ARTIST BIO

Z BEHL, b. 1985, is a New York based filmmaker and visual artist. An interdisciplinary artist, she most often works in sculptural installation, performance, and film. Culling myths to narrativize trickster archetypes exploring gender and power, Z is concerned with chaos, attachment, and the role of the artist as a world breaker.

Z has performed at PIONEER WORKS, exhibited at Mana Contemporary and the CAC New Orleans, and been commissioned to make monumental sculptures in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Her film “Geppetto” was selected for the Venice Biennale Cinema College. She has received awards from the Pollack-Krasner Foundation, NYFA, and the Joan Mitchell Foundation.

Z has also curated exhibitions around collective trauma with the 9/11 survivors community,  and Hurricane Sandy— featuring artworks that were damaged/improved by the hand of the storm. Her work has been reviewed by Art News, the New York Times, the Brooklyn Rail, Hyperallergic and the Wall St Journal. She has been a resident of the MacDowell Colony, Collarwork’s Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency and Radio 28 in Mexico.