Zak Smith
| Zak Smith | |
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 Zak Smith.jpg Zak Smith in 2005[citation needed] | |
| Born | July 16, 1976 Syracuse, New York, U.S. |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 🏫 Education | Cooper Union, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Yale University |
| 💼 Occupation | |
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Zak Smith (born July 16, 1976), also known as Zak Sabbath, is an American artist.[1]
Early life and education[edit]
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.[2]
Smith's father is Jewish.[citation needed]
Career[edit]
Art[edit]
Public collections containing Smith's work include the Museum of Modern Art[3] and the Progressive Corporation.[citation needed] Zak Smith is represented by Fredericks & Freiser Gallery in New York City.[4]
Other works[edit]
In 2009 Smith began writing a blog Playing D&D With Porn Stars with a focus on the game Dungeons & Dragons.[5] From March to November 2010, Smith directed and co-starred in I Hit It With My Axe, appearing along with other adult performers including Kimberly Kane, Satine Phoenix, Sasha Grey, Justine Joli, and Stoya. The weekly series followed the group as they played Dungeons & Dragons, and was produced by The Escapist.[6][7][8]
Smith in 2011 authored his first printed RPG work, Vornheim: The Complete City Kit, with RPG publisher Lamentations of the Flame Princess.[9] The gaming supplement won the 2012 IndieCade Best Technology of the Year award from the IndieCade Awards.[10]
Smith in 2014 authored the RPG setting A Red and Pleasant Land, also with Lamentations of the Flame Princess.[11][12] The setting won four prizes at the 2015 EN World RPG Awards (the ENnies): Silver Best Cartography, Gold Best Setting, Gold Best Writing, and Silver Product of the Year.[13] That same year, Wizards of the Coast engaged Smith as a consultant in the playtest of Dungeons & Dragons fifth edition.[14]
In 2016, Smith and co-author Patrick Stuart published the RPG megadungeon Maze of the Blue Medusa, through publisher Satyr Press.[15] The book won three awards at the 2016 EN World RPG Awards: Silver Best Adventure, Gold Best Electronic Book, and Silver Best Writing.[16]
In 2018, Smith wrote the RPG setting Frostbitten & Mutilated, released through Lamentations of the Flame Princess.[17] The setting won four awards at the 2018 EN World RPG Awards: Silver Best Art - Interior, Gold Best Monster/Adversary, Silver Best Setting, and Silver Best Writing.[18]
Personal life[edit]
Smith lived and worked in Brooklyn, New York until October 2007, when he moved to Los Angeles. He has previously dated Varrick Robinson and was formerly in a long-term relationship with adult industry performer Mandy Morbid.[19] Smith describes himself as an anarchist.[20][21][22]
Mandy Morbid and several other women in early February 2019 publicly accused Smith of abuse.[23] Smith released a statement denying the accusations.[24] The online RPG storefront DriveThruRPG announced it would no longer work with Smith and would be donating its portion of any revenue generated from the sale of products by Smith already on the storefront to Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network. Wizards of the Coast announced they would be removing all references to Smith from the print and digital editions of Dungeons & Dragons fifth edition and that Smith has been banned from the ENnie Awards ceremony held at Gen Con.[25] Gen Con management followed this up with a statement of its own that Smith was banned from the convention entirely.[26]
Bibliography[edit]
Art[edit]
- Zak Smith: Pictures of Girls (New York, NY: Distributed Art Publishers, 2005). ISBN 978-1-933045-22-1 Search this book on .
- Pictures Showing What Happens on Each Page of Thomas Pynchon's Novel Gravity's Rainbow (Graphic Representation oNovel/Illustration). (Portland, Or: Tin House Books, 2006). ISBN 0-9773127-9-8 Search this book on .
- We Did Porn: Memoir and Drawings. (Portland, Or: Tin House Books, 2009). ISBN 978-0-9802436-8-0 Search this book on .
- The Worst Breakfast (illustrator, with writer China Miéville, Akashic Books, 2016). ISBN 978-1-6177548-6-9 Search this book on .
RPGs[edit]
- Vornheim: The Complete City Kit (Lamentations of the Flame Princess, 2011). ISBN 978-9-5259042-4-6 Search this book on .
- A Red & Pleasant Land (Lamentations of the Flame Princess, 2014). ISBN 978-9-5259046-0-4 Search this book on .
- Death Frost Doom (Lamentations of the Flame Princess, 2014). ISBN 978-9-5259048-3-3 Search this book on .
- Maze of the Blue Medusa (with Patrick Stuart, Satyr Press, 2016). ISBN 978-0-9832437-5-5 Search this book on .
- Frostbitten & Mutilated (Lamentations of the Flame Princess, 2018). ISBN 978-9-5272380-2-8 Search this book on .
References[edit]
- ↑ Nina Karaicic (April 6, 2016) "Biography of Zak Smith" Widewalls. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ↑ Nina Karaicic (April 6, 2016) "Biography of Zak Smith" Widewalls. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ↑ "The Collection | Zak Smith (American, born 1976)". MoMA. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
- ↑ Featured Works Fredericks & Freiser Gallery Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ↑ Dan Arndt (February 15, 2019) "New Allegations Against Zak Smith Spotlight Rampant Harassment In The RPG Industry" Fandomentals. Retrieved February 28, 2009.
- ↑ I Hit It With My Axe: Episode One: Meet the Party Access date: August 2, 2010
- ↑ Newitz, Annalee. "On Reality TV Series "I Hit It With My Axe," Porn Stars Play D&D". io9. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
- ↑ Rothbart, Davy (12 January 2012). "Playing Dungeons and Dragons with Porn Stars". Maxim. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ↑ RPG Geek Vornheim: The Complete City Kit Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ↑ Indiegamerreview.Com (October 5, 2012) IndieCade 2012 Indie Game Award Winners – The Complete List Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ↑ RPG Geek Red & Pleasant Land Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ↑ Christopher Helton (February 24, 2015) Looking At Zak Smith’s A Red & Pleasant Land Bleeding Cool. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ↑ Ennies (August 1, 2015) Congratulations to all the 2015 ENnie Award Winners! Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ↑ Charlie Hall (February 20, 2019) Dungeons & Dragons publisher scrubs contributor from handbook amid abuse allegations Polygon. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ↑ Bryce Lynch (April 29, 2016) Review of Maze of the Blue Medusa. RPGnet. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ↑ Ennies 2016 ENnie Award Winners Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ↑ RPG Geek Frostbitten & Mutilated Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ↑ Ennies 2018 ENnie Noms and Winners Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ↑ Kimberly Kane (October 16, 2012). "Zak Loves Mandy". VICE. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
- ↑ Emilie Trice (October 15, 2007). "Anarchy in the U.K." artnet.de. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
This month, the 31-year-old artist, anarchist and porn star has a solo show at Fred in London.
- ↑ Zing Tsjeng (July 28, 2014). "Stoya selects Zak Smith". Dazed Digital. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
The self-described anarchist landed his monumental page-for-page artistic interpretation of Gravity's Rainbow in the Whitney Biennal at 28, then landed his first adult film role in Barbed Wire Kiss.
- ↑ Hellings, David Paul. "An Interview with Zak S – SFFWorld". Retrieved 2019-03-01.
- ↑ Charlie Hall (February 20, 2019) Dungeons & Dragons publisher scrubs contributor from handbook amid abuse allegations Polygon. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ↑ Charlie Hall (February 20, 2019) Dungeons & Dragons publisher scrubs contributor from handbook amid abuse allegations Polygon. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ↑ Charlie Hall (February 20, 2019, updated February 22, 2019) Dungeons & Dragons publisher scrubs contributor from handbook amid abuse allegations Polygon. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ↑ "Gen Con LLC | Gen Con's Stance on Abuse & Harassment". www.gencon.com. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
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