2004
AEDICULE, San Francisco, CA. “Methods and Materials”
1996
San Francisco Art Institute, MFA Show
1994
Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA. “Cal/Al”
1993
San Francisco Art Institute Spring Show
1992
393 Valencia Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1991
Oliver Art Gallery, Oakland, CA. “introduction show”