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Ernest Zacharevic (born 1986 in Lithuania) is a multidiscipline contemporary and
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ist based in Penang,
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.


Technique and style

Zacharevic creates oil paintings, installations, sculptures and stencil and spray paint to produce culturally relevant compositions both inside gallery space and in the arena of public art and walls His interest in the outdoor pieces is in the interaction between mural and the urban landscape, with concepts arising as part of a spontaneous response to the environment. As well as his on street works Ernest creates originals on canvas and found objects alike. These works belong to private collections and institutions across the world including the Ritz Carlton and Dean Collection, a private collection of works owned and maintained by Swizz Beats.


Career

In 2012, Zacharevic received worldwide recognition after creating a series of six street art murals for the George Town Festival in Penang, Malaysia, with the
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calling him Malaysia's answer to
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. These images depict scenes of everyday Malaysian life using local people as the models. The two most popular are ''Children on Bicycle'' and ''Boy on Motorcycle''; a combination of installation and painting allows the outside community to interact with the works. These murals now stand as cultural landmarks in George Town, complete with plaques and frequent queues of people waiting to have their photographs taken with the works. Zacharevic held his first solo show in Penang in 2012 at the Hin Bus Depot, a centre for arts and culture located in George Town ''Art is Rubbish Rubbish is Art''. A collection of 30 plus works painted on reclaimed and found materials. In 2013 Zacharevic received viral attention for his on-street work with the controversial lego mural in Johor Bahru, home to Malaysian " Legoland". Using the lego figures, Zacharevic comments on the violent state of JB, positioning them on a street corner, as a woman carrying a Chanel bag approaches, a masked villain waits around the corner for her. The piece was buffed over quickly, but not before the image went viral, with thousands of people showing their support for the mural and the serious statement it was making. Zacharevic also painted a series of murals in
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, one of the most restrictive countries in the world in terms of street art. He created ''Children in Shopping Trolleys'' and one of his most iconic concepts ''Style Wars''. The piece sees two duelling children about to engage in combat with mops and brooms upon crayon illustrated horses. In 2014 Zacharevic opened his second solo show 'Rock, Paper, Scissors' in
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at Montana Gallery. The collection saw a juxtaposition of more figurative works featuring characters from different cultures all dynamic poses and actions in 2015 Ernest held a solo exhibition at the Underdogs gallery in Lisbon Portugal, this was the first introduction publicly of his origami themed body of work entitled The Floor is Lava. Since this time he has been travelling around the work for independent projects, producing beautiful walls globally. Since 2016 Ernest has directed focus to the initiation of the
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Project, an artist led artivism campaign which used street art to communicate issues concerning the unsustainable production of Palm Oil in South East Asia. Since its inception, the project has collaborated with 9 international artists all creating works to generate awareness of the issues towards positive change.


Replay NYC

In September 2015 Artist Ernest Zacharevic and Photographer
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began their series of collaborations entitled “ReplayNYC.” The project was inspired by Martha’s iconic book "Street Play” which captured carefree
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kids in the late 1970s. In his signature style, Ernest brings Martha’s subjects back to the streets; combining elements of painting and installation. Seven works were carefully curated by Martha and Ernest, with each image corresponding to a specific location to illustrate the vibrant, ever changing landscape of
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. Most of these paintings have disappeared, existing now only though Martha’s photos. This on-street project was showcased for the first time in 2016 at the
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; Martha’s original images paired with the photographs of Ernest’s recreations. Also featured were in-progress photos of the project, along with a wider selection of Martha’s images from around the world of children engaged in creative play.


Splash and Burn

Splash and Burn is a public art project curated by Ernest Zacharevic and coordinated by Charlotte Pyatt, run in association with the SOS Sumatran Orangutan Society and the OIC
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. The aim is to provide an alternative platform for organisations and NGOs fighting to initiate positive change by embracing the weight of the Street Art community, inviting international artists to create murals/sculptures and interventions in and around the urban landscape of
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. Ernest hopes to raise a wider consciousness of conservation issues globally while helping to facilitate relationships with communities directly
Splash and Burn
is an ongoing initiative. The latest project was realised in 2019 by Spanish Artist ESCIF, which involved a rewind symbol carved into a palm oil planation in Indonesia to be rewilded with trees indigenous to the surrounding rainforests. In Collaboration with Indonesian musician Nursalim Yadi Anugerah
REWILD
was accompanied by a short film produced b
Studio Birthplace
currently on the festival circuit.


Recent work

In May 2016, Zacharevic went to
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, an Australian Territory in the
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at the invitation of Christmas Island Phosphates and the local Shire government for a scoping trip to beautify the island landscape. He left behind his first ever Australian art installation with 'Forklift Boy,' near a local tavern. An abandoned forklift adjacent to a shipping container provided the canvas for the piece. It is similar in aesthetic to his Boy and Girl on a Bike and Boy on a Motorbike art installations in George Town, Penang.


References


External links

* https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24924283 * http://www.channelnewsasia.com/tv/tvshows/firstlook/lotsmore/beyond-wall-murals/1794716.html * http://www.juxtapoz.com/street-art/ernest-zacharevic-art-is-rubbish-rubbish-is-art-hin-company-bus-depot-penang-malaysia * http://www.yatzer.com/ernest-zacharevic * http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jaime-rojo-steven-harrington/ernest-zacharevic-_b_4104136.html * http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/malaysian-authorities-paint-over-ernest-zacharevics-lego-mural-over-fears-it-will-hurt-tourism/story-e6frfq80-1226759375985 * http://www.timeout.com/penang/art/street-art-by-ernest-zacharevic * http://www.mtn-world.com/blog/tag/ernest-zacharevic/ * http://www.streetartnews.net/2014/08/ernest-zacharevic-new-mural-for-living.html * http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/10/jousting-painters-in-singapore-by-ernest-zacharevic/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Zacharevic, Ernest Lithuanian artists Living people 1986 births Contemporary artists Penang Street artists