The Art Of ZERA.NYC

You ever take a minor creative hiatus just to want to create 💯X more the moment you sprite back up? Lately I’ve been working in the #Web3 world as a full-time designer & I’ve been returning to my roots at that as I journey through the industry. As an artist/designer, sometimes your clear vision gets blurry only to become clearer than ever & I’m thankful I get to pick up the brush and paint at times when for awhile I couldn’t - spiritually, mentally, the whole 9 yards. It makes me think about the fine line between dreams and reality & the bridge (long or short) to gap between the two. 🌁 Anywho, rant over + a ton of new content soon, loves. 🥶❄️❤️‍🔥 (T-shirt & new goodies on le shoppe 🖖) #skigurl #newrelease #dtg (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoswKM7vtkW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The Art Studio (AKA Femarchy HQ) has been getting cute. 🌿🌸 Featuring works from myself & the ladies of @fem.archy - later this month, we’ll be open for Bushwick Open Studios for private tours of the space & our works as a Femme Art Collective @officialbushwickopenstudios ♥️🌹💎 #femarchy #nycartist #artstudio #bushwickstreetart #artcollective (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiP1fxXOrDE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

NYC Fam 🗽 ~ Excited to announce that this Friday, September 24th - I will be having the opening reception to my first self-titled solo show since pre-pandemic with the fam at @bierwax. I’ll be presenting several new works and will simultaneously be celebrating my birthday weekend (from the 23rd 🎂). If ya dig specialty craft beer 🍻, hip-hop, live DJ sets, & a chill, perpetually funky vibe ~ pop through, network, bring a friend & grab a brew or two 💜 Happening 5-11PM, 556 Vanderbilt Ave in Brooklyn. #artshow #zeraones #brooklyn #bierwax #nycartist #galleryshow #painting (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUF0LQJD43K/?utm_medium=tumblr

Creatures of Habit 🖍📐 #sketchbook #backtobasics #doodles https://www.instagram.com/p/CNKuzRMMjGs/?igshid=1s566b9p7upfo

'Roskie The Hu$tler', 11" x 17" Heavyweight Gloss Print Poster, Limited Edition Signed Release of 1/25 - To commemorate this Women's Day and Women's History Month of March, as well as a long-awaited return to published art releases and design collaborations, the following is a limited edition poster release and first of my 'FIGURE$' Series that is a representation and SkiGurl-based graphical remix of the famous war poster icon 'Rosie The Riveter', who originally represented the recruitment and American push for support of the woman's workforce in war efforts during WWII. It was originally created by the artist J. Howard Miller as an ad commission for the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company's war production wing representing one of the factory's female weapon manufacturing workers and has since stood as a symbol for feminists, women’s rights and women's independence. Now available at www.zera.nyc/shop! 💪💪🏼💪🏾💪🏿#womensmonth #rosietheriveter #zeraones #limitededition #artproof #famousicons #skigurl #womenshistorymonth #womensday #printdesign https://www.instagram.com/p/CMJ8fQqs1W7/?igshid=1ezr5oprfaqqb

‘Transparency’ - A quick love song vibington I just wrote and recorded..second take 💜🖤🎶✍️ #songwriting and #singing a little little on @voiseyofficial ..now back to design werk 💃🏻 and finalizing 1,001 details on a few upcoming limited edition releases in-store for y’all 👀🎨 (at Planet Earth) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMD7ulDAkRJ/?igshid=1lp98xa770szt

Organized Chaos; typically I become a 🌪 when it comes to the in-studio hands-on #process - finalizing details on these back to back @boundlessbrooklyn #watertower commissions for @manolo718 & @crooz.nyc ❤️ prepping these for their individual final touches and a good ole thick gloss coat and then onto more works in progress. Leggo. 💃🏻🎨🗽 #wip #mixedmedia #custom #boundlessbrooklyn #studiolife (at NYC) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLfWtE6sKFU/?igshid=w5oyw1sw3c3i

‘Wonder’ - my latest #graphicdesign #illustration. Setting my mind free a bit and diving into my sketchbooks to develop this little world..a growing work in progress 💕 Made with @wacom & @adobe 🌸 #vectorart #colorful #illustrator https://www.instagram.com/p/CLZco5QsxWo/?igshid=xgt2vybyuyr

My imagination tends to fall off the map and explore different elements of the world 🧭 and learn through experiences (many very spiritually oriented, many presently practical) but the core remains the same and the flame of this torch is on a steady firing Bunsen burner 🗽Aligning with the #mood of this piece from 2019 ‘A New York Hustle’, #acrylics and #mixedmedia on 24”x36” canvas ❤️ A ton of projects on the juggle between my own work, clients and UX/UI-focused design program and time has been feeling like a surreal dream ..no wonder why we’ve skipped from a 3D to 5D notion of existence in this lifetime. Reflection is 🔑, Refraction is imminent. 🕰 #painting #nyc #zeraones #ponderinglife (at New York City) https://www.instagram.com/p/CK9zeuiMvu5/?igshid=1td0xdwrkfxcb

Back to Basics ✏️ .. my notes were always filled with other worlds growing up where characters full of their own personalities lurked actively between the lines. I realize now how much the imagination carries through our very dreams into reality and how important ideas not meant to go to the grave with you truly are. The beginnings of something larger I’m in the process of creating..or maybe just another one of many characters to be lost to the lines. It’s funny how sometimes we return to what we’ve long been familiar to just disconnected by instances that serve as amnesia from even remotely considering recall...but the roots still remain until acknowledged and watered again. In her, I’ve recalled how actively un-thinking can allow for rested meditation and flow and this is how I’ve felt the act of creation as of late. I’ve been reminded of calmness when plummeted into a space where the clock ceases...where not all is dire...get lost and found in the work(s). 🤲🏽 #characterdesign #sketchbook #wip #doodling https://www.instagram.com/p/CJFpd4CsTSr/?igshid=1848gl0acntci

My heart’s been churning in its element as of late.. Structural analysis of SkiGurl - laying out personal blueprints for the universe of my little galactic brainchild. Would you mind her in your environment? 🔦⚙️⛏🌌🎛 #sketching #characterdesign #skigurl #conceptart #zeraones https://www.instagram.com/p/CJB_46use4Z/?igshid=9qcczols3ble

The day has finally come 💕🔔 Catch us @fem.archy today at @thegradientbk for our end of the year artshow ‘Deck The Halls’ going down from 6-10PM 🛹🌸🌸🌸 With a peek of the making of my #mixedmedia deck contribution entitled ‘Boogie WoogSki’, featuring SkiGurl in a dedication to forever getting funky 💃🏻🌌💎 #femarchy #bushwick #brooklyn #nycartists #skigurl 🗽 (at The Gradient BK) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIm6bE4J9i5/?igshid=1kt3idda5d1oe

🥕🥕🥕 Had the pleasure this past weekend to finish painting the new Bushwick community fridge donated and brought to us by @farmlinkproject at The PaperBoyPrince.com Love Gallery with @paperboytheprince ❤️😊🥦 So glad to be a part of this project. If you haven’t heard the noise yet, definitely check out what Paper’s been doing for the community out here in NYC and stay tuned in for what’s to come. 😉🌈🍕Everyday is a chance to make a positive difference~ 🥕🥕🥕 #brooklynlove #farmlinkproject #bushwick #paperboyprinceofthesuburbs #communityfridge #painter #nyc 🗽💗 (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIkLEktpr6k/?igshid=1hg91efvp59o6

I for an I ❤️🎶 Quick nightcap x @voiseyofficial app..can’t help but freestyle a bit on this since introduced to it by my dear friend and fellow creative @captainlogic the other day 😩😭..just gonna leave this here while I get back to what presently seems like an endless to-do of design werk..back to grind mode 🙃✌️💃🏻 #singing #freestyle #autotune #tpainvoice 🎤 (at Planet Earth) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGZRaeiJVRC/?igshid=ln334hb89w2y