DZIA (born in 1979) - BEEKIND,2022 - Ink and charcoal on paper, signed lower right - 45,5 x 61cm - 17 15/16 x 24 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - BFFOX, 2022 - Ink and charcoal on paper, signed lower right - 45,5 x 61cm - 17 15/16 x 24 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - FLY HIGH 1, 2022 - Ink and watercolor on paper - 45,5 x 61cm - 17 15/16 x 24 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - FLY HIGH 2, 2022 - Ink and watercolor on paper - 45,5 x 61cm - 17 15/16 x 24 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - BIRDING, 2022 - Ink and charcoal on paper, signed lower middle - 45,5 x 61cm - 17 15/16 x 24 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - Don’t ask me for directions, you’ll get lost, 2022 - Ink on paper signed lower right - 21 x 29,7 cm - 8 1/4 x 11 11/16 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - Even in pitch-dark, 2022 - Ink on paper signed lower middle - 21 x 29,7 cm - 8 ¹1/4 x 11 11/16 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - FOYOS, 2022 - Ink and charcoal on paper, signed lower middle - 45,5 x 61cm - 17 15/16 x 24 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - Have you been sniffing fairy farts ?, 2022 - Ink on paper signed lower right - 21 x 29,7 cm - 8 1/4 x 11 11/16 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - I feel you but I don’t, 2022 - Ink on paper signed lower right - 21 x 29,7 cm - 8 1/4 x 11 11/16 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - I never said I was funny, Ok, so stop staring at me, 2022 - Ink on paper signed lower right - 21 x 29,7 cm - 8 1/4 x 11 11/16 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - I think we consider too much the luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm, 2022 - Ink on paper signed lower right - 29,7 x 21 cm - 11 11/16 x 8 1/4 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - I would like to paint the way a bird things, 2022 - Ink on paper signed middle left - 29,7 x 21 cm - 11 11/16 x 8 1/4 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - I’m sort of a strange bird, 2022 - Ink on paper signed lower right - 29,7 x 21 cm - 11 11/16 x 8 1/4 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I covet your skull, 2022 - Ink on paper signed lower right - 29,7 x 21 cm - 11 11/16 x 8 1/4 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - It’s like asking a butterfly, « how do you fly ? » you just do, 2022 - Ink on paper signed lower left - 21 x 29,7 cm - 8 1/4 x 11 11/16 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - JUMPER BL/W, 2022 - Ink and charcoal on paper, signed lower right - 45,5 x 61cm - 17 15/16 x 24 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - LONE WOLF, 2022 - Ink, watercolor and charcoal on paper, signed middle left - 45,5 x 61cm - 17 15/16 x 24 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - LOVE RULES, 2022 - Ink and charcoal on paper, signed lower right - 45,5 x 61cm - 17 15/16 x 24 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - Merely to show off, 2022 - Ink on paper signed lower right - 21 x 29,7 cm - 8 1/4 x 11 11/16 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - No Mercy, 2022 - Ink on paper signed middle right - 21 x 29,7 cm - 8 1/4 x 11 11/16 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - Now I can look at you in peace ; I don’t eat you any more, 2022 - Ink on paper signed lower right - 21 x 29,7 cm - 8 1/4 x 11 11/16 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - On paper, a butterfly never dies, 2022 - Ink, watercolor and spray paint on paper, signed lower right - 76 x 56 cm - 29 15/16 x 22 1/16 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - COMMON SENSE, 2022 - Ink and charcoal on paper signed in the middle - 61 x 45,5 cm - 24 x 11 11/16 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - People are sheep. TV is the shepherd, 2022 - Ink on paper signed lower left - 21 x 29,7 cm - 8 1/4 x 11 11/16 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - The bird was not tamed, it was broken, 2022 - Ink on pape signed middle left - 29,7 x 21 cm - 11 11/16 x 8 1/4 in

DZIA (born in 1979) - The chance of a glimpse of a kingfisher, 2022 - Ink on paper signed lower right - 29,7 x 21 cm - 11 11/16 x 8 1/4 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - The only time you should ever look back, is to see how far you’ve come, 2022
Ink, watercolor and spray paint on paper, signed lower right - 56 x 76 cm - 22 1/16 x 29 15/16 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - There is a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot - Ink on paper signed lower right, 2022 - 21 x 29,7 cm - 8 1/4 x 11 11/16 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - Time you enjoyed wasting is not wasted time, 2022 - Ink on paper signed lower left - 21 x 29,7 cm - 8 1/4 x 11 11/16 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - Trophy hunting, 2022 - Ink on paper signed middle left - 21 x 29,7 cm - 8 1/4 x 11 11/16 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - Under observation, we act less free, which means we effectively are less free, 2022 - Ink on paper signed lower right - 21 x 29,7 cm - 8 1/4 x 11 11/16 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It’s what separates us from the animals… except the weasel, 2022 - Ink on paper signed lower right - 21 x 29,7 cm - 8 1/4 x 11 11/16 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - Why do you have to be the same as the others ?… Most of them are stupid, 2022 - Ink on paper signed lower left - 21 x 29,7 cm - 8 1/4 x 11 11/16 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - Artic Gazelle, 2020 - Ink on paper signed lower right - 21 x 29,7 cm - 8 1/4 x 11 11/16 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - Deerloving, 2020- Ink on paper signed lower right - 21 x 29,7 cm - 8 1/4 x 11 11/16 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - Designated smoker, 2020 - Ink on paper signed lower right - 21 x 29,7 cm - 8 1/4 x 11 11/16 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - Duck hunting, 2020 - Ink on paper signed lower right - 21 x 29,7 cm - 8 1/4 x 11 11/16 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - It’s just your perception…, 2020 - Ink on paper signed lower right - 21 x 29,7 cm - 8 1/4 x 11 11/16 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - Like rabbits, 2020 - Ink on paper signed lower left - 21 x 29,7 cm - 8 1/4 x 11 11/16 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - Medusa 2.0, 2020 - Ink on paper signed lower right - 29,7 x 21 cm - 11 11/16 x 8 1/4 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - Not a piggy bank, 2020 - Ink on paper signed lower left - 21 x 29,7 cm - 8 1/4 x 11 11/16 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - Pro-proboscis, 2020- Ink on paper signed lower right - 21 x 29,7 cm - 8 1/4 x 11 11/16 in.

DZIA (born in 1979) - T-Rex blazing, 2020 - Ink on paper signed lower right - 21 x 29,7 cm - 8 1/4 x 11 11/16 in.

<<Précédente Suivante>>

DZIA lives and works in Antwerp in Belgium. Classically trained, he graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Art of Antwerp in 2002. After several years of being a independent artist, a curator and a graphist, he decided to place his artwork onto walls.

He started portraying wild animals in abandoned or decaying urban areas, reintroducing wilderness, poetry and gentleness in the city. Spontaneous and playful, his work always displays a unique graphic style. The delicacy of his sketches allows him to capture both the expressivity and vulnerability of the creatures, while the swirling lines create an illusion of movement in the animals depicted.

This playfulness also shows in his studio work which explores the possibilities offered by the transparency of the drawing and the support on which it is made, ranging from wooden floors to survival covers and tree trunks. In those smaller pieces and in his drawings, just as in his in-situ work, the animals are rendered with humour and tenderness.
His bestiary has extended around the globe: DZIA has painted walls in many European countries (Germany, United-Kingdom, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, United-States) and was also part of several group exhibitions and a few solo shows. RUN IT will be the first time his work is presented in Paris

This expo describes a range of artworks inspired by my need to adapt fast on different mediums. Speeding up my creative processes as a way to secure my vision. Inspired by diversity and adaptations of animals, i think it’s a fascinating process to research this adaptation of wild species to human-created conditions. 

“Fast Adaptation” describes my growing interest in the adaptation of nonhuman organisms in a urban environment. I like to work quickly on all sorts of surfaces with different mediums to stay close to my ideas. My concepts evolve to specialize on the environments that we are creating or created in the past. This expo shows a range of artworks that is a reflection of these processes, researches of my adaptive evolution in urban settings. It also highlights my urgent need to adapt my dynamic lines fast and effective.