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= Zackary Drucker = Zackary Drucker is an artist whose work explores themes of gender and sexuality and critiques predominant two-dimensional representations. Drucker's goal is to bring trans themes into her work as a vehicle for the transgender movement. For Drucker, discovering, telling, and preserving trans history is not only an artistic opportunity but a political responsibility. . Drucker's work has been exhibited in galleries, museums, and film festivals including but not limited to the 2014 Whitney Biennial, MoMA PS1, Hammer Museum, Art Gallery of Ontario, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern art.

Early Life
Drucker did not have role models growing up, but her parents were progressive and supported her gender nonconformity. In high school, Drucker aligned herself with Kate Bornstein's books about ways of living that do not ascribe to traditional gender conventions.

Today, Zackary Drucker lives in Los Angeles by herself.

Personal Life
The first time Drucker and Rhys Ernst saw each other was in 2005 at the bar in the East Village. At the time, Drucker had recently graduated from the School of Visual Arts and was on the TV show "Artstar". Drucker had never dated a man before and Ernst had never dated a woman. The former couple now had a show at the Whitney which captured them in day-to-day relatable scenarios like celebrating anniversaries, staying in, or soaking up the sun by the pool. The couple published these photographs of them together, which the New York Times stated was an important public record for transgender life. Although the couple is no longer together, Drucker and Ernst want to show that transgender people can live ordinary lives, filled with love. In a 2014 magazine, Drucker stated that she hopes that one day we can surpass the binaries of gender entirely.

Career
Through her artworks, Drucker shares and uncovers forgotten histories of transgender people.

Exhibitions and Performances

 * 2008 - "The Inability to Be Looked at and the Horror of Nothing to see"
 * In her artwork, performed in different art galleries, she exposes the misogynist construction of femininity. In this performance, Drucker instructed the audience to pluck hairs from her body with tweezers as she lied still on a slab with a metal ball in her mouth. Through this act, the audience was called upon to embody transphobia. Drucker's voiceover monologue during the performance suggests that her body is in a state of trauma, which represents the social challenges of transition. Performance artist Johnny Forever Nawracaj writes that Drucker’s performances elicit imagined possibilities to the way of being - as a process rather than stillness.
 * 2008- "Relationship"
 * 2015 - "Southern For Pussy"

Filmography
Drucker was an associate producer or co-producer in the Emmy-winning Amazon TV series Transparent. Media scholar Nicole Morse argues that Drucker’s use of double castin g brings to light transfeminine history from the 1930s to 1994. Drucker was also involved with writing, hiring, casting, producing, providing notes on script, offering feedback, and postproduction. According to the New York Times Magazine, Drucker's and Ernst's goal for Transparent is to ensure that trans people are depicted accurately on screen and that they are also working behind the scenes.

Drucker mostly contributed to the plot, script, wardrobe, and casting of episode 8, "Best New Girl" from Season 1. In this episode, Drucker believed it was crucial to capture the historical tension between those who identified as male cross-dressers and those who transition. In Season 2, Drucker was involved with shaping the historical context and casting.