Zeal Harris Portfolio Artist Statement Online Information Devil's Rejects 18"x168" (7 flush panels), Mixed Media Devil's Rejects (detail of panel 1) 18"x168" (7 flush panels), Mixed Media Kayopaca's Orb in Deep Space Nine 36" diameter, Mixed media on wood My art is vividly colorful and can be described with playful words such as sophisticated-naive, political cartoony, or urban folk-arty. My figures are lively characters that travel through panoramic space and time illustrating contemporary real life oral personal experience narratives that I've collected. I'm very interested in storytelling that offers counter-narratives that challenge grand-narratives about a range of issues relating to the layered identities of race, class, gender, and sexuality. It's always my intention to move the viewer to have a visceral experience with the work while stimulating dialogue about historically significant and critical contemporary topics. Ultimately, I like to think of myself as having the liminal role of both trickster and anthropologist. zealsart.com