Discipline
Figurative / Realism
Installation / Land / Site-specific
Material
Granite/Marble/Stone
Metal (other)
Textile
Wood/Paper
Region
South West
Biography
Zapata’s work belongs to and takes inspiration from Folk and Tribal Arts from all over the world but specifically from South America, from its indigenous populous and the trade routes and traditions that have fed it over the centuries. Many of his sculptures have evolved from personal experience of living in a foreign land and from his home country where civil issues continue to trouble its people.
Carlos Zapata is a Colombian artist born in 1963. He currently lives near Falmouth, Cornwall UK. Zapata has exhibited Internationally with works held in numerous private collections and museums around the world.