In January 2017, Zawacki decided to retire his focus from ABOVE and develop his gallery practice, signing all artworks with his real birth name. Zawacki's painting styles of minimalism, color field, hard-edge painting, and trompe-l'œil painting place his work in dialogue with that of Josef Albers and Ellsworth Kelly. Zawacki has exhibited internationally since 2005 in, New York City, Berlin, San Francisco, Zurich, Sydney, Milan, and Paris, among other cities. In 2019, Zawacki was commissioned by Albright Knox Museum in New York to paint the largest public art mural of his career as well as the museum's public art initiative.