Fall 2026 Fine Arts Lecture Series | Michael Zachary

About this event

The MassArt Graduate Programs and the 2D and 3D fine art departments are pleased to welcome Michael Zachary as a Visiting Artist of the Fall 2026 Fine Arts Lecture Series. Please join us in the Design and Media Center Lecture Hall at 12:00pm on Wednesday, November 4.

Michael Zachary grew up in New Hampshire and lives and works in Boston,MA.

He holds a BA from Bowdoin College and an MFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design .

His most recently solo and two person exhibitions include: Boston University (2025); Simmons University (2025); Cost Annex in Boston, MA (2020); Rhode Island College (2018); Room 68 in Provincetown, MA (2020 and 2017); Frontierspace in Missoula, MT (2016); and The Arts Research Collaborative in Lowell, MA (2014). His work is also featured regularly in group exhibitions nationally and internationally.

In 2024 he was a resident at the Dipper A.I.R program in Billings, MT ; in 2020 he received a residency fellowship from the Josef and Anne Albers Foundation and an Assets for Artists Grant from Mass MoCA ; in 2018 he was awarded a Finalist’s Grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s Fellowship Program; and in 2017 he received both an individual grant from the Berkshire Taconic Foundation’s Artist’s Resource Trust and a Blanche Coleman Award from Boston University .

He has taught at Northeastern University, The University of Massachusetts at Lowell , and Simmons University and currently teaches painting at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston.

This event is free and open to the public.

Questions? Contact gradprogram@massart.edu .

Image detail: Michael Zachary, Burn Area: Hillside, 2025.