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Hisworkhaswonmajorawardsinmanylocalandregionalexhibitions,in-

cludingthebiennialsattheWalkerArtCenterinMinneapolis,Minnesota,andthe

OldNorthwestTerritor)-shows,andhasoftenbeenapartofnationalexhibitions.

Aboutonehundredandfiftyofhisworksareinthehandsofoverahundredprivate

collectors,andheisrepresentedinthecollectionsoftheMilwaukee(Wisconsin)

ArtInstitute,UniversityofWisconsin,andtheWadsworthAtheneumofHartford,

Connecticut.HelivesinMadison,Wisconsin.

ZAJAC,Jack,TheAnglers, 26 x36. Illustration—Plate 108

"Tohaveamessageoranemotionalstimulationsoakedupbyanuncertainty

oftheArtist'stools—color—shape—form—whicharethe punctuationofhis

message,isadiscouragingthing.ThisisthekindofanemiaFmtryingtoeliminate."
ZajacwasbornofHungarianparentageinYoungstown,Ohio, in1929.He
studiedattheGraduateSchoolofClaremontCollege,Claremont,California,andis
atpresenttheholderofascholarship.Withinthepastyearorsohisworkhaswon
sevenawards,andhasbeenexhibitedontheeastandwestcoastsofthiscountry,in
Youngstown,Ohio,andinVienna.Abouttwenty-fiveprivatecollectorsownexamples
ofZajac'sworkanditalsohasaplaceinthepermanentcollectionsoftheCalifornia
StateAgriculturalSocietyandthePasadena(California)ArtInstitute. Helivesin
Fontana,California.