Zeb One
By gradually developing the script, Zeb One ensured the continuity of creative work. He never followed art trends much, his personal opinion and inventiveness was gradually shaped by graffiti, the street art scene, but also by his admiration for the aesthetic quality of floor plans as we know them from urbanism and architecture. The pursuit of the purest possible form without gestural and emotional elements eventually logically anchored him in a geometric and abstract expression based on typography. The calm and concentrated painting in which the artist emphasises the maximum perfection of execution is created with a purist idea of an absolute work. It is preceded by a sketch verifying proportional relationships, which the artist then mechanically transfers to the canvas with perfect precision. Over time, he developed a strictly defined working procedure that includes, for example, the horizontal position of the painting pad or the order in which the individual areas of colour are applied and covered. Throughout this lengthy process, which demands patience, the painting must be constantly under rational control; and the finished work gives the impression that it was not created by human hands. The shallow space of the painting is articulated by individual surfaces and colours that are interconnected. Although it seems to primarily be a purely optical effect of abstract geometric shapes, the image always hides a certain coded message.Only when we decipher it, and thus understand the grapheme depicted, does the hidden content of the work open up to us.
Exhibitions and awards
2022 - City=Gallery / Poděbrady
2022 - Wall Street: the Villa Pellé Gallery / Prague
2022 - Let the good times rule!: Mega Gallery / Prague
2021 - Art Prague (Galerie Mega) / Prague
2021 - CAN/VAS: Gallery of the City of Pilsen / Pilsen
2021 - T 9-2-7: Unity in Diversity: Trafo Gallery / Prague
2021 - Kind Of Blue: The Chemistry Gallery / Prague
2020 - Proposal for the realization of an artwork in Husitská Street, Prague: special jury award / Prague City Gallery
2020 - Proposal for realization of an artwork - bus terminal Nové Butovice, Prague: 1st place / Prague City Gallery
2020 - One on One: Mega Gallery / Prague
2019 - Salon: the Chemistry Gallery / Prague
2019 - Geometric: Trafo Gallery / Prague ( solo exhibition )
2018 - 10 years of Chemistry: Hall 17, Holešovice Market Hall / Prague
2018 - Roxy Visuals vol. 11: Roxy / Prague
2018 - Another Yard: Gallery of Fine Arts in Cheb / Cheb ( solo exhibition ) 2018 - Zdi Art Fest / Žďár nad Sázavou
2018 - Dancing People Are Never Wrong: Jungmannovo nám. 6 / Prague
2018 - Salon Chemistry: 6 Jungmannovo nám. / Prague 2017 - Nad Papírem #3: ONE TWO THREE Gallery / Prague
2017 - Passion: The Chemistry Gallery / Prague
2017 - City=Gallery / Kutná Hora
2017 - Letters2.0: Pierstone Art Soirée / Prague ( solo exhibition )
2017 - m3, Art in Space / Prague
2017 - Candy Shop: Quadrio / Prague
2016 - Artefact: The Chemistry Design Store / Prague
2016 - Letters: The Chemistry Gallery / Prague ( solo exhibition )
2016 - Woodoo Session / Poděbrady
2015 - Woodoo Session / Poděbrady
2015 - Views: the Chemistry Gallery / Prague
2014 - Kampart / Prague
2014 - Past Present Future.
2014 - 001: Grafficon / Prague ( solo exhibition )
