Born in Colorado Springs, CO
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
2019 MFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2014 BFA summa cum laude, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Duet, Westlab + Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2026 Holding Each Other – Community Care in Times of Crisis, Queer Festival Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
2026 Pushing the Frame: Willful Transgressions, Westlab + Gallery, curated by Shrey Mendiratta and Jacquey Buckley, Brooklyn, NY
2025 The Shape of Who We Are: Exploring Identity, New Bedford Art Museum, curated by Marcelle Joseph, New Bedford, MA
2025 Beings of Light: A Pride Show, 14BC Gallery, curated by Liv Tyler, New York, NY
2025 The Butterfly Show, Moisturizer Gallery, curated by Des Bassil, Green Bay, WI
2025 NY Alumni Invitational, 14BC Gallery, curated by Richard Heipp, New York, NY
2024 The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition, Brooklyn Museum, organized by Jeffrey Gibson, Vik Muniz, Mickalene Thomas, and Fred Tomaselli, Brooklyn, NY
2024 Francois + Friends, Yo Studio, curated by Francois Dischinger, Canaan, CT
2024 How Do You Like Your Love, SVA Flatiron Gallery, curated by Nelson Santos and Isabelle Schipper, New York, NY
2022 Uncovered Spaces, International Museum of Art & Science, curated by Katherine McAllen and Raheleh Filsoofi, McAllen, TX
2021 Make/Shift: It Wasn’t Supposed to Be Like This, Vox Populi, curated by James Claiborne and Brittany Webb, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Have you ever seen a lamp turn a look?, Para//el Performance Space, curated by Amanda and IV, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Four Walls, SVA Flatiron Gallery, curated by Adam Cable, New York, NY
2019 What Happens Here Stays With Us, Pfizer Building, curated by John Elammar, Brooklyn, NY
2019 4x4, SVA Chelsea Gallery, curated by Jay Michelle Elizondo, New York, NY
2018 Constellations, SVA Chelsea Gallery, NYC
2017 Reference, Rose Gallery, curated by Rose Shoshana, Los Angeles, CA
2016 False Family: The Architecture of Found Photographs, Craig Krull Gallery, curated by Craig Krull, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Myopia Series, Craig Krull Gallery, curated by Craig Krull, Los Angeles, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2025 Behlen, Michael, “20 LGBTQIA+ Photographers You Need to Know in 2025”, Analog Forever Magazine, May 18 (with illustration).
2024 Pimentel, Javier, “Zac Thompson on Immortalizing the Trans and Queer Faces of Brooklyn Through Film Photography”, Lomography, November 20 (with illustration).
2024 Vartanian, Hrag, “The Next Best Thing: Photos From Hyperallergic’s 15th Anniversary Party”, Hyperallergic, October 11.
2023 Amin, Lakshmi Rivera, “The Imperfect Charm of Spring Break Art Show”, Hyperallergic, September 7 (with illustration).
2022 Llamas, Jorge Pedro Uribe, “Uncovered Spaces, Art and Feminine Identity”, Relatto, June 13 (with illustration).
2020 Kim, Alexey, “Being Queer When No One’s Watching”, Sidewalkkilla, November 10.
2020 Ballif, Ashlin, “You Remember How Lonely Everything Was in the Beginning / www.pleasedontcometothisshow.com”, Daily Lazy, October 27 (with illustration).
2019 Bishop, Eleanor, “VACI Emerging Artists to Hold First Drag Show”, The Chautauqua Daily, July 27.
2019 Small, Zachary, “Queer Artists in Their Own Words: The Genderfuck Drag Queen”, Hyperallergic, June 1 (with illustration).
2018 Small, Zachary, "SVA Students Reinterpret Intersectionality Through a Queer Lens", Hyperallergic, July 26 (with illustration).
PUBLICATIONS
2024 Brennan, Kate and Zac Thompson, “On the Ground at the Timothée Chalamet Lookalike Competition”, Paper Mag, October 28.
2024 Moran, Justin and Zac Thompson, “Honey Balenciaga Throws a Birthday Ball With PAPER”, Paper Mag, September 3.
2024 Zacrilegious and DiDi Opulence, “Who Pushed Me?”, Self-published zine, Brooklyn, NY.
2024 Thompson, Zac, “The Glittery History of Drag in New York City”, Hyperallergic, February 13.
2023 Thompson, Zac, “The Top 50 Exhibitions of 2023 — Stand Queer of the Closing Doors”, Hyperallergic, December 28.
SELECTED PUBLIC PROGRAMS & CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2024 Hyperallergic Is Turning 15 Anniversary Party, Red Pavilion, Brooklyn, NY
2023 Best Cult, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, co-curated with Marianna Peragallo, New York, NY
2023 Club EXILE: Disco Mosaic Workshop & Drag Show, UrbanGlass, drag show co-produced with Alpesh Patel and Sebastian Duncan-Portuondo, Brooklyn, NY
2020 You Remember How Lonely Everything Was in the Beginning, Please Don’t Come To This Show, co-curated with Jay Michelle Elizondo, Online Exhibition
2019 Genesis: The First VACI Drag Show, Chautauqua Institution, drag show co-produced with Jungmok Yi, Chautauqua, NY
TEACHING
2026 Adjunct Instructor, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey (BW Photography)
2025 Adjunct Instructor, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey (Digital Photography, BW Photography)
HONORS & AWARDS
2021 Covid Artist Relief Program Recipient, Two Trees, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Chautauqua School of Art Residency, Chautauqua, NY
2016 The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts & Sciences Residency, Rabun Gap, GA