Zak Smith

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Zak Smith (born July 16, 1976), also known as Zak Sabbath, is an American artist, role-playing game author, and adult film actor.

Early life and education

Smith was born in Syracuse, New York and grew up in Washington, D.C. After receiving a BFA from Cooper Union in 1998, he studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine and went on to receive an MFA from Yale University in 2001.[1]

Career

Apart from his work as role-playing game author and artist Smith is also known as a hardcore porn actor.[2][3]

Public collections containing Smith's art include the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Walker Art Center and Saatchi Gallery.[4][5][6][7] Some of his works are shown on Artsy.[8] Zak Smith is represented by Fredericks & Freiser Gallery in New York City.[9] He is known for his portraiture in a style that blends influences including abstract painting and comic book art.[10] These portraits include his series of paintings of strippers, Girls in the Naked Girl Business.[11]

His work Pictures Showing What Happens on Each Page of Thomas Pynchon's Novel Gravity's Rainbow is a multimedia composition of 760 drawings, photos, and paintings, one for each page of the novel's first printing. It was exhibited at the 2004 Whitney Biennial and is now owned by the Walker Art Center.[12]

Personal life

Smith lived and worked in Brooklyn, New York until October 2007, when he moved to Los Angeles. He was formerly in a long-term relationship with adult industry performer Mandy Morbid.[13] Smith describes himself as an anarchist.[14][15][16]

Sexual abuse allegations

Due to allegations of abuse by several women including Morbid, Wizards of the Coast announced in February 2019 they would be removing all references to Smith from the print and digital editions of Dungeons & Dragons fifth edition.[17][18][19][20][21][22] Kenneth Hite, a former RPG collaborator, apologized to the women and said he would donate the proceeds from their upcoming book to a non-profit addressing domestic violence. OneBookShelf announced it would no longer work with Smith and would donate revenue generated from existing titles with Smith to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network. Smith was also banned from attending Gen Con.[17] Smith denied the accusations and filed a defamation lawsuit against Morbid.[23][24][25]

Bibliography

Art

RPGs

  • Vornheim: The Complete City Kit (Lamentations of the Flame Princess, 2011). Template:ISBN
  • A Red & Pleasant Land (Lamentations of the Flame Princess, 2014). Template:ISBN
  • Death Frost Doom (Lamentations of the Flame Princess, 2014). Template:ISBN
  • Maze of the Blue Medusa (with Patrick Stuart, Satyr Press, 2016). Template:ISBN
  • Frostbitten & Mutilated (Lamentations of the Flame Princess, 2018). Template:ISBN

Awards

Year Award Category Work
2011 ENnie Awards Honorable Mention in "Best Aid/Accessory"[1] Vornheim: The Complete City Kit
Diehard GameFAN Tabletop Gaming Award for "Best Campaign Setting"[26]
2012 IndieCade "Best Technology of the Year"[27]
2014 Indie RPG Awards "Best Production"[28] A Red and Pleasant Land
2015 ENnie awards Silver for "Best Adventure" + "Product of the Year"[29][30]
Gold for "Best Setting" + "Best Writing"[29][30]
2016 ENnie awards Silver for "Best Cartography" + "Best Writing"[31] Maze of the Blue Medusa
Gold for "Best Electronic Book"[31]
2018 ENnie Awards Silver for best "Art - Interior" + "Setting" + "Writing"[32] Frostbitten & Mutilated
Gold for "Best Monster/Adversary"[32]

References

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  9. ↑ Featured Works Fredericks & Freiser Gallery Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  10. ↑ YABLONSKY, LINDA. "Punk Portraitist: On the Backs of Photographs, Zak Smith Plays with Slick Surfaces to Make Likenesses of Surprising Detail and Depth." ARTNews, vol. 102, no. 8, Sept. 2003, p. 96.
  11. ↑ Kley, Elisabeth. "Zak Smith." ARTNews, vol. 104, no. 11, Dec. 2005, pp. 146–47.
  12. ↑ Woods, Chris. "Gravity's Rainbow Illustrated: One Picture for Every Page." Chicago Review, vol. 53, no. 2, Autumn, 2007, pp. 202-205,245.
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