Zaachariaha Fielding

albertz benda is excited to introduce Zaachariaha Fielding to the United States with a bicoastal showcase of the Australian artist’s abstract paintings. Fielding’s work incorporates traditional Anangu children’s lullabies, transforming them into patterns on canvas. The textures of these pieces resonate with music, featuring bright colors and themes of a hopeful future.

The artist will open his first solo presentation in the United States from December 6, 2024 – February 1, 2025 at albertz benda, Los Angeles following a feature at UNTITLED Art Fair Miami with albertz benda from December 4 - 8, 2024.  Fielding will be present at both events, highlighting the creative and cultural spirit behind his vibrant and meaningful art.

Raised on desert country in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands, Fielding comes from a long line of multi-disciplinary artists. His energetic and visceral paintings are embedded with iconography that reflects the way he lives in the present, as a constant feature of his world, honoring Anangu culture and his inherited Tjukurpa.

“Some of my artwork is spontaneous but predominantly it is memory based, sifting through, and digging around in my memory and drawing on experiences, sounds, shapes. When I find things that don’t make sense, that don’t have clarity, it creates a curiosity in me and I’m compelled to play with it, to tease it out, untie it and repackage it. Because of the two knowledges I possess; ancient and contemporary, culture is purely about connection. That’s my story at the moment. That’s where I sit." -  Zaachariaha Fielding

In addition to his prowess as a visual artist, Fielding has established himself as a critically acclaimed musician as one half of the Australian duo Electric Fields. In 2024 Electric Fields' Zaachariaha Fielding and Michael Ross represented Australia at Eurovision performing their song One Milkali (One Blood), which incorporates an Aboriginal language of the Anangu peoples, Yankunytjatjara. 

Utilizing all forms of art available to him, Fielding blends emotion, memory and experience in busy and expressive works that allude to the cosmologies of the APY lands.