Artist Profile

Christopher Zanko

In his small studio located in a garage on the Illawarra escarpment, Christopher Zanko has temporarily set aside his wood-cut tools and brushes. His exhibition at The Egg & Dart, Sweet Misgivings, is on soon and final preparations are underway. Large- and small-scale artworks are propped against or hanging on the white walls, ready for photographing.

Among them is , 2021, one of Zanko’s larger wood relief carvings that captures in excruciating detail a triple-fronted house with creamy white cladding and terracotta-red roof tiles. Green striped awnings, immaculate garden beds, and a concrete kangaroo decorating the lawn complete the picture. If this house was a real estate listing, it

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