Miriam Zamparelli

Miriam Medina de Zamparelli (born 1941 ) is a sculptor of the generation of 1980, renowned for her wood projects. She was an active member of the .

Biography Born in Guayama, Puerto Rico, Miriam Medina lived and made her first studies in the Dominican Republic. She then moved to Chicago, where she continued her higher education. She married Reinaldo Zamparelli in 1954, living in Lima, Peru, and later in Bogotá, Colombia. She studied art in both cities.

In 1961, she settled in Puerto Rico. In 1978, she studied at the San Juan Art League with Professor Rolando López Dirube, 1988 "Rebasando el Tiempo", Galería Caribe, San Juan "Growing Beyond: Women Artists from Puerto Rico", Museum of Modern Art of Latin American Organization of American States, Washington, D.C. Colectiva CitiBank Center, CityBank Center, San Juan 1990 "Mujeres Artistas: protagonistas de los ochenta", Museo de las Casas Reales, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic / Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art, San Juan 2001 Colectiva Galería Botello, Hato Rey Second Biennale of Sculpture in the Steel Industry, All Steel Manufacturing, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico

Collections El Nuevo Día, San Juan Ateneo Puertorriqueño, San Juan

Associations

Association of Sculptors of Puerto Rico ARTistasXlaUPR

Awards and distinctions Selected to represent Puerto Rico at the Exposición del Pabellón de Sevilla, Seville, Spain (1992) First Prize for Sculpture, Ateneo Puertorriqueño, San Juan (1985)