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Media Coverage: 

Interview with UNI MAG
Feature in Jetstar inflight magazine
Feature in Home Grown Heroes DET School booklet
WAW Handplane x Saltwater Dreamtime collaboration handplane featured in Tracks Mag
Interview with Tertangala Magazine
Newspaper feature article
Feature article with Surf'd Magazine
Newspaper feature article
Interview with The ABC
Interview with Peppermint Magazine
Interview with The Huffington Post
Newspaper feature in travel section
Cover artwork feature UNI MAG
Cover artwork feature Tertangala Magazine
Interview with Surfing Life
Chris Hemsworth and I with one of my commissioned boards.
Patty Mills with two of my surfboards.
Tony Hawk and I with one of my commissioned boards.
Arsenal FC with one of my commissioned surfboards

2019's Achievements: 

Afends Dreamtime Volume 4 Collection: afends.com/blogs/behind-the-brand/dreamtime-x-tcl
BoardSox Collaboration: boardsox.com.au/collections/bombora-collection?fbclid=IwAR0-qM9NqtVieX8eVHR_6cdal40XX35V20Qnr0UpIbOqf5q7wkDKsreAu5w
Collaboration with SomerSide: www.somerside.com.au/collections/all/products/aussie-dreamtime-design

2018's Achievements: 

Afends Dreamtime Volume 3 Collection: afends.com/blogs/behind-the-brand/dreamtime-collection?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email_dreamtime_181518&utm_content=email_dreamtime_181518&goal=0_ef98b2c245-e6550294d5-290796425&mc_cid=e6550294d5&mc_eid=468f4d08f4
Interview with Happy Mag: happymag.tv/saltwater-dreamtime-zac-bennett-brook-on-indigenous-culture-family-and-the-ocean/
Q&A with Westfield Miranda for NAIDOC Week: ​www.westfield.com.au/miranda/story/37aUrBDbja8QgeMqmQcOea/the-man-behind-the-mural
Interview with the GPT Group for Reconciliation week: www.gpt.com.au/news-insights/blog/water-runs-deep-gpt-rap-artwork
Artist spotlight feature article on Man of Many: manofmany.com/entertainment/art/artist-spotlight-zachary-bennett-brook-saltwater-dreamtime
Artwork for Federal Circuit Court of Australia: www.federalcircuitcourt.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/ff515d12-7188-42d9-a57c-1b8c27909c46/ATSI_FCC_GENERAL_web_0717V1.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CONVERT_TO=url&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-ff515d12-7188-42d9-a57c-1b8c27909c46-m41PIhE
Collaboration Knee Sleeves with Fortify Gear: fortifygear.com/collections/knee-sleeves/products/7mm-kuwari-knee-sleeves
Feature on SBS NITV people to watch in 2018: www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2017/12/19/deadly-list-people-making-headlines-2018

2017's Achievements: 

Feature in UOW Outlook Alumni: www.uow.edu.au/alumni/outlook/UOW239292.html
Collaboration with Afends Summer 2017 range: www.afends.com/collections/mens-clothing/products/afends-baywatch-dreamtime-ii-elastic-waist-swimshort-16
Feature on Bondi Graffiti: bondigraffiti.com/artists/zachary-bennett-brook/
Interview with Staf Magazine: stafmagazine.com/gallery/zac-bennet/
Interview with My Creative Way (MCW): www.mycreativeway.tv/mcw-x-saltwater-dreamtime-print/
Feature on Home Decor Australia about Collaboration with Recycled Mats: www.homedecoraustralia.com/aboriginal-dot-painting/
Interview with A*: astar.tv/post/the-incredible-surf-able-art-of-zac-benner-brook/
Feature with Beachroad Magazine Dubai: beachroad.ae/zachary-bennett-brook-artist/
Collaboration with swimwear brand Budgy Smugglers x NRL State of Origin: budgysmuggler.com.au/collections/mens-swimwear/NRL
Feature on SBS News: www.sbs.com.au/news/from-surf-to-the-sky-torres-strait-islander-artist-paints-education-as-the-future
Collaboration with Posca x FCS x Surfing Life. Feature about collab: www.surfinglife.com.au/how-to/fin-art-project/zachary-bennett-brook/
Blog post - The Sebel Chatswood Hotel: www.thesebelresidencechatswood.com.au/blog_viewItem_371-en.html
Interview with Surfrider Foundation Australia: www.surfrider.org.au/activist_spotlight_meet_zachary_brook_bennett_ocean_inspired_artist_and_surfrider_ambassador
Collaboration cocoon pod chair with Recycled Mats: www.recycledmats.com.au/pod-chair-medium-coming-together-print-blue-by-zac
Artist insight for Recycled Mats Collaboration: www.recycledmats.com.au/blog/our-blog/artists/zac-bennett/
Collaboration with swimwear brand Budgy Smugglers: budgysmuggler.com.au/products/saltwater-black?variant=31938971281
Feature on Real Estate - Lifestyle, Artist spaces we love: www.realestate.com.au/lifestyle/6-creative-artistic-spaces-we-love/
Australian Ambassador for Surfrider Foundation: www.surfrider.org.au/ourambassadors

2016's Achievements: 

Collaboration with sock company Soxy Beast: soxybeast.com.au/salt
Collaboration with iBark phone covers: ibark.com.au/product/swd-iphone-6-case
Collaboration with Afends, for 2016-2017 summer range: www.afends.com/products/salt-fixed-waist-board-shorts?variant=23755643270
Collaboration with Afends, for 2016-2017 summer range:  www.afends.com/products/dream-time-standard-pocket-tee?variant=23755986438
Interview with The Big Smoke: thebigsmoke.com.au/2016/03/31/know-youre-instagramming-saltwaterdreamtime/
Collaboration with WAW Handplanes: wawhandplanes.com.au/dreamtime/
Artist profile for Free the Reef: freethereef.org/portfolio_page/zachary-bennett-brook/
Interview with Illawarra Mercury, About TAG Heuer & Chris Hemswroth: www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/3710101/dot-job-led-to-brush-with-hemsworth/?cs=300
LAYART Artist profile: layart.com.au/artists/#/zacbennett-brook/

2015's Achievements: 

Article on Planet Custodian: www.planetcustodian.com/2015/09/22/7594/indigenous-aussie-artist-paints-recycled-surfboards-into-artworks.html
Feature with online blog Local Push: localpush.com.au/saltwater-drea-bennett-brook/
Feature on BuzzFeed: www.buzzfeed.com/allanclarke/indigenous-culture-meets-surfing-culture?utm_term=.vtQrqnweq#.ju8q4xDe4
Feature article with My Modern Met: www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/zachary-bennet-brook-surf-art
Interview with Lost at E minor: www.lostateminor.com/2015/11/10/brilliant-indigenous-art-on-surfboards-canvas-footy-boots-and-more/
Feature article with The Inertia: www.theinertia.com/music-art/the-amazing-inspiration-behind-this-artists-work/#modal-close
Interview with HypeFresh Magazine: hypefreshmag.com/culture/exclusive-zachary-bennett-brook-blends-indigenous-art-with-the-waves-of-the-ocean
Interview with The Hufffington Post Australia: www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2015/09/21/indigenous-artist-turns-old-surfboards-into-art_n_8167986.html?utm_hp_ref=australia
Artist profile for ABC: vimeo.com/136570350
Feature on Good Stuff Co. website: goodstuffco.com.au/post/127676409003/zachary-bennett-brook-artist
Feature profile on the Concept Cartel website: www.conceptcartel.net/featuredartist/2015/8/23/saltwater-dreamtime
Feature story in UniSpeak, University of Wollongong Magazine: www.uow.edu.au/unispeak/UOW196836.html
Interview with New York Label Nalu Tribe: nalutribe.com/blog/2015/6/12/artist-interview-zac-of-saltwater-dreamtime
Collaboration with Lark Skate Co: www.larkskateco.com/saltwater-dreamtime/
Australian national visual artist winner of RAW 2015 - Interview with RAW: www.rawartists.org/blog/2015/4/australia-visual-artist-of-the-year-saltwater-dreamtime
ABC interview - Surfboards get a second wave: www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2015/03/27/4206172.htm
Interview with Drift Surfing Magazine: www.driftsurfing.eu/saltwater-dreamtime-indigenous-surfboard-art/
Tracks Magazine website interview. Surfboards - Life after Death: www.tracksmag.com.au/news/how-to-bury-dead-boards-sustainably-425796
Feature on AFENDS: www.afends.com/blogs/behind-the-brand/18967451-saltwater-dreaming-with-zac-bennett-brook
Interview with New York surf blog, YorkSurf: yorksurf.com/2015/02/10/zachary-bennett-brook_interview/
RAW Wollongong artist Interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8buRz3iyU40

2014's Achievements: 

Interview with Wollongong Newspaper: www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/2718202/raw-talent-has-ocean-themes/?cs=3637
Short film made By Kieran Dixon about Saltwater Dreamtime: vimeo.com/111611448
Interview with RAW Artists: www.rawartists.org/saltwaterdreamtime
Interview with Surf website The Inertia:www.theinertia.com/music-art/saltwater-dreamtime-indigenous-australian-surfboard-art/?pid=15445
Interview with Yes Ma'am website: yesmaam.com.au/art/saltwater-dreamtime/
Interview with Surf'd Magazine: surfd.com/2014/09/zachary-bennett-brook/
Step-by-step guide / interview with Surf Blog Korduroy.tv: www.korduroy.tv/2014/how-to-recycle-fins-and-boards-into-art/
TV interview with Studio 20 Live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXRueuHsr2w&index=1&list=PLA338aW9rkM3lwBnUgiApSQBmAYlFHylo
Time lapse of a fin getting painted: vimeo.com/83145828
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