Zach Houston

Who is Zach Houston?

Zach Houston was an Oakland based visual artist and unpublished poet. He is best known for his "poemstore", an ongoing business/literature performance, which has been widely emulated. The "poemstore" has received coverage from Charles Osgood, CBS News, Katie Couric, The NY Times, The LA Times, reviewed by Kenneth Baker, critic for the San Francisco Chronicle NPR, and many others. In 2011 the poemstore was the focus of two major exhibitions. One, entitled poemstore at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri. The other, an exhibition in collaboration with David Horvitz at SF Camerwork. in 2012 he was featured in the exhibition in Den Haag, Holland, Let Us Keep Our Own Noon. Zach Houston has also pursued a musical career, leading several disturbing projects, including SPACE TIME, use your words, Freeerways and faux pseudo fake fake. In 2013 he will be featured at ESMoA in El Segundo, California.