Emil Alzamora was born in Lima, Peru in
1975. His family moved to Boca Grande, Florida when he was two. He later
attended Florida State University where he graduated Magna cum Laude in 1998
earning a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts. Alzamora harnesses a wide range of
materials and techniques to deliver unexpected interpretations of the sculpted
human figure. He often distorts, elongates, deconstructs, or encases his forms
to reveal an emotional or physical situation, or to tell a story. Alzamora’s
keen interest in the physical properties of his materials combined with his
hands-on approach allow for the process to reveal and inform at once the
aesthetic and the conceptual.
Alzamora started his sculpting career in
the Hudson Valley of New York working with Polich Tallix in the fall of 1998.
Since his departure from the art foundry in early 2001, he has produced his
work full-time and shown regularly throughout the United States and Europe.
Alzamora’s works have been exhibited in multiple solo and group shows, many
national and international art fairs as well as the United Nations Building,
Pepsico World Headquarters, The Queens Museum of Art, The Hudson Valley Center
for Contemporary Art, and The Museum of Biblical Art in Dallas. His work has been
reviewed by publications such as The New York Times, The Brooklyn Rail, The L
Magazine, El Diario, Boston Metro News, Juxtapoz, High Fructose, ArteFuse and
Cool Hunting. He currently lives and works in Beacon, NY.
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