ZEB ONE
While gradually developing fonts, Zeb One maintained continuity in his creative work. He never really followed art trends, and his personal opinions and inventions were gradually shaped by graffiti, the street art scene, and also by an admiration for the aesthetic quality of floor plans, as we know them from urbanism and architecture.
The endeavor for the purest form - without gestural and emotional elements - ultimately and logically anchored him in a geometrical - abstract expression, based on typography. Calm and concentrated painting, in which the author emphasizes the ultimate perfection of the execution, arises from the purist idea of the absolute work.
It begins with a sketch verifying the proportional relationships, which the author then mechanically converts to the canvas with perfect accuracy. Over time, he has developed a strictly defined workflow, which includes, for example, the horizontal position of the painting mat or the order in which the individual areas of color are applied and covered. Throughout the lengthy process, the painting must always be under rational control; the finished work then gives the impression that it was not created by human hands. The flat space of the picture is articulated by individual surfaces and colors that are interconnected.
Although it seems to be primarily a purely optical effect of abstract geometric shapes, the image always hides a certain coded message. Only when we decipher it and understand the graph, does the hidden content of the work open to us.
Solo exhibitions
2019
Geometric: Trafo Gallery, Prague
2018
Another Yard: Fine Art Gallery in Cheb, Cheb
2017
Letters2.0: Pierstone Art Soirée, Prague
2016
Letters: The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
2014
001: Grafficon, Prague
Group exhibitions
2021
Kind of Blue: The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
2020
One on One: Galerie Mega, Prague
2019
Salon: The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
2018
10 years Chemistry: Hall 17, Holešovická tržnice, Prague
Roxy Visuals vol. 11: Roxy, Prague
Walls: Art Fest, Žďár nad Sázavou
Dancing People Are Never Wrong: Jungmannovo nám. 6, Prague
Salón Chemistry: Jungmannovo nám. 6, Prague
2017
Upon the paper #3: ONE TWO THREE Gallery, Prague
Passion: The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
City: Gallery, Kutná Hora
Art in space: m3, Prague
Candy Shop: Quadrio, Prague
2016
Artifact: The Chemistry Design Store, Prague
Voodoo Session, Poděbrady
2015
Voodoo Session, Poděbrady
Views: The Chemistry Gallery, Prague
2014
Kampart: Prague
Past Present Future: Trafačka, Prague