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.

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

Zachary Trebellas. Pen/Pen Keisu. Scanogram. 2015. This is one piece of several I’m working on that focus on the Japanese habits that have replaced my American ones. In this case replacing the habit of throwing a pen and pencil into my pocket or bag with owning a pencil case full of various materials. A friend of mine pointed out once that Japanese students, with their school uniforms and strict rules against makeup, piercings, and certain hair styles, express themselves in school with their pencil cases. I definitely found that to be true. —— 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.

Film photos I took on my birthday in February at Saugatuck Dunes State Park in Saugatuck, Michigan.

A save the date I whipped up last night for my birthday party. 

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Christopher C. W. Sutton. Untitled. Mixed media, acrylic on canvas armband. Flex Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI. 2016.

For the next twelve weeks I am displaying works by six artists on my left arm in a project titled Flex Gallery. Currently I’m on my third day of wearing this arm band, created by SCAD alumnus Chris Sutton (@christophersutton​). I’ve sent out five more blank canvas bands to local and national artists specializing in collage, comics, fibers, ceramics, painting, and printmaking. I expect each band will look radically different from the last, and I can’t wait to see what everyone creates. I will be featuring interviews and additional work by each artist during their two-week run, so stay tuned.