ZAK CAREY is a stencil artist with a social conscience.
Zak creates street art stencil works, often focussing on environmental issues around him. Key words, logos, humour and colour inspire his creative approach. He also uses the internet and magazines for inspiration, modifying words and images in the presentation of his creative and often activist works.
I am an artist because it’s FUN! It gives me something to do away from school. I am inspired by environmental issues, particularly the ones that directly affect me and my community. My last work was especially important to me. It was about the need for a Great Forest National Park in Toolangi. The trees in this forest are being logged at a rate of one MCG stadium a day, and this logging is destroying the Leadbeater Possum’s habitat. The Leadbeater Possum is the State of Victoria’s faunal emblem!
I also love people who stand up for themselves. I love Hosier Lane in Melbourne, Blacksmiths Way in Belgrave and other street artists and sites.
Photos: Tiffaney Bishop