ZAAP will be having double the fun at August’s First Friday! Not only will we be set up at the Y-Bridge Festival during the first weekend of August, but we’ll also be hosting our monthly opening event for First Friday! And it doesn’t stop there! We have TWO talented artists for August, please help us celebrate the work of Michael Surber and Connor Allison!
Connor Allison
Connor Allison is a 22 year old artist who has always been in love with creating, after graduating highschool and attending his first semester of college, he managed to get an interview with local sculptor Alan Cottrill. Since then, he has spent three years working professionally at the Alan Cottrill Art Studio just up the road from the ZAAP gallery.
The work he has submitted to the gallery focuses on his 2D works. Recently, he has been experimenting with oil paints. After spending hours of his day struggling with 3D forms where color doesn't matter, he enjoys coming home to work on 2D forms that rely almost completely on color. It tickles that part of his brain, and after eight hours of sculpting, he has fresh eyes and unused muscles for 2D and color. He gets to be compulsive and obsessive, without risk of burnout.
Michael Surber
Michael W. Surber is an award winning Ohio based artist known for his paintings and murals. From a young age, he has always had a desire for art. Michael graduated college with a degree in Graphic Design. Michael is also a member of the Dayton Society of Artists in Ohio, Preble Arts, ZAAP Art Gallery, and the Springfield Museum of Art. His work has been in galleries all around the world, and has had his work curated by Anthony Fawcett (curator for Andy Warhol and John Lennon). Michael's artwork has been sold all over the world and has been described by collectors and curators as poetic, essential, experimental, primal, colorful, and storytelling. A curator from Milan, Italy even went so far as to compare his technique and creative process as “similar to Master Picasso”. Michael was honored with the Top 60 Masters Award from Art Tour International in Ferrara, Italy.
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