| Ron Zakrin has been an ever present creative force in Detroit since the mid nineties, when he emerged on to the underground electronic music set with paintings that provided a visual counterpart to the Detroit sound that was taking the world by storm. Since those early days Ron's work has expanded in scope and scale; no longer strictly focused on man and his relationship with technology, Zakrin probes the veins of society, and explores the nature of man, love, and loss. Zakrin lives in Detroit Michigan, where he was born and works daily.
In parallel to his visual art, Zakrin is also a recording artist under the name Goudron. First appearing on the on the legendary Detroit label Ersatz Audio in 2002 with the EP "Horses and Chariots", and an EP and LP in 2004, "Civil Symmetry" and "Raw Voltage", Zakrin moved to the equally influential Interdimensional Transmissions label after the Ersatz label closed shop. 2007 marked the beginning of this new partnership with the release of the EP "Stiletto", with more projects in the pipeline.
Zakrin puts his modified circuitry to work along with vintage analog synthesizers to produce a musical journey through the post apocalypse, gliding seamlessly from electropunk anthems at home both on the dancefloor and behind the wheel, to a more introspective and melodic reflection of life, love, and loss.
Having toured
throughout North America and performing for enthusiastic crowds on both
sides of the border, Goudron has a respectable following in the
electronic music audience both in North America and Europe.
Selected Exhibitions:
"My First Show" solo @ Asteroid, Detroit MI 1995
"Cyberealism" solo @ Zoot's, Detroit MI 1996
"Future Shock", solo show @ Urban Park Gallery, Detroit MI 1997
Group show @ Park Street Gallery, Windsor ONT 1998
"Art and Reality" group show @ Maniscalco Gallery, Detroit, Mi 1999
"Manual Override" and "Hero Worship", solo shows @ Cpop Gallery,
Detroit MI 2001 and 2002
Group show @ Galerie Vartai, Vilniuas, Lithuainia, 2002
"Sound of Art", group show @ Juris Gallery, Detroit MI 2005
" Paralell Lies" 2 man show with Mark Heggie, Tangent Gallery, Detroit.
March 2006
"Disposable Heroes" 2007, solo show, Cass Cafe, Detroit, MI May 2008
Annual Inter-generational group show, Ellen Kayrod Gallery, Detroit, MI 2008
May-June 2009 group show, Cpop Gallery. Detroit MI
"Heavy Hitterz" group show, Art Whino Gallery, 173 Waterfront St
National Harbor, MD 20745June 26, 2009
and again the following month in the "Oldschoolin" group show.
Detroit Artist's Market , "Small Show" group exhibition. August 7 - 22, 2009.
Solo show, 323 East Gallery, 323 East 4th st. Royal Oak MI September 26, 2009
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