Claudia E. Zapata

Claudia E Zapata is a Queer Chicanx artist and curator known as one of the co-founders of the Puro Chingón Collective, which develops BIPOC zines and designer toys. In 2023, Zapata became the first associate curator of Latino Art at the Blanton Museum in Austin, Texas.

Biography Claudia E Zapata is a Texas-based artist known for their DIY toy designs and zines. They were Curatorial Assistant of Latinx Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) in Washington, D.C. and had been actively associated with SAAM since 2018. The mural project was completed in 2013. The Let's Get Weird (2017) Puro Chingón Collective exhibition was a part of ChingoZine 7 release party that took place in Austin, Texas. Designer toys of the Puro Chingón Collective were featured in the 2019 Expressiones en Esculturas exhibition. Zapata's artwork “El Zine: Contemporary Underground Archives” was featured in the Latinx Project in 2019 New York, NY.