Media Coverage:
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