Zakriya Rabani

Zakriya Rabani is a first generation human. Given a different last name than both of his parents he has grown as a Southwest Floridian with influences consisting of the relentless repetitive nature of the blue-green crashing waves, the push for strategic explosions of energy in the world of sport and competition, as well as an obsession of contending with present-day educational/institutional structures. Rabani challenges the patterns of man by using his own absurd past experiences to fuel his storytelling desires. 

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​Exhibited nationwide in galleries, museums, competitions and public art spaces, Rabani has shown at Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO; Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO; ArtFields, Lake City, SC; Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL; Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN; Foundry Art Center, St. Charles, MO; Indianapolis Art Centre, Indianapolis, IN; Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL and many more. He has been a resident at the Franconia Sculpture Park in Shafer, MN and is a 2019 ArtFields Best Installation Performance Winner. He was the Studio Coordinator of Sculpture at Anderson Ranch Arts Center 2019-2022 and he now serves as the Alexander Brest Gallery Director and Director of Fine Arts Operations at Jacksonville University 2023-present. 

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By the age of 24, Zakriya Rabani achieved national rankings in both the sports of Tennis and Beach Volleyball, MFA from the University of South Florida and a BFA from the University of Florida. Founder of two separate collegiate beach volleyball organizations Rabani has extreme amounts of passion, mysteries from his Asian heritage, all the while always having a love for sharing information and experiences through storytelling and teaching.