Zach Toppin
Zach Toppin (b. 1987) is a London based multidisciplinary artist. Toppin's work is rich in narrative, symbolism and cultural reference, weaving together important stories about gender, sex, love and emotion. Working across painting, drawing and sculpture they archive and reimagine queer histories, in order to construct new pathways of understanding for the present. Explorations into identity fantasy are borrowed from these ancestors, as well as through dissecting the historic construction of masculinity. Desire and longing are actualised through the fetishization of items, possessions, signifiers, relics; and by investigating this collage of desire, we find a way to navigate the dichotomy of trans unease and euphoria, and how to arrive at strength and authenticity via the armour of dress and signifiers.
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B. 1987. Lives and works in London.
Education
2023, Drawing Intensive Term, The Royal Drawing School
2008-2009, Fine Art Foundation, Camberwell College of Arts
2005-2008, History of Art & Spanish, The University of Edinburgh
Selected Exhibitions
2024 Art on a Postcard, Auction, London, UK
2024 CAN Art Fair, Ibiza
2024 The Witch Burns, Fitzrovia Chapel, London, UK
2024 Ultraviolet’ Goup Show, Curated by Gemma Rolls-Bentley and Ell Pennick, London, UK
2024 A Feast For The Eyes, Guts Gallery, London, UK
2024 London Art Fair, Tin Man Art, London, UK
2023 Tales from the Riverbank, London, UK
2023 Canal Boat Art Fair, London, UK
2023 Coming Out, Sunbury Workshops, London, UK