Zappix Black
Zappix (they/them) is a Melbourne/Naarm based self taught multidisciplinary artist.
Their art spans various disciplines, including digital illustration, photography, painting, zine design & creation, sewing & sculpture. Zappix continuously experiments with new mediums & techniques meaning their art rarely settles into a single niche, allowing their work to often be multidisciplinary in a range of unexpected, playful & creative ways.
A large focus of their work centres around their unique lived experience being a queer, disabled, first nations person. This means creating, experimenting & pushing boundaries of ‘traditional’ art styles whenever possible, shifting through many styles, mediums & themes allowing their art to grow across the board.
Zappix has been featured in multiple group exhibitions at Unassigned Gallery, Artemisia, & This is Not a Toy Store. Their zines are in many personal collections & libraries both in Australia & internationally.
Uranium
Uranium Glass, Flatbed Scanner, 2026.
32.4 × 22 cm
$150 unframed
My work incorporates Uranium Glass, a beautiful & slightly radioactive creation popular to the 1930s, & a modern flat bed scanner.
Melding the two in an experiment with Scanography to highlight Uranium's stunning green.
A jolt is captured mid scan, displacing & upsetting the carefully detailed carvings of the glass.