Zach Grear

Zach Grear (b. 1984, San Francisco, CA, USA) is a writer and self-taught artist based in Brooklyn. His work focuses on gay erotic imagery inspired by the gay porn he shoplifted as a teen. Hand drawing heavy tattoo line work onto the featured bodies, he works to exalt these formerly hidden images into a deified realm. He attended San Francisco State University and graduated with a BA in Creative Writing. In 2010 he moved to New York City and in 2018 quit his full-time job to pursue his art practice. Since then, his art has been featured in New York Pride Guide magazine, the Oslo Erotic Film & Art Festival, The AIDS Memorial T-Shirt, and LaMama Galleria among others. Utilizing this creative momentum, he is returning to writing. His short nonfiction has been shown in TRUANT zine and most recently the introduction to Male Burlesk-Times Square 1980-81: Photographs by Vivienne Maricevic. Zach is currently working on his first book.

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