Zachary Trebellas. Ancestry. Text On 35mm Photograph Taken At The Temple Of Olympian Zeus, Athens. 2016.

Zachary Trebellas. Ancestry. Text on 35mm photograph taken at the Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens. 2016.

Thoughts I had while standing before this temple in Athens last summer.

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This piece is part of the series I’m working on, Nippo Greco American, exploring my relationship with the three ethnic groups I in some way identify with.

An Artist Flexes His Curatorial Muscle by Opening a Gallery on His Arm

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — There is a lot to be said for implementing your vision, but when you’re talking about the art world, the supporting infrastructure to show work can be difficult and costly to …

My curatorial project, Flex Gallery, got picked up for an article on Hyperallergic. It just went live today, and I’m over the moon about it! For more information on the project, visit my other tumblr, Vis Ed.

A 1950′s map of Kyushu I scanned in today and reworked. 

A late draft of a flyer I’m making for my work. I really enjoying having a working scanner again.

Zachary Trebellas. Foreign Resident Ethnicity Form/ 居留外国人の民族性用紙。Ink, marker, inkjet print. 2015. This is the updated version of a draft I created earlier this year. You can find the earlier version here. The title of the form reads Foreign Resident Ethnicity.  In the lower portion I used the Japanese test marking symbols: X = no, O = yes, and △ is somewhere in between (typically a ½ point). The left side heading reads “Please enter your appropriate ethnicity” and the right “Please enter the appropriate ethnicity of the applicant.” So, the left side is my answers, and the right is what I feel could be an average Japanese person’s answers about me. 1. Foreigner (at times derogative, lit. outside person) 2. Other 3. Foreigner (neutral, lit. outside nation person) 4. Japanese 5. Of Japanese descent (lit. Japanese-type) 6. American

From 6-9pm on May 29th I held a closing reception for Flex Gallery at the Avenue for the Arts [gallery] Space in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I displayed each participating artist’s armband along with prints, collages, textile pieces, and other additional work by the artists. Visitors were enthusiastic, fluffernutters were in abundance, and the work looked great in the space. It was a great way to end the first year of the project. Overall, I had a wonderful time working with each artist, and was very excited for the press the project received. I can’t wait to do it again next winter.