Zack Zdrale completed his training with a Master’s degree from the Academy of Art University. By the time of his MFA graduation, Zdrale won the prestigious First Place in MFA Painting Award at the 2006 Academy of Art University Annual Spring Show. His stirring mastery in figurative realism echoes the classical traditions of 16th and 17th century masters, imparting an aesthetic of stillness and silence to Zdrale’s modern day models. Now a prominent artist at the John Pence Gallery, Zdrale has also exhibited at the Eleanor Ettinger Gallery in New York, New York, the Wendt Gallery in Laguna Beach, California, and the 2008 Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition at Dana Gallery in Montana. He has also been featured in American Art Collector, and American Artist magazines.