Miriam Zamparelli

Miriam Medina de Zamparelli (born 1941[1]) is a sculptor of the generation of 1980, renowned for her wood projects. She was an active member of the Association of Women Artists of Puerto Rico.

Miriam Zamparelli
Born1941 (age 81–82)
Guayama, Puerto Rico
NationalityPuerto Rican
OccupationSculptor
SpouseReinaldo Zamparelli

Biography

Born in Guayama, Puerto Rico,[2] Miriam Medina lived and made her first studies in the Dominican Republic. She then moved to Chicago, where she continued her higher education. She married Reinaldo Zamparelli in 1954, living in Lima, Peru, and later in Bogotá, Colombia. She studied art in both cities.

In 1961, she settled in Puerto Rico. In 1978, she studied at the San Juan Art League with Professor Rolando López Dirube,[1] and from 1979 to 1980 she studied at the School of Plastic Arts in San Juan.[2] From 1983 to 1988, Zamparelli was co-founder and an active member of the Puerto Rico Association of Sculptors. From 1978 to 1988, she was on the board of directors of the Puerto Rico League of Art Students, an institution she presided over from 1985 to 1987.

Work

Zamparelli is best known for sculpting in wood, although she has also worked in marble, iron, and stainless steel. In her projects, she has experimented with the properties of native woods such as ausubo, guayacán, and mahogany. Her style includes elements of neoconstructivism and expressionism.[1]

Among her most recognized works are:

  • Grupo Rosita (acrylic on canvas, 36 × 48, 1979)
  • Observador II (guayacán, 24 × 12 × 12, 1980)
  • Sin título (ceramic on stainless steel, 36 × 48, 1980)
  • Sin título (mahogany, stainless steel base, 24 × 12 × 61, 1980)
  • Observador (guayacán, 36 × 18 × 18, 1982)
  • Homenaje a Derivado (mahogany with black stain, stainless steel base, 132.5 × 150 cm, 1983)
  • Parte III (guayacán and stainless steel, 30 × 20, 1984)
  • Espectador #1 (guayacán, 48 × 24 × 18, 1985)
  • Libertad total (sculpture, assembly, 38", 1989)
  • Maqueta Abacus (balsa wood, 12 × 4 × 4, 2001)
  • Abacus I (guayacán, cedar, and mahogany, 72 × 36 × 36, 2001)
  • Abacus II, (guayacán, mahogany, and steel, 72 × 48 × 36, 2002)[1]

Select expositions

1975

1978

1979
  • "Esculturas", City Hall of San Juan

1980
  • Annual Art Exhibition, Mercantil Plaza, San Juan

1983
  • First National Historical Exhibition of Puerto Rican Sculptors, San Juan Art and History Museum, San Juan
  • Exhibition 20 × 15, San Juan League of Art Students, San Juan
  • Women Artists, Ateneo Puertorriqueño, San Juan
  • "Tres mujeres artistas", Galería André, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
  • "Women Artists from Puerto Rico", Cayman Gallery, New York
  • Puerto Rico Association of Sculptors, San Juan[2]

1984

1985
  • Individual exhibition, Galería 59, San Juan
  • Municipal Gallery of San Juan
  • Certamen Ateneo Puertorriqueño, San Juan

1986

1988
  • "Rebasando el Tiempo", Galería Caribe, San Juan
  • "Growing Beyond: Women Artists from Puerto Rico", Museum of Modern Art of Latin American Organization of American States, Washington, D.C.[2][4][5]
  • Colectiva CitiBank Center, CityBank Center, San Juan

1990

2001
  • Colectiva Galería Botello, Hato Rey
  • Second Biennale of Sculpture in the Steel Industry, All Steel Manufacturing, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico[2]

2003
  • National Show of Plastic Arts, Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, Old Arsenal of the Spanish Navy, La Puntilla, San Juan
  • Landscape, Galería Botello, San Juan
  • Exhibition "El Arte en Puerto Rico a través del Tiempo", Puerto Rico Museum of Art, San Juan[2]

2006
  • "Esculturas", Galería Tamara, Puerto Nuevo, Puerto Rico[7]

Collections

Associations
  • Association of Women Artists of Puerto Rico
  • Association of Sculptors of Puerto Rico
  • ARTistasXlaUPR[8]

Awards and distinctions
  • Selected to represent Puerto Rico at the Exposición del Pabellón de Sevilla, Seville, Spain (1992)
  • First Prize for Sculpture, Ateneo Puertorriqueño, San Juan (1985)

See also

References
  1. Pérez-Lizano, Manuel (September 1987). "Escultura actual en Puerto Rico" [Current Sculpture in Puerto Rico]. Plástica (in Spanish). San Juan. 2 (17): 80–87 – via International Center for the Arts of the Americas.
  2. "Muestra Nacional de Artes Plásticas" [National Show of Plastic Arts] (PDF) (in Spanish). Institute of Puerto Rican Culture. 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  3. Mujeres Artistas de Puerto Rico [Women Artists From Puerto Rico]. San Juan: Exhibition catalogue, Museum of Fine Art and Institute of Puerto Rican Culture. 1986.
  4. Growing Beyond: Women artists from Puerto Rico. Washington D.C.: Exhibition catalogue, Museum of Modern Art of Latin America. 1988.
  5. Puerto, Cecilia (1996). Latin American Women Artists, Kahlo and Look who Else. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 203. ISBN 9780313289347. Retrieved 3 November 2017 – via Google Books.
  6. Mujeres Artistas: protagonistas de los ochenta [Women Artists: Protagonists of the 80s]. Santo Domingo: Exhibition catalogue, Museo de las Casas Reales, Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art. 1990.
  7. Pérez Rivera, Tatiana (10 August 2006). "'Esculturas' en Galería Tamara". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  8. "Artistas se unen por la Universidad de Puerto Rico" [Artists Come Together for the University of Puerto Rico]. El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). 26 April 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
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