Zach Van Horn grew up in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. He received his Bachelors of the Fine Arts in Drawing and Painting from The Ohio State University in 2013 and he received his Masters of in Fine Arts from The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 2018. Zach currently lives and works in Columbus, Ohio with his cat Genevieve.

My paintings explore how our internal programming—shaped by genetics and memories—affects the way we perceive the world. My layered compositions merge two realities through symmetrical, rippling lines. I begin by painting on paper, which I then cut and reassemble multiple times to create a pixelated mosaic. After masking out the symmetrical lines, I paint the representational imagery and then finally sand the surface. The pixelated mosaic symbolizes our internal narratives, while the representational imagery reflects the external world. The interplay of colors and textures between these layers illustrates how perception and personal history continuously shift and blend over time. Through these layered compositions, I invite viewers to reflect on the dynamic relationship between their own internal stories and the external world they encounter daily.