Zac Shavrick: Sculpture

“Zac Shavrick was born in 1987 and raised primarily by his father, Barry. Fascinated by his father’s work, Zac would join him in his metal shop where they welded together. By age five, Zac was welding on his own, by seven, he was fabricating entire sculptures. As he developed, his work was influenced by his world of games, fantasy novels and movies, including Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas.

Other inspirations for Zac were Pop-Art era survivor, Kenny Scharf and renegade sculptor J.J. Veronis, who’s sculptures graced street signs all over the NYC area. Eventually, J.J. became a mentor for Zac.

When Zac was eight, he was asked to decorate the artist tents at Woodstock’s 29th anniversary celebration. There he met many musicians including the Goo Goo Dolls who bought some of his sculptures. As he continued to decorate music venues, he even sold work to such music icons as Ozzy Osbourne.

Zac later attended Purchase College to fine tune his craft and concentrate on his art. During these years, he frequently showed his artwork locally and in NYC.

Before his senior year, Zac was commissioned to make a sculpture for Brakewell Steel, a large-scale metal fabrication company. Inspired by his frequent childhood trips there to collect scraps, he made a sixteen-foot-tall sculpture with twelve figures emerging from a dumpster titled: The Dumpster Divers.

Zac’s passion for his craft continues to take on new shapes evident in such creations as his six, figure procession of Darwinian evolution, or a demon riding a tricycle.” (Bio from artist website)

To see more of Shavrick’s work, visit ZacMax.com.