Dotty Zamora
Front cover: Stellar Wax emulsion, materials of nature 24” x 48” x 2” 1999 Back cover: Blue Birds Mixed Media 24” x 18” x 2” 2009
Dotty Zamora an artist’s statement
no title Wax emulsion, materials of nature 24” x 24” x 2” 2000
ARTIST STATEMENT Making art is like life’s journey — it has to begin somewhere and continue evolving. My work process is in flux like the layers that form the earth’s surface. Time and place change the textures and colors. These qualities are like treasures found on long hikes in places that inspire me to collect materials of nature. I also keep, in poetic form, notes about the presence of sounds, scents, sights and even touch, as well as sketches. These activities generate a new context, and the method of work follows in parallel synthesis to these layers. The process that creates the rich surface is a style for making art. Wax emulsion is the medium for painting, using a formula of beeswax, turpenoid and pigment. The ground is masonite coated with rabbit skin glue textured with a special formula of modeling paste and spackle. Most of the work incorporates collage of natural materials such as turtle shells, soil, stones, bones and other. One might occasionally find text taken from the ‘artist journal’ on the back of a painting or incorporated into the art work. The surface of the art is layers of wax applied with a palette knife and
Tortoise Center Wax emulsion, materials of nature 48” x 48” x 2” 2012
hands while each layer is heat set. After the final layer dries the surface is ready to be incised, gouged, scratched, buffed and perhaps embedded with additional materials. The cradle is handcrafted and designed to fit the size of the masonite. The paintings are installed flat against the wall. The two-inch-thick cradle, textured surface with wrap-around and method of hanging gives the work a sense of painting/sculpture. Many works are 12� x 12� and installed as multiples to form a square, rectangle, horizon, straight line or to become a wall of tiles. Sometimes the squares are exhibited individually. The complexity of the works are arranged and rearranged to create new boundaries with each exhibition. The installation is always complemented with sculpture and other geometric shapes of art. Recently primordial or original sketches are incorporated onto the surface of the art work. Philosophically, the layering of wax and collage in each work echoes the layers that make up the shifting surface of the earth. The layers represent traces of archeological history. They are remnants of past journeys. I like how the mind creates emotional connections, and I translate this into the process in making art.
Bug Wax emulsion, materials of nature 36” x 36” x 2” 2011
Acorn Mixed media 24” x 24” x 2” 2011
Racing Night Fall Mixed media on paper 28” x 30” 2007
Just Like a Book Wax emulsion, materials of nature 24” x 24” x 2” 2000
Breccia Center Wax emulsion, materials of nature 48” x 48” x 2” 2012
EDUCATION 2010
Artist residency in Citte de Pieve, Italy
2000
MFA - Painting Texas Christian University (TCU), Fort Worth, TX
1999
Life Drawing Summer Study (TCU in Budapest) Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, Instructor: F. Konig
1997
BFA - Painting, cum laude University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), Arlington, TX
1976
Associate Degree - Library Technology San Antonio Junior College, San Antonio, TX
1968 - 1970
Interior Design Our Lady of the Lake College, San Antonio, TX
1968
Dilley High School, Dilley, TX
EXHIBITIONS 2011
Fort Worth Art Dealers Association Selection Show, Fort Worth Contemporary Art Center, Fort Worth, TX
The Path of Most Interest (solo show) Upstairs Gallery, Arlington, TX
2008
Art in the Metroplex '08, J.M. Moudy Gallery, TCU, Fort Worth, TX
2007
Hispanic Women’s Network of Texas (group show), HWNT Scholarship Fund & Art Action, Rosemarine Theatre, Fort Worth, TX
Art in the Metroplex ‘07, J.M. Moudy Gallery, TCU, Fort Worth, TX Curator: Michael Duncan, Corresponding Editor, Art in America
2006
Art in the Metroplex ‘06, J.M. Moudy Gallery, TCU, Fort Worth, TX Curator: Janet Bishop, Curator of Painting and Sculpture, SF MoMA
2004
Women Only in conjunction with the Vagina Monologues, TAMIU, Laredo, TX
2003
Faculty Show, TAMIU, Laredo, TX. Curator: Janet Kruger
Contemporary Currents (group show), Olvera Gallery, El Paso, TX. Gallery director: Ruben Olvera
2002
Laredo Art League Member Show (group show), Laredo Center for the Arts, Laredo, TX. Mixed Media award recipient.
Two Friends (group show), New Works Space, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX. Director: Sonja Gladbach
New Images: Male/Female (group show), Laredo Center for the Arts, Laredo, TX. Curator: Janet Kruger
2001
Dotty Zamora (solo show), Gallery 414, Fort Worth, TX. Gallery Director: John Hartley
(group show), Laredo Community College Education Gallery, Laredo Community College, Laredo, TX. Director: Dale Short
Texture, Poetry, Color (solo show), Laredo Center for the Arts, Laredo, TX. Director: Martha Gonzales
Texas Talent Show (group show), Dorvin Gallery, Budapest, Hungary. Curator: Ron Watson
The Japan Show, Black and White Photography (group show), Sister Cities Office - Nagaoka, Japan. Curator: Rachel Bounds
Contemporary Artists (group show), Upstairs Gallery, Arlington, TX. Owner/Curator: J.T. Martin
The Sky is the Limit (group show), Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX. Museum Manager: Anne Allen
2000
(solo show), Tarrant County Community College Northwest, Fort Worth, TX. Director: Eduardo Aguilar
The Japan Show, Black and White Photography with Holga Camera (group show), International Center of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX. Curator: Rachel Bounds
34th Annual Regional Juried Art Show (group show), second place award recipient in mixed media, Richardson Civic Art Center, Richardson, TX. Juror: Bob Rohm
Seeing and Transforming (solo show), MFA Thesis Exhibition, J.M. Moudy Gallery, TCU, Fort Worth, TX
The Seven (IV) (group show), Ridglea Music Hall (alternative space), Fort Worth, TX. Curator: Dotty Zamora
Paint the Town Red (group show), Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX. Director/Curator: Joan Davidow
Expo 2000 (group show), 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX. Curator: Benito Huerta
CROSSTALK 2000 (group show), J.M. Moudy Gallery, TCU, Fort Worth, TX. Juror: Kenda North
1999
LMFA’s Best of the Southwest Exhibit (group show), Longview Museum of Fine Arts. Curator: Ben Woetena, Glassell School of Art, Houston, TX
Arte Latino 1999 (group show), Latino Cultural Center for Arts & Letters, Inc., African American Museum of Art, Dallas, TX. Curators: Diane Marquis and Carlos Vargas
1999 Arte en terciopelo negro (black velvet art) (group show), Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX. Curators: Diane Marquis and Carlos Vargas
CROSSTALK 1999 (group show), J.M. Moudy Gallery, Fort Worth, TX. Juror: Charles Wiley, Dallas Museum of Art
A Beauty Show (group show), Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX. Director/Curator: Joan Davidow
Art with a Southern Drawl (group show), drawing exhibition from the southern region of the United States, University of Mobile, Mobile, AL
DVAC Annual Member Exhibition (group show), Dallas Visual Art Center, Dallas, TX
1996
Images in Nature V (group show), Martin-Rathburn Gallery Inc., Blue Star Art Complex, San Antonio, TX. Director: Sharlene Rathburn
Art in the Metroplex ’96 (group show), J.M. Moudy Gallery, TCU, Fort Worth, TX. Juror: Luiz Jimenez, University of Houston
15th Annual National Juried Exhibition (group show), sponsored by the Society of Watercolor Artists, The Carillon Gallery, TCJC South Campus, Fort Worth, TX. Juror: Warren Taylor
1986 1985
Mexican Cultural Art (group show), Sol Del Rio Gallery, San Antonio, TX. Director/Curator: Dorothy Katz Western Art Show (group show), San Antonio, TX, panel of jurors
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Angeluna restaurant, Fort Worth, TX Carl and Grace Beckum, Mansfield, TX Ed McMahon, Los Angeles, CA Dr. Y. Anthony Nakamura, Dallas, TX Richard Piroutti, Fort Worth, TX Helga Taylor, Fort Worth, TX Reese and Kathy Washington, Arlington, TX
BIBLIOGRAPHY 2001
“Most Democratic Art,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram: September 2001, Fort Worth, TX
“Zamora, Rosenkrantz. Exhibits at Laredo Center for the Arts,” Laredo Morning Times, September 16, 2001, Laredo, TX
“Zamora – Texture. Poetry. Color.” LareDOS, August 2001, Laredo, TX
“Texture, Poetry and Color,” Laredo Morning Times, August 10, 2001, Laredo, TX
Rose, Jeanne, The Articulator: The Woman’s Club of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
2000
Ward, Alyson, “Thinking outside the gingerbread box: Ginger bread houses are pretty, but do they have to be made out of gingerbread? We asked some local artists to come up with their own versions of edible holiday houses. Here is what they produced.” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, December 12, 2000, Fort Worth, TX
Caballero, Raul, “Naturaleza y Arte,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram: La Estrella, Fort Worth, TX
Mr. Sime, “Art on Black Velvet,” Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX
1996
Goddard, Dan R, “Images, ‘takes quirky look at land, creatures’,” San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio, TX
Toledo, Mirta, “Artista Local gana premio por su participation en Exhibition annual,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram: La Estrella, Fort Worth, TX
GRANTS 2003
National Endowment for the Arts, TAMIU, Hecho en Encinal after school project to teach bookmaking to 6th to 12th grade, Encinal, TX
2001
Texas Commission for the Arts, TAMIU, Hecho en Encinal after school program for 3rd to 5th grade, Encinal, TX
2000
Texas Commission for the Arts, TAMIU, Hecho en Encinal after school program to teach painting, drawing, printmaking, kinetic sculpture and earthworks to 3rd to 5th grade, Encinal, TX
Nesting Wax emulsion 12” x 8” x 2” 2008
design: Hannah Frieser
DOTTY ZAMORA 817.921.6288 studio dot.zam@sbcglobal.net www.behance.net/gallery/Art-Journey/5664539