“Art in Veins” (2025). All images courtesy of Pejac, shared with permission
Graph paper is commonly used for plotting, well, graphs, plus other spatial and mathematical visualizations. But for Pejac, its potential goes way beyond a two-dimensional gridded surface. The artist, who is known for his trompe-l’œil paintings and playful street art interventions, often turns to the precise geometry of gridded sketchbooks in order to challenge perception and think instead about depth and movement.
From a group of kids tossing snowballs—wait, they’re cubes from the grid itself—to a construction worker carving out a silhouette of the famous Sistine Chapel motif of God and Adam’s hands touching, Pejac challenges our sense of space and the possibilities of the “blank slate.” Find more on Instagram.
Detail of “Mind Trip” (2022)
Detail of “The Architect” (2020)
Detail of “The Architect” (2020)
“Emerge” (2020)
Detail of “Emerge”
“Fossil” (2018)
“Hidden Gold” (2023)
Detail of “Hidden Gold”
Detail of “Art in Veins”
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