FRANCO ZACHA

  • 2023 & 2022 Exhibiting Artist

  • mentor

  • workshop instructor

  • 2021-2023 Art director & newsletter editor

  • 2019 & 2020 Scholarship REcipient

Franco’s work has been exhibited in our two recent major exhibitions, Re-Imagining Conservation: From Many Viewpoints (2023) at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, WY and Re-Examining Conservation: Questions from the Intersections of the Arts and Sciences (2022) at Brown University’s Granoff Center in RI.

Franco designed the graphics for Creature Conserve’s brand identity across our media channels, including our “Re” exhibition series and contributed the illustrations for the new Creature Needs book (publication date January 2025.) He was the first Creature Conserve E-newsletter editor and contributed the banner illustration.

He is also the workshop instructor for Behind The Research Paper.

“Art holds geat potential to visualize the struggles of conservation and outline the necessary steps needed to take to protect life on our planet.”

To FRANCO ZACHA, illustration is the language of the heart. By combining the world he observes with carefully
crafted concepts, Franco captures emotions through the
lens of solemnity and beauty. Today, his work is
frequently published in the pages of The New York Times, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic, and has been
recognized by institutions like the Society of Illustrators and American Illustration. When he is not painting, you may
find him relishing the art of old Pokémon cards. Franco is from Buenos Aires, Argentina, and based in Providence, RI.

Providence, RI USA

Instagram Handle: @francozacha

Website: https://www.francozacha.com