About

Mateo Zapata Zachai received his MFA in Photography from Yale University and BFA in Interdisciplinary Studies from San Francisco Art Institute. He teaches photography at Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA), Portland Community College (PCC), and University of Maryland University College (UMUC online). Mateo has exhibited nationally: most recent exhibits are at Rock/Dement Studio, Center on Contemporary Art and Martin-Zambito Fine Art. Articles of his  work have also been published in Artweek and The Stranger. Zachai’s work has been collected both nationally and internationally.  Work can be seen at www.zachai.com.Zachai has also taught art workshops at the Seattle Art Museum and has critiqued and taught at Yale School of Art, San Francisco Art Institute, University of Washington School of Art, Bellevue Community College, Youth in Focus and Coyote Central. He studied with Hank Wessel and Reagan Louie at San Francisco Art Institute and he was a teaching assistant for Gregory Crewdson and Lois Conner while at Yale University.