ABOUT ZOX
Andy Warhol once gave Zox telling advice about being an artist: “If you love it, do it. If you do it, it’s doable.” That insight made art a possible life-path and one he pursued since living with Jim Morrison. Their late-night discussions about art—about what itmeans to be creatively free, what it means to follow your passion—were just as inspirational. After authoring his own creativity undergraduate degree, a first at San Diego State University, Zox expanded his artistic range by doing post-graduate work in Eastern philosophy at Berkeley and, later, studying surrealism, minimalist poetry with Robert Creeley and film at San Francisco State University.
For decades, Zox has lived up to Warhol’s advice to create, to do what is doable. He has exhibited paintings in fine art galleries; has shown his work in numerous shows across the US; painted murals for private residences and businesses; received private commissions; designed album covers; created contemporary logos; designed and painted film and theater sets; wrote art reviews for METRO LA; co-wrote the novel NIGHT SURFER; photographed rock and Hollywood celebs, including Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and David Bowie.
A few highlights of the artist’s eclectic work include painting the interior of The Beach Boys Recording Studio & designing their tour book cover; designing a neon animation of the Beverly Hills’ Mustang; painting the Bee Gees’ portraits on their tour jet; creating a Griffith Park Observatory installation; creating SAVED BY THE BELL show logo; engineering an animation for Stephen Hawking’s BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME; painting four portraits for Leon Russell’s Church Studio; designing an Absolute Vodka ad; crafting and painting album covers for Tom Petty, Steely Dan, Leon Russell, Roy Orbison, Guess Who, Three Dog Night, Dwight Twilley, Cheech and Chong, among others. The extent of his rock art earned Zox a one-man show at Hollywood’s Museum of Rock Art. He was also invited to be part of a group show with cutting edge artist John Baldessari. In addition to his extensive painting, design, writing and photography, Zox conceived and produced the experimental film POP UP, which won 17 international film festivals, including the Jean Luc Godard Award. With his co-filmmaker Cru, he has just completed a follow-up experimental entitled FUTURE OF ART soon to be released.
Portrait show at Molly Barnes Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA, March 30, 2024.