Charo Zapater Pomar Born in Peru – Resident of Lima (Peru) and Florence (Italy)
Charo Zapater Pomar was born in Peru, studied painting in Burton Manor College, Chester, England, engraving in the Escuela de Bellas Artes in San Jordi, Barcelona, and in 1976 graduated with honors in the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome. In 2003 she traveled to Camerun, Africa, where she investigated ancestral native techniques. Back in Peru, she collaborated with AXIS Arte, an interdisciplinary project of research in applied art and design of the Art Faculty of Pontificia Universidad Católica in Lima (2004 - 2005). During the next two years, she did a specialization in Visual Arts and Multimedia Languages in the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence. Still in Italy, she collaborated with the South African artist William Kendridge in his project Triumph and Laments in Lungotevere, Rome. Her work has been exhibited in several galleries and Museums in Europe and America:PARC, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Lima, Peru; Este-Arte, Montevideo, Uruguay; Galeria Imaginario, Marbella, Spain; ARTOUR, Korea and Shanghai, China.; Galería Yvonne Sanguineti, Lima, Peru; Fortezza Da Basso, Firenze, Italiy; Galeria Beaumont, The Netherlands.; Euroamericana, Pietra Santa, Italy; Galeria Forum Inter- Art, Roma, Italy’; Peru and at the Bienal intinerante de Arte “ Raices ”, Cuzco, Perú. Sala de exposiciones de la Caja de Ahorros de Bilbao, Spain ; “Intervención en el Paisaje U rbano y Natural”, Cuzco, Perú; Ëmigrarti exposición organizada por la UNESCO y la Universidad degli Studi La Sapienza, Roma “Museo Nazionale di Arti y Tradizione ”, Roma, Italia. Puklla Sunchis , “El Arte de Jugar ”, galería del Banco Continental, Lima, Perú; Galeria Art-Forum, Libri Mundi, Quito, Ecuador; Galeria de Arte y Cultura, Caja del Trabajo, Portugalete, Vizcaya, Spain; OAS Peru Representation, Washington, D.C. (U.S.A.); Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Cuzco, Peru, etc. Awards: Honorable Mention. Fourth International Exhibiti on of Art and Culture. Museum of Modern Art. Rome, Italy; Bronze Medal. International Award Medusa Aurea. Museum of Modern Art. Rome, Italy; Honorable Mention. Fifth Salón de Verano. International Plastic Arts Contest. Ancón. Lima, Peru.
Artist Books: Ms. Zapater produced many Artist books and objects . She currently lives and works between Florence (Italy) and Lima (Peru).
Contacts: chzapater@hotmail.com - www.charo-zapater.com - chzapater@charo-zapater.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charozapater/
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