About this Artist
Miguel was born in Cuenca, Spain in 1940. By the time he reached the age of 17, he had shown great promise as an artist. At the urging of his father who was a prominent attorney, Miguel enrolled in law school at the University of Madrid. He found that law was not his path and when he did not appear for the final law exam, his father cut off financial help. Miguel fell into the bohemian life of an artist. Thereafter, he self-directed his education to become what Luis Martin described as, “the greatest Renaissance mind that I have encountered in my life.” For several years he survived by taking odd jobs and offering his services as a portrait artist in taverns around Madrid. Gaining some success with his easel paintings, in 1960, Miguel moved to Barcelona where he joined a commune of artists. In 1964, he moved to Paris to take a job in the theatre, designing sets and costumes. He moved back to Madrid in 1967 and lived with a physician friend, paying his rent with drawings. Miguel quickly discovered that he had an aptitude and a great interest in medicine so he enrolled in medical school. In his fourth year, he was asked to leave when he participated in a demonstration to protest how medical funds were being diverted from their intended use. In 1972, Miguel moved back to Cuenca and focused exclusively on his art.
Miguel Zapata’s association with Texas began in 1986 when the Meadows Museum in Dallas honored him with his first US exhibition and a catalogue. Miguel was chosen by Donald E. Knaub, then Director of the Meadows, because “...he bridges in imagery the Golden Age of Spanish art with the second half of the twentieth century.” By appropriating the visual vocabulary of works from the Spanish Golden Age, Greco-Roman art and architecture and art of the Italian Renaissance as design elements in his work, and reinterpreting these powerful images of the past, he gave them a new, modern relevance.
The warm welcome Miguel and the love of his life, Begoña del Valle-Iturriaga, received in Dallas prompted him to acquire a home and studio here, allowing him to divide his time between Spain and Texas. Miguel began an association with Adams-Middleton Gallery in Dallas, and also showed with galleries in Santa Fe and Miami. Since 1996, his work has been represented by Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden in Dallas. Since 1959, Miguel had 70 solo exhibitions in Spain, Portugal, Belgium, the United States and Japan. In addition to the many large commissions Miguel executed in Spain, commissions in the US include a portrait of Juan Carlos I, the King of Spain, that hangs in the foyer of the Meadows Museum in Dallas; an exhibition for the City of Pensacola, Florida, in 2009, to honor the city’s 450th anniversary of its founding; and an equestrian portrait drawing of George Washington that was commissioned as a gift for the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in Dallas.
Miguel’s largest public commission in the US, Texas Door, a 12 foot tall bronze, was installed at Texas State University-San Marcos in 2013. It was inspired by an earlier commission to replace the aging 20 foot tall doors of La Iglesia del Salvador in Cuenca, Spain that was completed in 2000. Using this monumental door format, Miguel worked for 10 years on drawings, mixed media works and bronzes to refine his concept of telling the story of Texas’ independence using vignettes illustrating the great moments and men in Texas history. His Texas Door is a fitting tribute to the affection that Zapata had for his adopted home.
Miguel Zapata returned to Spain in November 2013. He was laid to rest in Cuenca, Spain.
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Miguel Zapata
Born: 1940 in Cuenca, Spain
Died: 2014 in Madrid, Spain
Solo Exhibitions:
2010 Miguel Zapata + Valton Tyler: Beauty and Power, Fort Worth Community Art Center, Forth Worth, Texas
2009 Miguel Zapata, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2009 Miguel Zapata: An Eternal Perspective, Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, Florida
2008 Miguel Zapata, Galeria i Leonarte, Valencia, Spain
2007 Museu Semana Santa, Cuenca
2006 One person exhibition, Galeria Alejandro Sales, Barcelona, Spain
2005 Caballeros, one person exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2005 ARCO ’05, Madrid, Spain (Galeria Alejandro Sales, Barcelona)
2004 One person exhibition, Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas
2003 One person exhibition, KUR Art Gallery, San Sebastian, Spain
2003 One person exhibition, The Americas Collection, Miami, Florida
2001 One person exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2001 Works on Paper: Selected Works by Miguel Zapata, Meadows Museum, Dallas, Texas
1998 Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1998 Convento de Carmelitas, Cuenca, Spain
1997 Excelentisima, Diputacion de Cuenca, Cuenca, Spain
1996 Peyton/Wright, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1996 Art 1996 Chicago at Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois (Galería Alejandro Sales)
1996 The Americas Collection, Miami, Florida
1995 Peyton/Wright, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1995 Pabellón de Mixtos, Ciudadela, Pamplona, Spain
1995 Galería Ignacio Varez, Madrid, Spain
1994 Art Miami, The Americas Collection, Miami, Florida
1994 Peyton/Wright, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1994 The Americas Collection, Miami, Florida
1994 Galería Pilar Parra, Madrid, Spain
1993 Peyton/Wright, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1993 Adams-Middleton Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1992 Fundación del Banco Zaragozano, Zaragoza, Spain
1992 Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo, Cuenca, Spain
1991 Galería Ra del Rey, Madrid, Spain
1991 TOKYO ’91, Galería Varrón, Tokyo, Japan
1991 Galería Fandos i Leonarte, Valencia, Spain
1991 Galería Biosca, Madrid, Spain
1990 Galería Manuela Vilches, Marbella, Spain
1990 Chicago International Art Exposition, Adams-Middleton Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1990 Galería Alejandro Sales, Barcelona, Spain
1989 Galería «El Palau», Valencia, Spain
1989 ARCO ’89, Galería Arteunido, Madrid, Spain
1988 LINEART ’88, Galería Varrón, Gante, Belgium
1988 Hockaday School, Dallas, Texas
1988 ARCO ’88, Galería Varrón and Galería Arteunido, Madrid, Spain
1987 Galería Arteunido, Barcelona, Spain
1986 Adams-Middleton Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1986 Meadows Museum, one person show, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
1986 Sala de la Caja de Ahorros de Cuenca, Cuenca, Spain
1986 Iglesia de San Pedro Mártir, Toledo, Spain
1986 Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Ciudad Real, Spain
1986 Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Albacete, Spain
1986 ARCO ’86, Galería Varrón, Madrid, Spain
1985 Galería Biosca, Madrid, Spain
1985 Galería del Palau, Valencia, Spain
1985 Casa Lis, Salamanca, Spain
1985 Casa de los Caballos, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Cáceres, Extremudura, Spain
1985 Galería R-75, Lisboa, Portugal
1984 Galería Varrón, Salamanca, Spain
1984 Galería Els Quatre Gats, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
1984 Galería Carmen Benedet, Oviedo, Spain
1984 ARCO ’84, Galería «El Palau», Madrid, Spain
1983 Galería Juana Mordó, Madrid, Spain
1983 ARTEDER ’83, Bilbao, Spain
1981 Galería El Mirador, Cuenca, Spain
1979 Galería Juana Mordó, Madrid, Spain
1979 Sala de la Caja de Ahorros, Cuenca, Spain
1963 Librería Abril, Madrid, Spain
1963 Galería Illescas, Bilbao, Spain
1962 Caja de Ahorros de Salamanca, Valladolid, Spain
1962 Ateneo de Salamanca, University of Salamanca Cultural Center, Salamanca, Spain
1960 Salas Municipales de Arte, San Sebastian, Spain
1959 Sala Machetti, Cuenca, Spain
Group Exhibitions:
2018 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2018 The Fine Art of Collecting: Selections from the Judge B. Michael and Elise Chitty Collection, The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas
2017 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2015 Menagerie, Art and the Animal Kingdom, The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas
2014 60th Anniversary Exhibition: A Celebration of Valley House Artists, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2014 Masterful Marks: An Exploration of the Medium of Drawing, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2014 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2013 Suitable Subjects: Contemporary Still Lifes, The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas
2013 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2012 Houston Fine Art Fair, Reliant Center, Houston, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2012 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2011 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2011 Elemental = color / line / texture, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2010 ART CHICAGO, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, Illinois (Valley House Gallery)
2009 Dallas Art Fair, FIG Building, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2009 Thank You Fort Worth: An Appreciation from Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
2008 CADD Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas Art Fair, Three Three Three First Avenue, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2007 CADD Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas Inaugural Art Fair, Three Three Three First Avenue, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2007 The Art Show, Art Dealer’s Association of America, Park Avenue Armory, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
2006 Kingdom Animalia: Creatures Big and Small by Artists Old and New, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2006 Art International, The Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, California (Valley House Gallery)
2006 McNay Print Fair, The McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2006 Works on Paper, art fair, 7th Regiment Armory, New York, NY (Valley House Gallery)
2006 ARCO'06, Feria de Madrid, Spain (Galería Alejandro Sales, Barcelona, Spain)
2005 Valley House Exhibition, Masur Museum, Monroe, Louisiana
2005 Works on Paper, art fair, 7th Regiment Armory, New York, NY (Valley House Gallery)
2004 Art Chicago, art fair, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois (Valley House Gallery)
2004 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2004 The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, art fair, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
2003 Works on Paper, art fair, The Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY (Valley House Gallery)
2002 McNay Art Fair, McNay Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2002 Art Atlanta, art fair, Atlanta, Georgia (Valley House Gallery)
2002 The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, art fair, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
2001 Texas International Fine Art Fair, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2001 Inside/Outside Sculpture Exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2000 Dallas International Art & Antique Fair, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2000 The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, art fair, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
1999 The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, art fair, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
1998 The Figure: An Invitational Exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1997 The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, art fair, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
1994 The Americas Collection, Miami, Florida
1993 Pilar Parra, Madrid, Spain
1993 Galería Biosca, Madrid, Spain
1993 Galería Biosca, Madrid, Spain
1993 Galería Pilar Parra, Madrid, Spain
1992 Galería Biosca, Madrid, Spain
1992 Galería Biosca, Madrid, Spain
1991 Galería Fontanar, Madrid, Spain
1991 Galería Ra del Rey, Madrid, Spain
1991 Galería Biosca, Madrid, Spain
1991 Galería Pilar Parra, Sanjenjo, Spain
1991 Galería Biosca, Madrid, Spain
1990 Galería Biosca, Madrid, Spain
1989 Read Stremmel Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
1989 El Grabado Español, Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas, Texas
1989 Adams-Middleton Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1989 Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1989 Galería Manuela Vilches, Marbella, Spain
1989 Galería Biosca, Madrid, Spain
1988 El Formato Circular, Galería Arteunido, Barcelona, Spain
1988 Galería Biosca, Madrid, Spain
1988 Galería Arteunido, Barcelona, Spain
1988 Galería Arteunido, Barcelona, Spain
1987 El Grabado Español, Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas, Texas
1987 El Planetario de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
1986 Galería Biosca, Madrid, Spain
1961 Palacio de la Virreina, Barcelona, Spain
Literature:
“A Time to Celebrate: Pride in Action,” program, The Dedication of the Performing Arts Center, Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas, February 27, 2014.
60th Anniversary Catalogue, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 2014; Texas Door reproduced.
“Recent Acquisitions: Miguel Zapata, Residuos Históricos, 2008,” at the Meadows. Fall 2011.
“Discoveries by Designers: Dallas Hosts Its First Art Fair,” Architectural Digest, February 2009, 52.
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“Mixtura Temporal,” Levante, December 19, 2008.
Salva Torres, “Zapata Expone en la Galeria I Leonarte,” El Mundo, December 15, 2008.
Carlos Garcia Osuna, Miguel Zapata: Entre la historia y la Vida, Barcelona, Spain, Galería Alejandro Sales, 2007.
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Berta Lopez, “Miguel Zapata,” El Dia, February 27, 2006.
B.L.P., “Zapata Presenta un Cartel “sobrio y de fuertes contrastes” para la Semana Santa” El Dia, February 17, 2006, 6 and 7.
“Este es el Cartel,” La Tribuna de Cuenca, February 17, 2006.
Paloma Sanz, “Estilo de Vida: Miguel Zapata,” Casa & Campo, January 2006, N° 141, pages 40-44.
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Kentaro Tomio, Editor-in-Chief, “Miguel Zapata: Works from the Texas Studio,” Preview: The Tyler Museum of Art, August-December 2004, 10-11.
50th Anniversary. Dallas, Texas: Valley House Gallery, 2004.
Armando Alvarez Bravo, “Miguel Zapata y la Creacion como Continuidad,” El Nuevo Herald, April 13, 2003.
Nancy Smith, “Bank to Open Tuesday with Display of Art Collection,” Plano Star Courier, January 13, 2002.
Angel Facio, “Vida y Milagros de Miguel Zapata,” Diputación de Cuenca, 2002.
Donald Knaub, “Miguel Zapata, An American Perspective,” Diputación de Cuenca, 2002.
Janet Kutner, “Bold-Fashioned: Spanish artist Miguel Zapata revels in and tramples tradition,” The Dallas Morning News Arts Day, Saturday, December 22, 2001, 14C.
Luis Ayllón, “Los Reyes Inauguran el Nuevo Museo Meadows,” El Prado de Texas ABC Cultural, March 31, 2001.
Ramón Perez Tornero, “Anacronismos,” Turbas Memorial, March 4, 2001.
Eduardo Alcala, “El “Portone” de “El Salvador” un portapaz artístico para todos,” El Día, April 19, 2000, Cultural section, 29.
“Los Artistas con la Semana santa Conquense,” Obra Social y Cultural de la Caja Castilla la Mancha, 2000.
“Diseno de la Ciudad,” Publitecnica S.L., 2000.
Imma Sala, “Las Puertas de el Salvador,” La Tribuna de Cuenca, December 14, 1999.
“Alfonso VIII Ya Tiene Monument,” El Dia, May 25,1999.
Imma Sala, “Cuenca Homenajea en Bronce a Alfonso VIII,” La Tribuna de Cuenca, May 25, 1999.
J.L.M.S., “Alfonso VII Vuelve a Cuenca,” El Dia, May 25, 1999.
Florencio Martinez Ruiz, “El Monument A Alfonso VII I Adquiere Vida en el Tauer del Conquense Miguel Zapata,” El Dia de Cuenca, April 14-20, 1999.
Chus Tudelilla, Coleccion Banco Zaragizano: Arte Contemporaneo, 1999
Florencio Martines Ruiz, “Zapata: Otra Gran Sorpresa en la Escalera,” El Dia, December 1, 1998.
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“El Manchego Miguel Zapata Retrata al Rey para Nueva York,” La Voz de Albacete, 1997.
“El Conquense Miguel Zapata Retrata al Rey Don Juan Carlos,”, 1997.
“Aurelio Biosca, Homenaje y Recuerdo,” Galeria Alfama, November 1996.
David Clemmer, “Miguel Zapata, Critical Reflections,” Pasatiempo
Ortiz-Guardian Foundation, “Pintura Latinoamerica,” July-December 1996.
Daniel Vaillancourt, “The Epic World of Miguel Zapata,” Pasatiempo, Santa Fe, November 17, 1995.
Javier Rubio Nomblot, “Renacentismo e Infromalismo,” El Punto de las Artes, February 10-16, 1995.
Christine Hemp, “Miguel Zapata’s Dallas Studio Went Up in Flames,” The Magacine, January-February, 1995.
Antonio Otinano, “Entervista con Miguel Zapata,” Saceta de las Bellas Artes No. 3, 1995.
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Florencio Martinez Ruiz, “Zapata, en Vuelo Directo Desde Dallas,” La Torredo Mangana, August 28, 1994.
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Dean Balsamo, “Gallery Hopping,” Pasatiempo (Nueva Mejico), September 17, 1993.
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Emiliana Sandoval, “Zapata’s Large Bas Relief Works Draw on Classical Architecture,” Pasatiempo, September 3,1993.
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Maria Lluisa Borras, Chillida Milares Miro Picasso Saura Tapies Zapata. Barcelona, Spain: Galeria Ateunido, 1988.
Leigh Albritton, “Zapata: Reworking the Renaissance,” The Forcast, 1988.
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Joseph Maria Cadena, “Miguel Zapata,” El Periodico, 1987.
Michael Quintanilla, “Outspoken Spanish Artist Has Stuck to his Brushed,” Dallas Times Herald, December 27, 1986.
Carol Sewell, “Spanish Traditions Live in Zapata Modern Art,” Fort Worth Star Telegram, December 23, 1986.
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Lectures and Discussions:
The Artist's Eye with Miguel Zapata, moderated by Claire Barry, Saturday, November 13, 2010, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
Commissions:
Equestrian Portrait of George Washington, George W. Bush Presidential Center, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 2013
Texas Door Commission for the Performing Arts Building at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, 2011-2013
Invitation for the Crystal Charity Ball, Dallas, Texas, 2005
Poster for the TeatroEspanol production of Romance de lobos, Madrid, Spain, 2005
Portrait of His Majesty King Juan Carlos I, Hispanic Society of America, New York, New York 2005
Poster for the Escuela Superior de Arte Dramatico, Festival de teatro de Almagro, Murcia, Spain, 2001
San Nicasio Monument, Iglesia de S. Nicasio de Leganes, Madrid, Spain, 2001
Chapel de los Zunzunegui on the ranch of D. Rafael Zunzunegui (Val de Malaga), Guadalajara, Spain
Portrait of His Majesty King Juan Carlos I, Meadows Museum, Dallas, Texas, 2001
Doors for La Iglesia del Salvador de Cuenca, Cuenca, Spain, 2000
Monument of Alphonse VIII for the Province of Cuenca, Spain
Public Collections:
Banco Bilbao-Vizcaya, Madrid, Spain
Banco Pastor, Madrid, Spain
Banco Zaragozano, Madrid, Spain
Conde de Zubiria, Bilbao, Spain
Domecq. Jerez de la Frontera, Cadiz
Fundacion Fran Daurel, Barcelona, Spain
Hispanic Society of America, New York, New York
Instituto de Cultura Hispanica, Madrid, Spain
Jesuit Dallas Museum, Jesuit College Preparatory School, Dallas, Texas
Marqueses de Lamiaco, Madrid, Spain
Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
Museo Municipal de Cuenca, Cuenca, Spain
Museo de Villafamés, Alicante, Spain
Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
Nacional Hispanica de Seguros, Madrid, Spain
National Library, New York, New York
Neil Menzies Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas
The Oaks Bank & Trust Company, Dallas, Texas
Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas
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