Zachary Trebellas

Artposts (2021–present)

Artposts are five outdoor miniature art galleries located throughout downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan that provide the public with an opportunity to see small-scale artworks in unconventional settings. Inspired by roadside shrines seen in Japan and Greece, they have hosted over sixteen exhibitions to date. They were originally funded with grants from Downtown Grand Rapids Inc. and ArtPrize and have been featured in USA Today.

Rapid Art Movement (2025)

I reinvented Rapid Art Movement, originally held in 2020, to integrate visual and performing arts into a public transit setting. For the event, passengers boarded a DASH bus transformed through drawings, sculpture, poetry, and performance and took a one-hour ride through downtown Grand Rapids, MI as part of its World of Winter festival. The artists were prompted to make work that reflected how our lives are shaped by winter, and the bus ride was divided into four phases: the first snowfall, freeze, storm, and melt.

Six Inch Surveys (2010–present)

Six Inch Surveys are a light-hearted way to get to know artists in different cities. Originally published in Sixty Inches From Center, they’ve since popped up in various corners of the internet.

Flex Gallery (2016–21)

Flex Gallery was a wearable, rotating exhibition space located on my left arm. The mobile art space hosted twenty-one custom armbands created by local, regional, and international artists that were exhibited in runs of two weeks each. It was featured in an exhibition at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts in Grand Rapids, Michigan in summer of 2017 and has been featured in Hyperallergic, Temporary Art Review, The Rapidian, and Art.Hack. You can see all the artworks at the project page here.

Rapid Art Movement (2020)

I organized Rapid Art Movement as the only large-scale arts festival in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 2020. It was a roaming event in which I challenged participating artists to create works that could be displayed on the move. The rule was that they could not stay in place for more than ten minutes. Instead, the dancers, drag queens, fine artists, and other performers constantly changed locations over a three-hour period in a semi-industrial area of the city. Spectators turned corners and headed down allies to spot the next performance. The event culminated with a collective scream. More photos here.