Knoswet
Xander 'Knoswet' Zee is a multidisciplinary contemporary artist and designer based in Sydney. Xander comes from a graffiti and street art background. His artistic adventures continued into the world of art and design at UNSW, and furthermore through diverse creative endeavours within the Australian and global arts community - working closely with many councils, community groups, commercial and independant organisations. Since his first appearance on the Australian Psychedelic art scene, exhibiting and painting live at Subsonic Music Festival (2012 - 2017), Xander has become more deeply involved in the Doof community, working and exhibiting at other Festivals like Earth Frequency, Regrowth, Psyfari, Defqon and more. Xander has exhibited works and collaborated with clients and artists in 8 different countries. Xander is also deeply involved with community public art projects that tackle issues of inclusion, politics, ethics and explores the power of collaborative creativity to ignite connection within our communities. Xander is a co-founder and Artistic director for ‘Muralisto’ - a social enterprise aimed at strengthening communities through inclusive public art projects. ‘’The motivations behind my art are constantly changing with my understanding of life and creation. I have always been mesmerized by the world and its many mysteries and while painting stays as the staple in my creative diet, this insatiable fascination has lead me on a continual adventure - exploring the avenues of design, photography, sculpture, and mixed media practices. Through formal and self directed study, as well as personal and social experimentation I have explored many mediums, techniques, artistic philosophies and practices. My works are inspired by the psychedelic experience, emotions, adventure, love, dreaming, the mind, the heart, the unknown, beauty, tragedy, nature, the absurd, the abstract, the mundane and the insane.’’