David Zafra Gatica

David Zafra’s work revolves around the relationship between time, erosion, technology, and degradation, exploring how processes of wear, transformation, and accumulation manifest in matter, landscapes, and cultural objects. Using materials such as earth and paint, his sculptures and site-specific projects create tensions between the organic and the artificial, inviting reflection on the fragility of built structures, the memory embedded in materials, and the ways technology accelerates, records, or reconfigures cycles of ruin and permanence.

Zafra is co-founder and active member of Yope Project Space, an independent initiative dedicated to the exhibition and development of cultural and artistic projects. Since its founding seven years ago, the space has established itself as a platform for experimental practices, fostering dialogue between emerging and established voices in contemporary art.

Certificate in Visual Art and Fine Arts.
BFA - Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado “La Esmeralda” ,Mexico City.
Pursued further studies at the École Supérieure d’Art de Bourges, France.

His most recent exhibitions include This (Supposedly) Must Be The Place, Beverly’s Gallery, Visa Projects, New York, USA; 30 Years of Engraving Art in Oaxaca, Sangfer Studio, Somers Gallery, London, United Kingdom; Checkpoint, Galería Tiro al Blanco; Materia, Space and Territory in Art, Casa-Taller José Clemente Orozco, Guadalajara; They Will Bloom Again Each Season, Déficit de Pintura, Guadalajara, Jalisco; Bonus Track, Johndoe Gallery, Los Angeles, USA; Todos somos de fuera and Proyecto Exxodia, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca; Mobile Suit, Galería Campeche; El fin de lo maravilloso, Museo del Chopo; and Loma bonita, kurimanzutto, Mexico City.