Zach Van Horn grew up in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. He received his Bachelors of the Fine Arts in Drawing and Painting from The Ohio State University in 2013 and he received his Masters of in Fine Arts from The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 2018. Zach has shows work throughout central Ohio and has shown work in Philadlephia and New York City. Zach currently lives and works in Columbus, Ohio with his partner Remy Driscoll and their two cats Genevieve and Bella.

I paint landscapes layered on a pixelated mosaic that converge through symmetrical, rippling lines to reflect on how our internal programming – shaped by genetics and memories – affects the way we perceive the world. I begin by painting on paper, which I then cut and reassemble multiple times to create a pixelated mosaic. After masking out the symmetrical lines, I paint the representational imagery that comes from reference photographs that I personally took on my own adventures. I finish each piece by sanding the surface. The pixelated mosaic symbolizes our internal narrative programming, while the representational imagery reflects the external world we interact with daily. The interplay of colors and textures between these layers illustrates how perception and personal history continuously shift and blend with our present reality over time. Through these layered compositions, I invite viewers to reflect on the dynamic relationship between their own internal stories and the external world they encounter daily.