Zox was born in
Des Moines, Iowa to Oscar and Mildred (née Friedman) Zox, but moved to
New York City at an early age. He lived an artist's life, running in the circles of many prominent names in the art world. In recent years he had relocated to his second home in
Colchester, Connecticut. Zox was considered an
abstract artist, but more often he described himself as a
colorist. Zox received his education at the
University of Oklahoma and
Drake University. He studied with
George Grosz at the Des Moines Art Center. He was awarded a
Guggenheim Fellowship and received grants from the
National Endowment for the Arts and the
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation. He was Artist-in Residence at the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro,
Dartmouth College, and
Yale University. His work has been exhibited in many one-person and group shows including the
Whitney Museum of American Art (
New York City); the
Museum of Modern Art (NY);
Albright-Knox Art Gallery (
Buffalo, New York);
Art Institute of Chicago;
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (NY). In recent years his work has been exhibited at the
Stephen Haller Gallery and the
Berry Campbell Gallery in
New York City and Rocket Gallery, London. His estate is represented by
Berry Campbell Gallery. He died, aged 69, from
cancer and was survived by his second wife, the former Virginia King, his two children from his first marriage Alexander and Melinda, a brother Alan Zox, a sister Susan Zox-Smith, and his brother-in law, the painter
David R. Prentice among others. ==Selected public collections==