BIOGRAPHY OF CHELITA ZUCKERMANN 

I am a Mexican an Italian Architect and artist. I was born in Mexico City in 1965, I graduated in Architecture in 1991. In 2006 I moved to Italy, where I’ve been working as an Artist. I chose metal as the material for my sculptures, since I used it in my architectural projects. I like metal because for me it represents strength and character, so I started creating artistic works, by transforming stainless steel, corten steel and aluminum plates into sculptures.

Since 2017, seventeen of my sculptures are placed in public places in Italy and two in Mexico.

Since 2019 two of my sculptures are part of the art collections of two museums, one in the PAPALOTE Museum in Mexico City and the other in the Museo Dei Lumi in the Jewish Museum of Casale Monferrato, Italy. 

Since 2018 I have won four first Art prizes, in Italy and USA.
Thanks to the stainless steel and polished aluminum that I use, my sculptures reflect natural and artificial light and blend with the environment, collecting its colors as in a mirror. The lightness of aluminum allows my aluminum sculptures to move in the wind. I want to bring joy and light with my work.

 
2019 SCULPTURES IN 2 MUSEUMS
- MEXICO, her PAPALOTL Monarch Butterfly since September 2019 is part of the Art collection of the PAPALOTE MUSEUM in Mexico City.

 - ITALY, her sculpture: "Miraculous Light" - Hanukkiah is part of the Art collection of the "Museo dei Lumi" at the Jewish Museum of Casale Monferrato, Piedmont, Italy.

SINCE 2017 SIXTEEN SCULPTURES IN PUBLIC PLACES IN ITALY AND IN MEXICO

(apart from the sculptures which are in two museums)

- 2023 BOLZANO, at PALAIS CAMPO FRANCO, three of my sculptures are placed at the Palais Campo Franco in Bolzano: OUR EAGLE, PEGASUS BEYOND OBSTACLES, and THE QUEEN BEE OF THE ECOSYSTEM.

- 2023 BOLZANO, in the MARECCIO CASTLE, one of my sculptures PASSAGE TO PARADISE and THE ANGEL IS YOU! it was located in Castel Mareccio.

- 2023 ORTISEI, VAL GARDENA – DOLOMITES, my sculpture THE DOLPHIN RIDES THE WAVE was placed in Ortisei on the main road.

- 2023 VAL BADIA – DOLOMITES, my sculpture SNOWBOARDER is allocated to the Club Moritzino.

- 2022 ROME, my sculpture AGAVE SPLENDENTE is placed at the entrance of the Mexican Embassy in Rome, at the request of the Mexican Ambassador Carlos Garcia de Alba Zepeda, for the commemoration of the Centenary of the Mexican Embassy in Italy.

- 2021 PORTO ROTONDO in Sardinia, my sculpture ANGEL OF LIGHT is positioned at the entrance to the church of Porto Rotondo and is part of the Artistic Heritage of the Porto Rotondo Foundation.

- 2019 RONCADE, TREVISO, my GIGANT SHINY AGAVE was the winner of the 13th Arte Laguna Award in the Business for Art category and is located in the cellar called 47 Anno Domini in Roncade (TV).

- 2019 BOLZANO, my GALACTIC PEACOCK is part of a Bar Civico 22, and positioned inside the bar.

- 2017 PORTO ROTONDO in Sardinia, two of my AGAVE are part of the Artistic Heritage of the Porto Rotondo Foundation and are owned by the Porto Rotondo Consortium: the AMERICAN AGAVE located in Piazza Cascella and the RICCIA AGAVE located in Via Belli.

- 2017 PORTO ROTONDO in Sardinia, four of my sculptures (Agave) are part of the Hrusca Foundation and are located at the Hotel Sporting in Porto Rotondo.

 

ART AWARDS IN ITALY AND ABROAD

-2023 LUXEMBOURG At the 2023 Luxembourg Art Prize she received the Certificate of Artistic Merit from the Luxembourg Museum in recognition of his great artistic qualities.

-2022 LUXEMBOURG At the 2022 Luxembourg Art Prize she received the Certificate of Artistic Merit from the Luxembourg Museum in recognition of his great artistic qualities.

- 2020 Milan, Italy. She won the Biancoscuro Art Contest 2020 with the Artwork: Light Angel.

- 2019 Venice, Italy. 1st prize in the "13th Arte Laguna Prize" in the Business for Art category with the Artwork: Shiny giant Agave.

- 2018 Palm Springs, USA. 1st prize in the "4th. Annual Leaves & Petals Art Exhibition" of the Fusion Art Gallery, in the 3D Category with the Artwork: Cactus Flower.

- 2018 Palm Springs, USA. 1st prize in the "Holidays & Traditions Art Exhibition" of the Fusion Art Gallery, in the 3D Category with the Artwork: Christmas Pinecone.

 

GALLERIES that represent her

•        Daria Koth - EDITION PRO TERRA, Vienna, Austria
•         SanGiorgioArte a Bari, Italia.
•         Spazio Anna Breda a Padova, Italia.

 ASSOCIATIONS
- Member of the UNIKA group of Val Gardena, South Tyrol, Italy
- Member of the Südtiroler Künstlerbund Association of  South Tyrol, Italy

- Member of Sangiorgioarte, "Movimento degli Arcani", founded by Prof. Paolo Levi and the Antonio Lagioia 

- Member of the “Colegio de Arquitectos Mexicanos” in Mexico.

 

ART CRITICS

- By the Art Critic Prof. Paolo Levi: "THE SECRET SOUL OF A POET"  written for the publication in the Art Magazine: Lagioiadellarte, Contemporary Art review, June 2021, SanGiorgioArte. and for the Art Catalog: "L'Atlante dell'Arte" de Agostini 2021.

 - By the Art Critic Prof. Paolo Levi: "ON THE WINGS OF A BUTTERFLY" written for the Papalote Museum in Mexico City and for publication in the Art Magazine: Lagioiadellarte, Contemporary Art review, June 2019, SanGiorgioArte.

  

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS in Italy and abroad

-Italy: Rome, Milan, Florence, Turin, Bologna, Bolzano, Merano, Appiano, Garda, Olbia, Porto Rotondo, Porto Cervo and Isola La Maddalena.

-Abroad: USA (Palm Beach and Palm Desert), Austria (Vienna), Great Britain (London), Monte Carlo, France (Aix en Provence), Finland (Helsinki), Mexico (Mexico City, Valle de Bravo and San Miguel Allende).

-2017 - Landscape architecture project commissioned by a clinic in Sicily with rendering furnished with its own sculptures (Agaves and flowers).

  

PERSONAL EXHIBITION
- 2024 Bolzano, exhibition at The Le Fantasy Restaurant & Bar with 7 sculptures
- 2024 Bolzano, permanent exhibition at The PALAIS CAMPOFRANCO with 1 sculpture
- 2023 Bolzano, permanent exhibition at The PALAIS CAMPOFRANCO with 2 sculptures
- 2022 Bolzano, permanent exhibition at The PALAIS CAMPOFRANCO with 3 sculptures

- 2021 June - Bolzano, Italy in the Little Gallery, individual exhibition "Le Piante nell’Arte"

- 2017 April - Bolzano, Italy in the Little Gallery, individual exhibition "Le Piante nell’Arte"

  

PARTICIPATION IN COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2024

Bolzano Fiore Arte - with UNIKA in the Sernesi Gallery 19/21

04.04. - 01.05.2024 (I)

Bolzano SCHLÜSSELWERKE exhibition of the SÜDTIROLER KÜNSTLERBUND SKB ARTES on 05.04.-15.06.2024 (I)

Genova, Art Fair ArteGenova with Biancoscuro Art Magazine (l)
2023
Bolzano, Bolzano's Autumn Fair with UNIKA (I)
Ortisei, Val Gardena the 29th. UNIKA Fair (I)
Corvara, Alta Badia Exhibition D'ERT UNIKA (I)

Ortisei, Val Gardena Biennale IDEA UNIKA in July (I)
Ortisei, Val Gardena Collective exhibition "46" – 46 UNIKA (I)

Alpe di Siusi, Val Gardena "Back to the  Roots" with the UNIKA Group (I)

FRANZENSFESTE, FORTEZZA 18.03 to 06.06.2023 Exhibition "Mudazion" with UNIKA (I)
Munich, Germany at the "Craft Fair" in March with the UNIKA Group (D)

Bressanone, Italy at The Fort FORTEZZA in March with the UNIKA Group (I)
2022
Bolzano, Italy at The BOLZANO AUTUM FAIR with the UNIKA Group (I)

Bolzano “FARBEN” exhibition with LVH at Castel Mareccio with the UNIKA Group (i)

BAW Bolzano ARTWEEKS with my project "TIMELESS NATURE" at my Studio opened to the public on 1 October 2022 by the Suedtiroler Kuenstlerbund (I)
Ortisei, Val Gardena the 28th UNIKA ART FAIR (I)
Sassoferrato, MAM’S Palazzo Degli Scalzi, ospita UNIKA (I)
2021 
Asiago, Ex prison with the UNIKA Group (I)
Bolzano, Palazzo Mercantile with the UNIKA Group (I)
Bolzano, Campo Franco with the UNIKA Group (I)
Brindisi, Museo Ribezzo with Lagioiadell’Arte and "Movimento degli Arcani" (I)

Ortisei, Val Gardena the 27. UNIKA Art Fair (I)

Porto Rotondo, Sardinia exhibition "Le Quaie des Artistes" (I)

Umbria, Italy exhibition "THERE IS NO BEAUTY WITHOUT MYSTERY" by Sangiorgio Arte (I)

2020 
Spello, Italy Int. Exhibition of Contemporary Art: "Stati d'Arte" at the Villa Fidelia (I) 

Perugia, Italy “NON C'E' BELLEZZA SENZA MISTERO”, room at the Rocca Paolina(I)

2019 
Turin, Italy PARATISSIMA 15th fair int. independent artists. (I)

Mantua, Italy Museo Francesco Gonzaga, International Biennial "Mantova Artexpo 2019" (I)

Milan. exhibition of the International Yearbook of Contemporary Art ARTISTI '19 " (I)

Rome, Palazzo Ferrajoli. "L’Arte si mostra" (I)

Palm Springs, USA. Fusion Art Gallery "3rd Annual Group Show" (USA)

2018 
Tarquinia, Felici Di Sanctis Park. "Tra i rami dell’arte" (I)

Porto Cervo, Sardinia. Christie's Int. Gallery "Arte in Porto Cervo Marina" (I)

Porto Rotondo, Sardinia. Christie's Int. Real estate gallery "Arte in porto" (I)

Porto Rotondo, "Incontriamoci nell’arte" (I)

Milan at The Nature Art Gallery "Abitare la natura" (I)

Milan at The Nature Art Gallery "Mediterranea" (I)

2017 
Milan at The Nature Art Gallery "A Christmas Expo" (I)

Porto Cervo Marina, Sardinia. "Arte in Porto" (I)

Porto Rotondo, Sardinia Christie's Int. Real Estate Gallery "L’elemento acqua nell’arte" (I)

Porto Rotondo, Sardinia "Incontriamoci nell’arte" (I)

2016 

Porto Rotondo, Sardinia "Incontriamoci nell’arte" (I)

  

DONATIONS
2024 BOLZANO, she donated her sculpture ORANGE TULIP to de African childen's Foundation BELLA ESPERANZA.
2022 ROME, she donated her Artwork: SHINY AGAVE to the Mexican Embassy in Italy, Rome, at the request of Ambassador Carlos Eugenio García de Alba Zepeda for the commemoration of the Mexican Embassy's 100 years in Italy and is now part of its artistic heritage. 

2018 SARDINIA, she donated the Artwork: Agave Splendente, for the charity art auction "ArtCharity Lottery in San Pantaleo for" Oftal Lido del Sole.

 

LANGUAGES

5 Spoken and ritten languages: Spanish, Italian, French, English and German.