CONTEMPORARY ART STOCKROOM Zac Koukoravas

Koukoravas’ large scale works, painted on multiple layers of glass and perspex, are characterized by his use of shadow and light, depth and space. Layering additional panels to create further complexity and depth, Zac imposed strict parameters on his creative process, finding infinite possibilities within set limitations. Conflicting elements of chance and structure, movement and stillness result in works full of peaks and plateaus, structure and composure - the outcome of gambling with the dichotomy of order and chaos.

Big Boys Don't Cry 2019 & Passive Aggressive 2019

Embedded within Zac’s abstract painting practice are a diverse range of pictorial traditions and cultural experiences including graffiti, architecture, the electronic music scene, political activism and our relation to natural and urban environments. Colour and form, appropriated and deconstructed from the surrounding environment, play a key role in the aesthetics of the work.

Stark Reality, 2016

Koukoravas draws inspiration from the overtones of the night – its light, colour and atmosphere. He is drawn to the abstraction that the blanket of darkness creates as it settles on our urban environments. “Darkness equalizes everything – clearing the landscape of detail and context; filling it with the unknown where buildings become rectangular shapes and trees become amorphous masses”, he explains.
Excerpt from Blue Lines catalogue essay by Owen Craven, Melbourne-based Senior Curator with UAP

Dirty Look 2019, Space Invader 2019 & Dirty Secret 2019

Koukoravas graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2012 and has had a solid exhibition history since. In 2014 his work was acquired by the Justin Art House Museum (JAHM) with his work featured in JAHM's 2018 group exhibition Black & White & Red All Over. In 2016 he won the Best Artist Award at DenFair and in 2013 was included in FLG’s annual emerging artist exhibition Exploration 13, for which he was the joint winner of that years FLG Emerging Artist Award. He held his first successful solo exhibition with FLG in 2014, sold out at his fair debut at the 2014 Melbourne Art Fair, and has had three solo exhibitions with the gallery since. His works are held in private collections nationally.

Sleeping Water (left) Descent to Hades (right) 2018 from Subterrain group exhibition

CATALOGUE ESSAY

Mixed Message, by Dr Elisabeth Bodey 2019
Blue Lines, by Owen Craven 2017
Supermodified, by Andrew Gaynor 2016

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Media Highlights

Big Boys Don't Cry 2019
acrylic & enamel on acrylic panels
103cm x 103cm
$5,500 AUD

Descent to Hades 2018
acrylic & enamel on acrylic panels
103cm x 103cm x 4 cm On Display at SJB Interiors
$5,500 AUD

Dirty Secret 2019
acrylic & enamel on glass & acrylic panels
83cm x 63cm
$4,000 AUD

Dirty Look 2019
acrylic & enamel on glass & acrylic panels
83cm x 63cm
$4,000 AUD

Space Invader 2019
acrylic & enamel on acrylic panels
83cm x 83cm
$4,500 AUD

Sleeping Water 2018
acrylic & enamel on acrylic panels
83cm x 123cm
$5,500 AUD

Stark Reality 2016
acrylic paint on glass and acrylic
103cm x 103cm
(in artist's studio)
$4,500 AUD