Art is life.
Art is the journey.
What I want my art to reflect on is the impact of the experiences that have influence on my thinking.
These experiences include self discovery, a reaction to form and a passion for gestural realities.
I believe that most often the attempt is to find ‘meaning’ as a justification for creating.
The authentic journey is a journey from the heart. To be an artist is to experience that journey every day, to ask what I want to say and how the materials I use are going to contribute to this expression.

     
1941 Born- Perth, Western Australia
1974 Artist in Residence, Fremantle Art Centre
1983-89 BA Fine Arts Western Australian College of Advanced Education
1974-2002 Lectured Colleges and TAFE Centres Metro & Regional WA
1974-80 Arts Access workshops regional Western Australian centres

Prizes
2004 Perth Royal Show Art Exhibition, Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia, Award of Merit
1979 John McCaughey Memorial Invitation Prize, National Gallery of Victoria
1974 Charles Hamilton Memorial Prize for Oil Painting, Fremantle
1954 Perth Prize, Perth WA, Highly Commended

Represented
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra ACT 2007
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth WA – Painting, Drawing, Brush and Ink, Ceramics
Municipal Collection, Shire of Innes, County Clare, Ireland
Artbank Collection, Sydney Curtin University, Bentley
Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle Fremantle City Council, Fremantle
Hale School Collection, Wembley Kalgoorlie College Collection
Municipal Collection, Taiji, Japan R&I Bank Collection, Perth
Swan City Council Collection, Midland Sydney Stock Exchange, Sydney
Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital The Holmes a Court Collection, Perth
Publications:
The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Vol.49#1, 2010
The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Vol.45#3, 2006
50 Western Australian Painters and Printmakers – Fremantle Centrepress
R&I Bank of WA Art Collection – R&I Bank
Pottery In Australia, Vol 33, No.3, Spring 1994
Arts Unlimited, 1993, Vol.1, Sept 93
Craft West Magazine 1980/3 pp8-9
New Art Seven Profiles in Contemporary Australian Art, 1992 Ed. Neville Drury

Solo Exhibitions
2010 Contre-Jour: Against the day, Stafford Studios, Perth
2009 Thematic Partnership, with Ian deSouza, Stafford Studios, Perth
2004 Master Strokes, Stafford Studios, Perth
1998 Ceramics by Garry Zeck, Perth Galleries, Perth
1997 Urns, Large Pots and Platters, Perth Galleries, Perth
1995 Perth Galleries
1994 Shipping Containers, Perth Galleries, Perth
1993 Reflections of the Swan Valley, Perth Galleries, Perth
1992 Perth Galleries, Perth
1991 Guildford Village Potters, Guildford
1991 (with Basil Hadley), Perth Galleries, Perth
1990 Ceramics, Perth Galleries, Perth
1988 Charcoal Drawings of the Goldfields, Kalgoorlie College, Kalgoorlie
1988 Ceramics & Brush and Ink Paintings, Perth Galleries, Perth
1987 Ceramics & Brush and Ink Paintings by Garry Zeck, Greenhill Galleries, Perth
1985 Garry Zeck Brush and Ink Drawings On Japanese Handmade Paper, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
1985 Ceramics and Paintings, Greenhill Galleries, Perth
1984 Drawings by Garry Zeck, Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide
1984 Ceramics, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
1984 Ceramics, Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide
1982 Ceramics & Drawings, Gallery 52 , Perth
1982 Paintings, Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney
1982 Shinju Matsuri Festival Artist, Broome
1981 Garry Zeck Paintings & Ceramics, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
1980 Garry Zeck Paintings Review Exhibition, Fremantle Arts Gallery, Fremantle
1980 Ceramics & Paintings, Gallery 52, Perth
1979 Paintings & Ceramics, Gallery 52 , Perth
1978 Ceramics by Garry Zeck, Gallery 52, Perth
1977 Garry zeck paintings – barbara hanrahan prints, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
1976 Inaugural Exhibition, Gallery G, Perth
1975 Skinner Galleries, Perth
1975 Garry Zeck an exhibition of recent paintings and drawings, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
1974 works in progress, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
1974 End of Residency Exhibition, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
1972 Skinner Galleries, Perth
1967 Hesling-Archer Gallery, Perth

Selected Group Exhibitions
2009 CAAWA Selective Exhibition, Fremantle Contemporary Art Gallery, Fremantle
2008 What Lies Beneath, Mundaring Arts Centre, Mundaring
2001-6 CAAWA Selective Exhibition, Gallows Gallery, Mosman Park
2002 Love Your Work, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
2001 Is the Dinner Party Dead, CAAWA at WASAD , Northbridge
2000 Michiko & Friends, Perth Galleries, Subiaco
1999 Everyday Change- Ceramics in WA 1970 – 1999, Lawrence Wilson Gallery UWA, Nedlands
1999 Edge to Edge, Perth Galleries, Subiaco
1999 The Vase, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
1996 Bowled and Beautiful, National Bowl Show, Sydney
1996 Clay and Glass Association of WA, Perth
1994 City of Perth Craft Awards, Craft Council of WA, Perth
1992 Ceramics from City of Fremantle Collection, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
1987 Western Australian Drawings, Art Gallery of Western Australia,
1986 Bowles and Bottles, Arts Access Touring Exhibition, Fremantle
1986 Four Western Australian Potters, Blaxland Galleries, Sydney 1986 Seven WA Artists Exhibition, Greenhill Galleries, Perth
1985 “Pots” with Bela Kotai, Greg Crowe and Phil Douglas, Crafts Council of WA, Perth
1985 Artists Self Portrait Drawings, Arts Access Touring Exhibition, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
1985 The WA Week Invitation Art Award Exhibition of Paintings, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
1984 Mobil “Pegasus” Painting Award, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
1984 Fremantle Markets Invitation Ceramic Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
1983 Western Australian Ceramics Exhibition, Greenhill Galleries, North Adelaide
1983 10 times table – Functional Potters, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
1982 The First 10 Years, Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide
1982 Meat Market Craft Centre, North Melbourne
1982 Second Acquisitive Award, The Mining Industry of WA, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
1982 Survey 82 Invitation Exhibition, Bunbury Arts Chambers, Bunbury
1981 Focus on Clay, Craft Council WA, Quentin Gallery, Perth
1980 Focus on Clay, Distelfink Gallery, Hawthorn Vic
1980 Contemporary Western Australian Painters ad Printmakers,Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
1979 John McCaughey Memorial Invitation, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1978 Inaugural Art Exhibition Prize Exhibition, Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital, Perth
1976 The Third Charles Hamilton Memorial Exhibition, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
1976 Ten Western Australian Painters, Art Gallery of WA, Perth
1976 Jubilee Art Acquisition Exhibition, Perth Technical College, Perth
1968-71 Skinner Galleries, Perth