DENISE ZUBIZARRETA

Denise "The Vamp DeVille" Zubizarreta [b. 1984] is a neurodivergent Puerto Rican and Cuban American Mixed Media Interdisciplinary Artist raised between Union City, NJ, and Hialeah, FL, currently living and working in Denver, CO. She is the former President of the Student Government Association at the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design where she completed her BFA in Fine art. Zubizarreta explores post-colonial theory through mixed media artworks and installations. By investigating the 20th century cultural effects of colonialism within Latiné communities, she challenges the binaries between Self and “Other.” Traditions, memories, and contemporary life are blended in her work to honor, reclaim, as well as, reinvent narratives of the past, present, and future.

• National Defense Medal
• National Sojourners Medal
• Daughters of The American Revolution Medal
• The Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Alliance Award (IDEA) - RMCAD
• The Quality of Paper Research Award - RMCAD
• The Chuck Mattox Memorial Scholarship Award - RMCAD

2023

• Beyond Words Magazine, Issue 36, May 2023, Digital Painting, "Where Is My Mind."
• Cicada Creative Magazine, "Spring Is For Action," April 2023, https://www.cicadacreativemag.com/blog/spring-is-for-action/
• Southwest Contemporary, "Way to Glow: A Classic Denver Neon Shop Helps Artists Revive a So-Called Dying Art," April 2023, https://southwestcontemporary.com/way-to-glow-a-classic-denver-neon-shop-helps-artists-revive-a-so-called-dying-art/
• Southwest Contemporary, "Matthew Couper," March 2023, https://southwestcontemporary.com/matthew-couper/
• Southwest Contemporary, "Douglas Tolman," March 2023, https://southwestcontemporary.com/douglas-tolman-2/
• Southwest Contemporary, "Autumn T. Thomas’s Dancing in the Diaspora Explores Ancestral Connections Through Woodworking," February 2023, https://southwestcontemporary.com/autumn-t-thomass-dancing-in-the-diaspora-explores-ancestral-connections-through-woodworking/
• Hyperallergic, "Netflix Forgot to Include Puerto Ricans in Production of Reggaeton Show," February 2023, https://hyperallergic.com/798445/netflix-forgot-to-include-puerto-ricans-in-production-of-reggaeton-show-neon/
• Hyperallergic, "Latinidad on Its Own Terms," February 2023, https://hyperallergic.com/792168/latinidad-on-its-own-terms-denver-art-museum/

2022

• Hyperallergic, “Artists Discuss How Psychedelics Influence Their Work,” November 2022, https://hyperallergic.com/782273/artistsdiscuss-how-psychedelics-influence-their-work/
• Hyperallergic, “Finding Strength as an Artist with Chronic Illness,” November 2022, https://hyperallergic.com/775651/finding-strengthas-an-artist-with-chronic-illness/
• Southwest Contemporary, “The Gallerist in Fuzzy Slippers: Doug Kacena's Fashionable Footwear,” October 2022, https://southwestcontemporary.com/the-gallery-owner-in-the-fuzzy-slippers-doug-kacenas-fashionable-footwear/
• East Side Art Institute, Featured Artist, “Reclaiming Caribbean Culture through Visual Art, Research, and Writings,” October 2022, https://eastsideartinstitute.org/post/reclaiming-caribbean-culture-through-visual-art-research-and-writings/
• Hyperallergic, “Colorado Artists and Activists Unite to Advocate for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People,” October 5, 2022, https://hyperallergic.com/762163/colorado-artists-and-activists-unite-to-advocate-for-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-people/
• Southwest Contemporary, “Denver's Tya Anthony Explores Social Justice Through Visual Catharsis,” September 27, 2022, https://southwestcontemporary.com/denvers-tya-anthony-explores-social-justice-through-visual-catharsis/
• Hyperallergic, “Caribbean Artists Are Making Themselves Seen in Denver,” August 3, 2022, https://hyperallergic.com/748442/caribbean-artists-are-making-themselves-seen-in-denver/
• Voyage Denver, “Rising Stars: Meet Denise Zubizarreta,” July 5, 2022 http://voyagedenver.com/ interview/rising-stars-meet-denise-zubizarreta-of-denver/
• Burningword Literary Journal, Issue 101: January 2022 https://burningword.com

2021

• Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, “Shop MCA Denver Call For Artists Round 3: The Incredible, Out Of This World, Totally Rad Design Submissions,” November 4, 2021 https://mcadenver.org/blog/shop-mca-denver-call-artists-round-3-incredible-out-world- totally-rad-design-submissions
• Westword, Khaleel Hayes, “Denise ‘The Vamp DeVille' Zubizarreta's Art Rises From the Ashes,” April 15, 2021 https://www.westword.com/arts/denise-the-vamp-deville-zubizarreta-chronicles- pain-through-art-11925782 Denise Zubizarreta

2020

• "Disjointed Creative Communal Isolation: The Plight of The Quarantined Creative Community," Spring 2020, https://www.academia.edu/42701943/Disjointed_Creative_Communal_Isolation_The_Plight_of_The_Quarantined_Creative_ Community
• Westword, Kyle Harris, "Students Slam RMCAD's Handling of COVID-19 Communications," March 27, 2020, Denver Westword, https://www.westword.com/arts/rmcad-covid-19-closure-irks- students-paying-full-tuition-11672814
• Voyage Denver, "Meet Denise Zubizarreta of The Vamp DeVille in Uptown," Feb. 10, 2020, http://voyagedenver.com/interview/meetvamp-deville-uptown/
• 303 Magazine, Cori Anderson, "A Global Art Battle is Popping Up in Denver," Jan. 21, 2020, https://303magazine.com/2020/01/artbattle-denver/

2017

• Denise Zubizarreta, "Eggcellent,” 2017, Self Published, https://www.amazon.com/Eggcellent- DeniseZubizarreta/dp/1973772558/ref=nodl_

2016

• Miami New Times, Clarissa Buch, “Fudi App Makes Personal Chefs Affordable, Accessible Across Miami,” Sept. 1st, 2016, https://www.miaminewtimes.com/restaurants/fudi-app- makes-personal-chefs-affordable-accessible-across-miami-8686630

2015

• Miami Herald, Christine Dolen, "Fort Lauderdale gets South Florida's first Fringe Fest," April 28, 2015, https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/performing-arts/ article19812747.html Hillary Saunders, “What Is It Good For,” February, 2015, Miami New Times http:// digitalissue.miaminewtimes.com/publication/?i=246046&view=

2023

• RMCAD Student Research Symposium* Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design: Transforming History Through Art: The Latina Visual Artist as Curandera Historian, Lakewood, CO.
• RedLine Contemporary Art Center: "Where Are The Boundaries": An Exploration of Creative Consciousness, Denver CO.

2022

• Critical Commons: RedLine Contemporary Art Center, Speaker: The role arts criticism plays in the arts ecosystem, Denver, CO.
• National Women's Studies Association Conference: Feminists Talk Whiteness, Panelist, Hilton Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN.
• 48 Hours of Socially Engaged Art + Conversation Summit: Linguistic Mutation: The Persistence of Hegemony - Why We're Still Trying To Push Latinx, Speaker, Redline Contemporary Art Center, Denver, CO

2021

• HERA (Humanities Education Research Association) Conference University of Texas at El Paso: The Modern Borikén: The Effects of Colonization on the Cultural Identity of the Puerto Rican People and its Impact on the Statehood Movement, El Paso, TX.
• RMCAD Student Research Symposium* Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design: The Modern Borikén: The Effects of Colonization on the Cultural Identity of the Puerto Rican People and its Impact on the Statehood Movement, Lakewood, CO. * Winner: Quality of Paper Research Award
• Outside The Books w/ Dr. Becky Black & Dr. Thomas E. Keefe: Cuba, Speaker, RMCAD, Lakewood, CO.

2020

• Outside The Books w/ Dr. Becky Black & Dr. Thomas E. Keefe: Puerto Rico, Speaker, RMCAD, Lakewood, CO.