Office Hours
Monday 3:00–5:00 pm
Education
MFA, New York Academy of Art
BA, Benedict College
About Me
Daniel Esquivia Zapata was born in San Jacinto, in the department of Bolivar, Colombia, in 1987. Daniel earned a full scholarship to study fine arts at Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina. In 2008, Daniel graduated with honors and earned a merit scholarship to pursue a master's degree in drawing at the New York Academy of Art (NYAA). In 2011, he graduated from NYAA cum laude and was offered an art residency at St Barths and was awarded the NYAA's Best Paper Job prize. Daniel has exhibited in different galleries in the United States, St Barths and Colombia, including Richard Demato Gallery, Mediallia Gallery and Eden Rock Gallery. He was awarded a fellowship by the Vermont Studio Center in 2020 and has been awarded a residency at Santa Fe Art Institute for 2023.
Areas of Expertise
Drawing, Figure Drawing and Human Anatomy for Artists
Research Interests
Creative research/practice is centered on a exploration of ideas of historiography, narrative, memory and the human figure. Most of his work is a search for metaphors that illustrate the complexities of remembering, an exercise not just of why and what but also of how. This exploration has taken him into creating images that look to replace the common metaphor of memory and history as a container with a metaphor of memory as something alive, which can live, age, die or be killed, or exist as an ecosystem.
Courses Taught
Drawing I, Advance Drawing I, Advance Drawing II