Zachary Cahill is an interdisciplinary artist and the Director of Programs and Fellowships at the Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry. His work examines the nature of propaganda, politics, nation-building, religion, and society. Cahill’s practice focuses primarily on a fictional nation, the USSA, as a metaphorical tool for investigating real political narratives. Through boldly colorful, fantastical, and nearly-abstract projects in a variety of media, the artist plays with the objects, places, and rituals that make up a society. Since 2010, the USSA has incorporated installations, paintings, sculptures, séance performances, and artistic writings, which have focused on several zones of idealogical indoctrination including: an orphanage, a gift shop, a wellness center, the state farm, a state church/assembly, and a postal service.

To learn more about Zach Cahill's work, please visit his website.