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Welcome to the World of Victor "Zak" Zaikine
California's Neo-Folk Artist

Great news! Zak Zaikine was recently awarded the prestigious Pollack-Krasner Foundation Grant. More info >

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n 1982, Jay Johnson of American Folk Heritage Gallery of New York City called me a neo-folk artist. I liked the title and it has stayed with me since then.

As a neo-folk artist, I am best known for my animal artwork — whimsical paintings of dogs and cats and fish and chickens.  I am also well known for my figurative bronze sculptures, my colorful metal sculpture, and my highly decorative ceramics, all of which have earned me over 30 blue ribbons and first place awards from 1959 through the present day. My original works are in the high hundreds for very small pieces, to the low to mid thousands for larger pieces if you can find them. I have also been featured in national publications, and have had numerous private and corporate exhibitions of my collections at galleries such as San Francisco's Museum of Modern Art; the Laguna Art Museum in Laguna Beach, California; the Ann Leonard Gallery in Woodstock, New York; and the Jamie Szoke Gallery in Soho, New York.

As an artist and sculptor living in California, my work possesses a whimsical, child-like quality filled with Chagall-like attributes—fanciful, magical and mysterious. Like Chagall, I share a Russian heritage and from that tradition, with my own interpretation, my paintings create folklore and iconographic references that both beguile and enlighten.  As a folk art painter, storyteller and illustrator, I continue to delight my readers and viewers, young and old alike.

Please sit back and take a tour of my website. Browse through the online galleries of my paintings, bronze and pewter sculptures, colorful ceramics, and unique metal sculpture. Read about my new children's book and see the wonderful fairy tale illustrations. And be sure to take a moment to look at my fabulous hand hooked tapestry rugs which are still available in limited quantities.

My delightful whimsical paintings are guaranteed to make you smile, and should you fall in love with any of them, every image of every Zak Zaikine painting can be ordered in a variety of gift items such as prints, note cards, t-shirts, pillows, and more — just click on Gift Items on the menu.

Thank you for stopping by . . . I hope you enjoy browsing through my website and I hope you'll come back again soon.

Blessings,

Zak

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