Zearo

Zearo, born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1996. Currently lives and works in London. In 2022, he was selected for Bloomberg New Contemporaries, showing works at Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, and South London Gallery in Peckham. In the same year, his work has been acquired by the Government Art Collection.

Thinking about the relationship and entanglement between same-sex figures with an autobiographical perspective that is influenced by his South-East Asian background. He centers on lived experience by exploring ideas of longing, desire, memory, male gaze, masculinity, and Southeast Asian aesthetic through the medium of pastels and pigments. Through this direction, he attempts to create a space where same-sex stories are visible and approachable, a space where the tension of care and secrecy are being represented.