Zak Prekop is an American artist who deftly combines distinct shapes and forms with intentional randomness in his fluid abstract canvases. Zak is one of the new groups of painters who have a casual, off-hand aesthetic; he makes challenging paintings with such a deft, light touch that they are often barely discernible. Sometimes called non-paintings, Prekop’s images are like hints or traces—they look visually confused and deceptively thin.

Born in 1979, Zak completed his MFA in 2008 from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL  and earned his BFA in 2001 from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.