Biografie von Athos ZACHARIAS (1927)

Birth place: Marlborough, MA

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Painter

Studied: ASL, summer, 1952; RISD (B.F.A., 1952); Cranbrook Acad. Art (M.F.A., 1953)

Exhibited: Art USA, New York, 1959; North Carolina Mus. Art, Raleigh, 1959; Pan-Pacific Show, Kyoto, Japan, 1961; Gal. Mayer, New York, 1961 (solo) & Louis Alexander Gal., New York, 1963 (solo). Awards: best in show award, Guild Hall, 1961; grant, Longview Foundation, 1962; festival arts purchase award, Southampton College, 1968.

Work: Mus. Art, Providence, RI; Inst. Contemporary Art, Boston, MA; Kalamazoo (MI) Inst. Art; Phoenix (AZ) Art Mus.; Westinghouse Corp. Pittsburgh, PA. Commissions: decor for Manhattan Festival Dancers, commissioned by Robert Ossorio, NYC, 1963.

Comments: Preferred media: acrylics. Publications: illustrator, cover, Science & Technology, 1963. Teaching: instructor of painting, Brown Univ., 1953-55; instructor of painting, Parsons School Design, 1963-65; instructor of painting Wagner College, 1969-.