Zachary Trebellas is a conceptual artist who takes inspiration from the culture and history around him. He is inspired by older forms of creativity like folk art or depression-era public art, both of which insert art into people's everyday lives and reflect the culture in which it is made. In his hometown he's created a street art series asking locals to share their thoughts on the shut down of the town's particle accelerator, in Japan he has recorded stories of the past told by residents of a depopulating fishing village, and currently he is making work around the concept of pride among West Michigan’s Dutch-American community.
Originally from Chicagoland, he studied Art History and Visual Art Management at Columbia College Chicago, graduating magna cum laude in 2010. His personal love of art deeply motivates him to bring opportunities to enjoy and create art to diverse audiences. Since graduating, he followed this passion by working and volunteering for non-profit art organizations in Chicago, namely Marwen and Sixty Inches From Center. Following this, he spent two years organizing community art projects in rural Japan during his time as an English teacher with the JET Program.
Enthralled by Grand Rapids' momentum as an art city, he moved there from Chicago in 2015 ready to dive into its art community. Since then he has become director of Avenue for the Arts and organized art projects with UICA, Art Prize, Grand Valley State University, the Garfield Park Neighborhoods Association, and many others. He is a co-founder of the art collective Good Manufacturing.
「私は地域社会の共通の文化に関心があります。美術の観客注目し、美術をとおして観客の人生を記録したり、観客の生活を研究したり、また、観客の人生を祝ったりする作品に取り組んでいます。」
ザッカリ・トレベラスはシカゴ出身の美術家と美術関係の職業人です。2010年にコロンビア・カッレジ・シカゴで美術史と芸術マネージメントを専攻し、優秀な成績で卒業しました。ザッカリは、様々な人が 美術に触れることで、楽しんでもらいたいと、卒業してからは、シカゴで美術のNPO団体でボランティアしたり働いたりしました。その後、熊本県天草市でJETプログラムのALT（外国語指導助手）を務め、その間、日本の地方で様々なコミュニティーアート（美術を媒介として地域の新たな価値の創造を目指す活動）に取り組んでいました。
2015年からは、美術仲間に参加し、美術都市といわれているミシガン州のグランドラピッズ市に引っ越しました。その時から様々な美術の団体のボランティアになって展覧会やプロジェクトを手がけています。