Zeke Garcia
Seattle, WA, United States
About Zeke Garcia
Esequiel “Zeke” Garcia (American b. 1982) is a Painter based in Seattle. His earliest artistic influence came from his father, a humble wood worker and folk metal sculptor. He earned a BFA from the Art Institute of Phoenix, and has received additional instruction from Watts Atelier of the Arts, Gage Academy of Arts and Eastside Artists Collaborative. He has spent the past 12 years as a 3D Artist in the video game industry working on billion dollar franchises including Destiny, Halo, Star Wars, US Military and Microsoft Hololens and several others.
He draws inspiration from his knowledge, philosophy, music, media and the city that he lives to offer images that are modern and contemporary with classical aesthetics of this young painter.
Zeke is guided by the work of the masters of the past including Sorolla and Sargent, as well as a whole list of living contemporary painters today. He began with a meticulous indirect layered Flemish method but has switched and moving forward by working directly or Alla Prima. He is restless and is always challenging himself to paint both more expressive as well as more accurate and is constantly refining his technique and subject matter to further amplify his unique voice and view.
His work is part of private collections, locally, throughout the United States, and Internationally, his work in video games has reached worldwide audiences and art on the Hololens utilized in outer space ( NASA | International Space Station ).
Zeke has been featured 5 times throughout various genres in Saatchi Art collections and was named Artist of the Day, August 26, 2016.
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"My work spans so many styles to show a continuity with the past, the whole past." - Zeke
Education:
"My work spans so many styles to show a continuity with the past, the whole past." - Zeke
"My paintings are visual theorems that prove reality does not exist." - Zeke
As a painter I am mostly self taught, though I went to school formally for Computer Graphics/Video Games.
BFA Art Institute of Phoenix | Phoenix, AZ 2004
Eastside Artists Collaborative 2013 Bellevue WA
Gage Academy of Art 2012-2015 | Seattle, WA
Watts Atelier of the Arts | Encitas, CA 2005
Events:
Saatchi Art | Artist of the Day
August 26, 2016
Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibits
Romantic Impressions
Kerf International Gallery Seattle WA 2016
Feb/March
130 Original Oils
Group Shows
Eastside Artists Collaborative 2017| Bellevue WA
Eastside Artists Collaborative 2016| Bellevue WA
Eastside Artists Collaborative 2014| Bellevue WA
Eastside Artists Collaborative 2013 | Bellevue WA
Best of Gage Academy of Art 2012 | Seattle WA
Gnomon Gallery 2009 | Hollywood CA
