Tato Zapata

Tato Zapata, was born in Pamplona in 1978. He lives in Bilbao, has a degree in advertising and a degree in Fine Arts. Creative director in advertising, businessman, toymaker and mechanic, lover of everything that has wheels, he is always looking for something to fix and he paints it as soon as he can. With an eclectic style, his creation base is the game. He makes portraits, paints landscapes or creates historical scenes. He will never miss the metal, the industrial scene and the smell of gasoline.

University of Navarra
Bachelor's degree, Advertising and Public Relations

Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea-Basque Country University
Bachelor's degree, Fine Arts

· Kultur Leioa outdoor painting competition exhibition. May 2023
·Concept, design and collective production of the artistic board game Karratu, on the idiosyncrasies of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Leioa, Bilbao. March 2023.
·Collective exhibition Reencuentro, from La Puerta Gótica. Madrid, February 2023.
·Collective exhibition AE22 of the best final degree projects in the auditorium of the UPV, Bilbao Dec 16, 2022-Jan 16, 2023.
·Individual exhibition "Painting the Bible" at La Puerta Gótica, Pamplona 4 Oct-13 Dec 2022.
·Kultur Leioa outdoor painting competition exhibition. May 2022
·Mural for restaurant Le Banquier. San Francisco. Bilbao. 2021.
·Winner of the LONAS collective award for the 50th anniversary of the Fine Arts faculty of the UPV/EHU 2021.
· Collective exhibition IKAZA/CARBÓN in Gazte Bulegoa, Barakaldo, April 2021.
·Arteshop 2019 intervention with the pictorial series "You is you" in a large-size store in the old town of Bilbao.
·Urban artistic intervention to revitalize Portu de Barakaldo street "Change face, Itxura berria fills with life, bizitzaz betea" 2016.