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