Biography
Haidar Ali Tipu Zinan Zapata Ochoa was born in Bogotá, Colombia, in 1997. He studied Plastic Arts and Art History at Jorge Tadeo Lozano University. Throughout his professional career, he has participated in group exhibitions, solo shows, and artist residencies both in Colombia and abroad. His most recent solo exhibitions have explored the notion of temporality in art history through various approaches and archetypes: Viacrucis in Bogotá, Colombia (2025); Arriba y abajo de la corriente in Monterrey, Mexico (2022); From Codazzi to Contemporary Art in Tunja, Colombia (2023); and Landscape about Landscape in Bogotá, Colombia (2023).
He has also participated twice in the “Recognition of the Essay and Art Criticism in Colombia” awarded by Andes University.
Due to his active artistic trajectory, he has been honored with the Bernardo Páramo Award and multiple grants from the Ministry of Culture of Colombia. He currently lives and works in Bogotá D.C., Colombia.
Statement
My work focuses on exploring and producing pieces that revolve around the archetypes present in art history and the concept of time. In most cases, these pieces establish a symbolic dialogue with art history. Therefore, each of my creations responds to a unique quest, using the medium and materiality that best enhance them. My research often leads me to large-scale projects where the bodily experience with the piece becomes significant within a spatial, material, and symbolic context.
- Bachelor´s degree in Art History from the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, 2021.
- Bachelor´s degree in Plastic Arts from the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, 2019.
(2025) Winner of the National Circulation Grant from the Secretariat of Heritage and Culture of Boyacá for the project 'Via Crucis’.
- (2025) Winner of one of the awards at the VII Villa de Leyva Visual and Plastic Arts Salon.
- (2024) Winner of the “Cultural Territories” award from the Secretariat of Heritage and Culture of Boyacá for the work “Mystical Colonization”.
- (2023) Winner of the “Creation for Emerging Artists” scholarship from the Ministry of Culture for the creation of the “Landscape about landscape” project.
- (2023) Winner of the “Artistic Creation” stimulus from the Secretariat of Heritage and Culture of Boyacá for the creation of the work “From Codazzi to contemporary art”.
- (2022) Winner of the “Creation of emerging artists” stimulus from the mayor's office of the municipality of Chía, Cundinamarca.
- (2021)Winner of the Bernardo Páramo Award for the realization of an international solo exhibition.
- (2020) Winner of an economic stimulus from the Ministry of Culture, Idecut and the Mayor's Office of Chía for the creation of the work “From Codazzi to contemporary art”.
- (2025) Viacrucis, Umbral galería, Bogotá, Colombia.
- (2023) Landscape about / on landscape, Artitis, Bogotá, Colombia.
- (2023) From Codazzi to contemporary art, Palace of Cultural Services, Sala Julio Abril, Tunja, Colombia.
- (2022) Arriba y abajo de la corriente, Center for Research, Innovation and Development of the Arts of the Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico.
- (2022) Residence Center for Research Innovation and Development of the Arts of the Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico.
- (2021) Residence, Ghosts and Paratexts, Miguel Urrutia Art Museum (MAMU), Bogotá D.C. Work: Virtu(s)ality.
- (2026), National Painting Salon, Guerrero Academy of Arts, Work: Landscape on landscape 10 and 14.
- (2025), VII Salon of Plastic and Visual Arts of Villa de Leyva, San Francisco Cloister, works: Landscape about/on landscape 9 and 10.
- (2025), Landscapes in transit, Umbral Gallery work: Time falls
- (2023), The Art Sunset, Crinica Art, obra: Re-corridos.
- (2021), Quirarte, Gabriel García Márquez Cultural Center, work: Re-corridos.
- (2021) Ghosts and Paratexts, Miguel Urrutia Art Museum (MAMU), Bogotá D.C. Work: Virtu(s)ality.
- (2020) Presentation of work, Hoqabiga Library, work: From Codazzi to Contemporary Ar.
- (2020) Quirarte, plastic arts season, Zea Mays auditorium exhibition hall, work: El Tiempo Cae.
- (2019) X Salón de Arte Joven Club el Nogal, Club el Nogal, work: El Tiempo Cae.
- (2019) Participation in: National Recognition for Criticism and Essay: Art in Colombia, text: “A look at the exhibition Velorios y Santos vivos”
- (2019) Open Gallery, Hotel Wyndham Bogotá Art, work: El Tiempo Cae.
- (2019) Primavera Cajicá, Cajicá Convention Center, work: Mystical colonization.
- (2019) In-concreto, Zona L Galería, Bogotá, work: El Tiempo Cae.
- (2018) Participation in: National Recognition for Criticism and Essay: Art in Colombia, text: “Apology for the transcendence of the moment of him, Antonio Caro”.
- (2018) III Palmira Digital Photography Meeting, Guillermo Barney Materón Cultural Center (Palmira), Work: Characters of a Nation.
- (2018) Primavera Cajicá, Cajicá Convention Center, work: Bed of time.
- (2018) Equs Fabulas y evocaciones, Espacio Cinco33, Bogotá, work: Test.
- (2017) 10th Suba International Art Biennial, Bogotá, UDCA University, works: “Test” and “Puente del Común”.
- (2017) Colombian art in the US, Volcán editions, New York, The living Gallery, work: Tradition and corporeality
- (2017) Colombian art in the US, Volcán editions, Miami, Blank Canvas Gallery Wynwood, work: Tradition and corporeality.
- (2017) Chía Artists' Salon sixth international prize 2017, work: The immaculate stone
- (2017) Chía Artists' Salon sixth international prize 2017, work: The mysterious 33.
- (2016) XXXII Chía Artists' Salon, Bernardo Paramo award, work: Alter ego.
- (2016), Body graphics (Forms, figures and figurines), Museo del Traje Bogotá, work: (Self- portrait).
- (2015) Work: the Tenth Symphony, Tunja, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla cultural house museum.
- (2014) Work: the prologue of the universe, Tocancipá figurative painting competition.
- (2013) Finalist, BUSCARTE Coomeva Competition and exhibition of the work in the city of Cali (work: El Camino Presiente La Muerte).
