Zach Moser received a BA in studio art from Oberlin College in 2002. Moser is the recipient of several awards and fellowships including the Compton Mentor Fellowship, 2003, The Idea Fund, 2008, and a Creative Capital Visual Arts Award,2012. In 2008, he attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and in 2011, he was an Artist in Residence at the University of Houston Mitchell Center for the Arts. Moser founded and facilitated the Big Parade of Oberlin, OH, in 2001, and in 2003, he co-founded the youth development organization Workshop Houston. He has exhibited at the Contemporary Art Museum of Houston, the Glassell School of Art, and Diverseworks Art Space.