Zac Buehner - CV
129b Le Thanh Tong, An My,
Hoi An Dong, Da Nang 70000
+84 934-160-542
zbuehner@gmail.com
Zac Buehner is an intermedia artist using his personal work like a therapeutic or ritualistic tool to support his own psycho-spiritual growth and development. He’s been in group shows in New York City, Boston, S. Korea, and Vietnam, and his most recent solo-exhibition ‘Current’ opened in May 2025 at Vin Gallery, HCMC.
To support his art practice Zac has worked across a wide range of creative disciplines, as an art fabricator, craftsman, designer, and creative director, with projects featured in designboom, F@st-Company et al, and has a London International Award for best packaging design from his time working with Ki Saigon. He was born and raised in New York City, and now lives and works in Vietnam as a Creative Director at Lovepop VN.
Group shows
Nov-2010, “Jellification” Parsons Hall Project Space, Holyoke MA, USA
May-2012, “Tag (You’re It)” 13 Forest Gallery, Arlington MA, USA
Dec-2012, “Young Collectors” Leila Heller Gallery, Chelsea NYC, USA
May-2013, “Inside Out” Canal Gallery, Holyoke MA, USA
July-2013, “Emerging Collectors” Montauk Beach House, Montauk NY, USA
Dec-2014, “Art and Real Estate Collectors” 7 Wooster st. NYC, USA
Jan-2017, “En Mass” Diana Felber Gallery, West Stockbridge MA, USA
July-2017, “YB List” [B]Communications Gallery, Daegu, S. Korea
Oct-2017, “Initials Unknown” Soma Art Space, HCMC, Viet Nam
Sept-2018, “Do what you feel!” Room Gallery, HCMC, Viet Nam
Oct-2018, “Alphabet Show” Traveling exhibition, 4 cities, Viet Nam
Oct-2023, “Untitled” Paired with Ran Ortner and Masayuki Nagare, Jason McCoy Gallery, NYC, USA
Nov-2024, “From the archives” Project 14c, Jersey City, USA
Solo Shows
Aug-2016, “Hide” [B]Space Gallery, Daegu, S. Korea
Feb-2017, “The Ghosts” T Morning, Daegu, S. Korea
May-2019, “EnTropical” Room Gallery, HCMC, Viet Nam
May-2025, “Current” Vin Gallery, HCMC, Viet Nam
Publications
Selected:
Jan 2013, Studio International Magazine, original writing and featured artworks.
Sep 2016, [B]racket Magazine, full feature article and featured artworks.
July 2025, Meer Magazine: a map of memories and symbols by Andres Castellano. Full feature article and selected artworks.
May 2026, designboom: Zac Buehner designs foldable paper tree collection by Christina Vergopoulou. Full feature article and select project images.
Creative
Art Fabricator/Designer/Creative Director
Ki Saigon - 2018 to 2022
Notable projects:
Letters to the Future - 2022
I was the Artist/Fabrication Team Leader for, “Letters to the Future” project, which received international critical acclaim, and was featured in DesignBoom/F@st Company/Long Now et al. The project was also shortlisted for a D&AD award in the category of “Book Design” 2022, and is in the permanent collection of M+ Museum in Hong Kong.
Peace Garden - 2020
I was the Artist/Packaging Designer on the globally viral “Peace Pizzas” project for Pizza 4Ps, which also received prominent international acclaim including features in DesignBoom/Campaign et al. The project won Silver at the London International Awards for “Packaging Design” in 2021, and was short-listed for a D&AD award that same year. We released the project on World Peace day in 2020, as a gallery installation titled, “Peace Garden” filling the room with blooming pop-up pizza box flowers.
Spice Murals - 2020
I was the Artist featured in the video for the Spice Murals project released on World Peace Day, for Pizza 4Ps in 2020. I helped conceive, illustrate, and solely execute three murals made entirely from spices that were documented and released as part of 4Ps Peace Day Campaign. The murals have been made into large light-box displays that remain permanent installations at two of their HCMC locations.
Lovepop - 2025 to today
Notable projects:
Poet Trees - 2026
I was the Creative director for Lovepop’s first paper sculpture home-decor line, developing a new engineering system that allowed a large pop-up paper sculpture to open together with the cube pedestal it sits atop. The first sculpture series was called the Poet Tree Collection, starting with four best-selling trees: Cherry Blossom, Weeping Willow, Japanese Maple, and Gingko Biloba. On the base of each pedestal was an embossed poem, “Trees” by Joyce Kilmer.
Unboxed - 2026
I was the Creative Director for Lovepop’s second series of pop-up home-decor sculptures as an extension of the pedestal design system, this time each sculpture represented a Virtue that was springing from the box it sat upon, a virtue being Unboxed and set free. These have quickly become top-sellers for the company, and have opened the door for creating lines of pop-up collectibles.
Education
2004 - Bachelor of Fine Arts - Hampshire College
Awards
Winner - Silver LIA, London International Award for “Package Design - Promotional Packaging” 2021 View
Shortlist - D&AD Award for “Packaging Design - Promotional” 2021 View
Shortlist - D&AD Award for “Book Design - Limited Edition & Fine Binding Books” 2022 View
“Current” Exhibition Gallery
Ki Saigon Gallery
Project Videos
Garden of Peace
Murals for Peace
Letters to the Future
Letters to the Future - The Exhibition
Burn to Shine
As Above So Below