The larger than life paintings in Baa Baa Black Sheep... by Zak Yeo depict character driven narratives, drawing from the artist's acutely personal memories. Through the jovial referencing of comic strips and inspired by traditional Chinese Ink paintings, poster art, and western art history, Zak engages the viewer with his observations of the world as a strange contradictory place.

Baa Baa Black Sheep embodies Zak's preoccupation with the use of paint to re-invent reality through the use of a new visual language. the narrative in Zak's artwork is presented in the form of satire, such as the gloriously colourful cattle in Baa Baa Black Sheep... that the artist has used as a modern day analogy or parable.

About the Artist

A recent graduate from the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London (BA Fine Art 2009), Zak was the recipient of the Most Promising Young Artist Award, UOB Painting of the Year Competition (2001) and the Melvill Nettleship Prize in Fine Art, Slade School of Art, University College London (2007 and 2008).

Zak's painting practice is heavily influenced by poster art, graffiti, and pop art traditions with a smattering of kitsch for good measure. His work in the Slade Degree Show, University College London (2009) was described as "really great shonky paintings".