CONTEMPORARY ART STOCKROOM Zac Koukoravas

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Zac Koukoravas’ impactful 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 imposes 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.

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.

His is a hard/soft-edged, intriguing dialogue of piercing forms, yet possessing an atmospheric quality created by a sfumato effect that draws us into potent spaces in and around the painted surfaces. The overlapping directional shapes, the materials used and the application of paint by airbrush suggest a sense of fragmented soundwaves in deep space and of the ‘far away’, as if pointing to the future. Texture is denied. Surfaces are smooth and screen-like, and within these forms there are suggestions of the physical presence of another, more tenuous world. As with many artists, materials and processes formulate the entrance to these ‘other’ worlds. Koukoravas’ works consist of layered sheets of glass and acrylic, painted on both sides, suspended within a darkened interior frame. By purposefully using a limited range of enamel and acrylic colours, the meticulous shapes within his compositions are delicate, floating as if in a space both microscopic and vast. They permeate a sense of mystery. Traditional brush marks and textures are absent in this conversation of contrast: sharp and soft, opacity and transparency. Pellucid forms both emerge and recede, shifting focus from background to foreground and back again.
Excerpt from catalogue essay by Dr Elizabeth Bodey

ARTIST PROFILE:
Zac Koukoravas graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2012 and is currently employed as the Studio Technician within VCA's Secondary School. In 2016 he won the Best Artist Award at DenFair and in 2014 held a successful sell-out debut at the Melbourne Art Fair. In 2013 Koukoravas won the FLG’s Emerging Artist Award and held his first solo exhibition with FLG in 2014. His work is represented in the Justin Art House Museum (JAHM) Collection and has featured in various JAHM's group exhibitions over recent years. His works are held in private collections nationally.

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

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Media Highlights

Amstel 2024
Acrylic paint on acrylic panels
20cm x 20cm
$1,000 AUD

Fade Out 2023
acrylic and enamel paint on acrylic panels
125cm x 125cm , framed
$8,000 AUD

Fading Fast 2023
acrylic and enamel paint on acrylic panels
125cm x 125cm , framed
$8,000 AUD

High Fade V1 2022
acrylic and enamel paint on acrylic panels
125cm x 125cm , framed
$8,000 AUD

Tight Fade 2023
acrylic and enamel paint on acrylic panels
125cm x 125cm , framed
$8,000 AUD

Homemade Weapons 4 (Flashpoint) 2021
acrylic and enamel paint on acrylic panels
123cm x 123cm framed
$6,500 AUD

Broken Shadows, June 2 2022
Acrylic paint on acrylic panels
62cm x 131cm framed
$4,500 AUD

Homemade Weapons 3 (Joggers at the Park) 2021
acrylic and enamel paint on acrylic panels
83cm x 123cm framed
In Artist's Studio
$5,500 AUD

Camo Patch (Grapevine Sky) 2021
acrylic and enamel paint on acrylic panels
60cm x 42cm
$2,200 AUD

Camo Patch (Night Shade) 2021
acrylic and enamel paint on acrylic panels
60cm x 44cm
$2,200 AUD

Camo Patch (Cactus) 2021
acrylic and enamel paint on acrylic panels
60cm x 44cm framed
$2,200 AUD

Camo Patch (Peppermint Wildflower) 2021
acrylic and enamel paint on acrylic panels
60cm x 42cm
$2,200 AUD

Camo Patch (Apricot Tree) 2021
acrylic and enamel paint on acrylic panels
60cm x 44cm framed
$2,200 AUD

Camo Patch (Parsley) 2021
acrylic and enamel paint on acrylic panels
60cm x 44cm framed
$2,200 AUD

Big Boys Don't Cry 2019
acrylic & enamel on acrylic panels
103cm x 103cm
In Artist's Studio
$5,000 AUD

Dirty Look 2019
acrylic & enamel on glass & acrylic panels
83cm x 63cm
In Artist's Studio
$4,000 AUD

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

High Times 2023
acrylic paint on 300gsm Fabriano watercolour paper
70cm x 50cm , (framed size 72 x 55cm)
$1,500 AUD

High Times #1 2023
acrylic paint on 300gsm Fabriano watercolour paper
70cm x 50cm , (framed size 72 x 55cm)
$1,500 AUD