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Zacarías González (b. 1984, Cuba) is transdisciplinary artist and filmmaker based in NYC. Their practice looks at place-specific strategies for designing with life, rather than against it, particularly within the fields of agroecology, public architecture, and public health. Their work considers interconnectedness in the face of overlapping global crises, often using food as a container in which we explore our relationships through long-term participatory projects, interventions in public spaces, filmmaking, and writing. 

González’s current long-term project is earth life. 


Their work has been supported through collaborations with:
The Institute for Public Architecture, KERMESSE and Galerie Derouillon, Creative Time, The Storefront for Art and Architecture, MoMa PS1, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn Museum, Recess Art, Socrates Sculpture Park

They have previously been a visiting lecturer at The School of Visual Arts and New School University Eugene Lang College.

projects

PEOPLE’S GARDEN | URBAN SOIL INSTITUTE | SWALE | INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE
2025, New York, New York

FILM-MAKER’S COOPERATIVE | INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE
“Public Joy and Other Feelings | Avant-Garden” Series
2025, New York, New York

DELI RADIO | INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE
2025, New York, New York 

SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS ECOLOGICAL FELLOWSHIP | INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE
2025, New York, New York 

INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE |  EARTH  LIFE  
 2025, New York, New York 

RECESS ART | DELI RADIO ¨EARTHLIFE¨ Interviews
2024, Brooklyn, New York

INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE | EARTHLIFE “MUD”
 2024, New York, New York

BEAKS | JULIAN FARADE 
2024, Published by KERMESSE and Galerie Derouillon
Paris, France

CREATIVE TIME | “NYCHA AND PUBLIC GARDENS”
2024, New York, New York

CREATIVE TIME | SEED FREEDOM: ECONOMY OF CARE + JUMANA MANNA “WILD RELATIVES”   
2024, New York, New York

DESIGN FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION PANEL Nourishment  
2024, School of Visual Arts, 
New York, New York

THE STOREFRONT OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE 
Artist Cohort Dinner, 2024
New York, New York

NEW SCHOOL UNIVERSITY EUGENE LANG COLLEGE GURAL SCHOLARS | “the future of food”     
2024, New York, New York

JUDSON ARTS | DORCHEL HAQQ 
 “intotheswallow”, 2024
New York, New York
       
RECESS ART | MARCELA TORRES Mud/Barro2024
Brooklyn, New York
          
THE STOREFRONT FOR ART AND ARCHITECTURE + MONTEZ RADIO  “care”, 2023
New York, New York

INDEX SPACE | EAT
2023, New York, New York

GLOBAL GUEST LECTURES SERIES  | DESIGN FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION  “Why Food”, 
2023, School of Visual Arts
New York, New York

CHECKING IN FILM + DINNER CAMERON DEBE    
Long term  project,  2021-22
Brooklyn, New York

ANCESTRAL RHYTHMS OF THE HARVEST: RITUAL CYCLES OF GRIEF, GRATITUDE, AND REAPING Food Workshop, 
2021, Socrates Sculpture Park
Queens, New York

AUXILIO SPACE  
 Long term  project, 2019 - 2022
New York, New York