Encaustic House - Zachary Armstrong 2026
Zachary Armstrong’s Encaustic House is an all-enveloping installation that meditates on the
American childhood in all its wonder, isolation,
hope, and potential. The walls, ceilings, and floors of this full sized house are made of large
encaustic paintings bolted together. The exterior is a direct three- dimensional rendering of a doll
house that was a small, quiet but consistent
presence in Armstrong’s childhood. The interior
walls/paintings are complex, chaotic visions dense with art historical references, personal anecdotes, collective cultural memories, and dark and
humorous contemporary Americana.
Along with the house, Armstrong will also install a
series of shelves that span the width of the
Weston’s Street Level Gallery. These shelves will
be filled with over 200 handmade lamps, pots,
paintings, and sketches. The large shelf
installations essentially a mural-sized
portrait representing Armstrong’s artistic practice,
with crossreferences to other works in the
exhibition and to his studio practice overall. Every
image has its counterpart in the exhibition and/or
references another work by Armstrong.