Sarah Zapata (1988) is a Peruvian-American textile artist.[1]

Biography

Born in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1988, Zapata was raised Evangelical Christian by her Peruvian father and Christian mother.[2] Zapata identifies as a queer artist.[3] She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Fibers from the University of North Texas in 2011.[4] She lives in Brooklyn, New York.[3]

Art

Zapata is recognized for her distinctive and textile-heavy artwork.[3] Her pieces and latch-hooked carpets veer toward abstraction and perception while drawing inspiration from traditional Peruvian weaving.[5] Zapata's abstract woven artworks symbolically represent her intersectional identities such as her Christian religious upbringing or her gender identity.[6] Her identities also include being an artist born and raised in Texas, and now working in New York.[4]

Notable works by Zapata include: To Teach or To Assume Authority (2018-2019), A Famine of Hearing (2019) and Standing on the Edge of Time (2019).[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Sarah Zapata: 2016 Artist In Residence". Museum of Arts and Design. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  2. ↑ Alba, Krista. "Sarah Zapata: So the roots be known". Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 Scott, Chadd. "Sarah Zapata Reveals Surprising Queer History In Kansas City At Kemper Museum Of Contemporary Art". Forbes. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Sarah Zapata". Ogden Museum of Southern Art. June 29, 2020. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  5. ↑ Kwun, Aileen (October 4, 2021). "The Textile Artist Employing Centuries-Old Practices and Pop Culture Imagery". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  6. ↑ Martinez, Nicole (September 6, 2022). "Textile Artist Sarah Zapata Has More Than One Identity. Weaving Lets Her Bring Them All Together". Artnet News. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  7. ↑ "The Latinx Project at NYU — Sarah Zapata". The Latinx Project at NYU. Retrieved January 16, 2024.

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