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The eighth annual Atrium Project commission will feature a large-scale installation by New York-based artist Sarah Zapata (Peruvian American, born 1988). Zapata creates vibrant and inviting installations using a combination of textile techniques that engage her Texan and Peruvian cultural traditions, as well as concepts of gender, labor, and identity. Challenging hierarchies in the arts through her methods and materials, the artist often animates the experience and understanding of her work by incorporating tactile elements or performance, turning viewers into participants. The Atrium Project is an annual series of commissioned, site-responsive projects that presents the work of emerging and mid-career Hispanic and Latinx artists. 

This exhibition is organized by Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art and curated by Krista Alba, assistant curator.

Born in Texas and based in Brooklyn, Sarah Zapata is an artist who creates colorful, sensuous textile installations that engage issues of gender and labor, as well as cultural and personal identity. 

2011 B.F.A., Fibers, University of North Texas, Denton, TX

2022 Sarah Zapata: a resilience of things not seen, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI

2020 The Taxing of a Fruitful Procession, Museo MATE, Lima, Peru

2019 NADA HOUSE, Governor’s Island, NY

2018 MOTHA and Chris E. Vargas: Consciousness Raising, New Museum, New York, NY

2018 Anti Bodies, MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY

2016 Siempre X, El Museo Del Barrio, New York, NY

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2023 Atrium Project: Sarah Zapata

Sarah Zapata (Peruvian American, born 1988), A resilience of things not seen, 2021–2022, natural and synthetic fiber, handwoven cloth, dimensions variable, Installation at John Michael Kohler Art Center.