Zachary Hendel
Zachary Hendel is a multidisciplinary artist working across drawing, code, and machine-based processes. His practice explores the intersection of generative systems, physical tools, and traditional mark-making, using pen plotters alongside custom software and experimental workflows. Born in New York City, Hendel grew up surrounded by early computer-generated plotter drawings, instilling a fascination with algorithmic and machine-made art from birth. His fourteen years in Los Angeles spanned music, events, and visual art — experiences that shaped his interdisciplinary approach to creative practice. In his thirties, he relocated to Peekskill, New York. I found Zach through his association with the Harold Cohen "AARON" exhibit at the Whitney in early 2024 — a fitting doorway for someone who grew up around plotter drawings — and now he explores art-making while working with me at Bantam Tools. Alongside his own artistic practice, he has played a significant role in Bantam Tools' transition into an art-machine company, helping develop the tools, software, and resources that make machine-based drawing and painting more accessible to artists. His work as a plotter artist spans pieces created in service of expanding the machine-arts community as well as his own artistic explorations. His website, g28.art, is named after the G28 homing command found in G-code — the coordinate language used by CNC machines, pen plotters, and other digital-fabrication tools. The name is both a reference to the machines themselves and a reflection of the feeling that plotted computer art has always felt like home.
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