Sarah Zapata Explained

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. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Fibers from the University of North Texas in 2011.[3] She lives in Brooklyn, New York.[4]

Art

Zapata is recognized for her distinctive and textile-heavy artwork. 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.

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. Web site: Sarah Zapata: 2016 Artist In Residence . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231115024646/https://madmuseum.org/learn/sarah-zapata . November 15, 2023 . December 10, 2023 . . en.
  2. Web site: Alba . Krista . 2023 . Sarah Zapata: So the roots be known . live . https://archive.today/20240321040709/https://www.kemperart.org/exhibition/2023-atrium-project-sarah-zapata . March 21, 2024 . December 10, 2023 . . en.
  3. Web site: June 29, 2020 . Sarah Zapata . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231210052032/https://ogdenmuseum.org/sarahzapata/ . December 10, 2023 . December 10, 2023 . . en-US.
  4. Web site: Scott . Chadd . December 10, 2023 . Sarah Zapata Reveals Surprising Queer History In Kansas City At Kemper Museum Of Contemporary Art . live . https://archive.today/20240321041120/https://www.forbes.com/sites/chaddscott/2023/12/10/sarah-zapata-reveals-surprising-queer-history-in-kansas-city-at-kemper-museum-of-contemporary-art/ . March 21, 2024 . January 16, 2024 . . en.
  5. News: Kwun . Aileen . October 4, 2021 . The Textile Artist Employing Centuries-Old Practices and Pop Culture Imagery . subscription . live . https://archive.today/20231127151315/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/04/t-magazine/sarah-zapata-weaving-art.html . November 27, 2023 . January 16, 2024 . . en-US . 0362-4331.
  6. News: Martinez . Nicole . September 6, 2022 . Textile Artist Sarah Zapata Has More Than One Identity. Weaving Lets Her Bring Them All Together . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231208221149/https://news.artnet.com/art-world/sarah-zapata-profile-2167812 . December 8, 2023 . December 10, 2023 . Artnet.
  7. Web site: Sarah Zapata . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240116042553/https://www.latinxproject.nyu.edu/sarah-zapata . January 16, 2024 . January 16, 2024 . The Latinx Project at NYU . en-US.

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