EDISON OSORIO ZAPATA
2004-2007 Masters, Tama Art University, (‘Tamabijitsu Daigaku’), Tokyo, Japan
2002-2003 Bachelor of Visual Art (Honours), Canberra School of Art, Australian National University
2000-2001 Bachelor of Visual Art, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
Born in Venezuela to Colombian migrants, Edison spent most of his youth in Australia, where he trained in the culinary arts. This skill took him to Japan where he opened a restaurant in Tokyo. In Japan an interest in art and pottery eventuated, returning him to Australia where he graduated from the Canberra School of Arts with a glass major.
The following year he received a Monbukagakusho scholarship from the Japanese government and completed an MFA at Tama Art University in Tokyo 2007, where he also taught. After graduating he held a research / teaching position at Nagoya Art University. He has received scholarships from the Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, and has attended the Haystack School of Crafts, Maine. In 2008 he completed a fellowship at WheatonArts, New Jersey, and was artist in residence at Urbanglass, Brooklyn.
He has been investigating culture and language, producing objects and installations; which explore the mechanics of printing from glass onto different materials, as well as using glass to harness and distort imagery.
His work has shown in Australia, USA and Japan in solo and group exhibitions.
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