Chelita Zuckermann's Curriculum

Mexican-Italian architect and sculptor Chelita Zuckermann was born in Mexico City in 1965 and graduated in Architecture in 1991. In 2006, she relocated to Bolzano, Italy, where she embarked on her artistic journey. Drawing from her architectural background, she chose metal as her medium, a material she had often employed in her architectural projects. For Chelita, metal symbolizes strength and character, inspiring her to transform stainless steel, corten steel, and aluminum sheets into unique metal sculptures.

Architecture profoundly influences her creative process, shaping the design of her works and imbuing them with structural elegance. Chelita specializes in reflective sculptures crafted from polished stainless steel and aluminum. These pieces interact dynamically with their surroundings, adopting the colors of their environment and reflecting both natural and artificial light. Some of her sculptures are designed to move gracefully in the wind. 

Through her art, Chelita strives to evoke joy and light, blending strength, beauty, and harmony into every creation.

 
SINCE 2019 THREE SCULPTURES IN 3 MUSEUMS
- ITALY 2024, her FREE TO BE A WOMAN since 28.10.2024 is part of the collection of the "Museo delle Donne Meranoi" at the Women's Museum Merano, Sudtirol, Italy.
- MEXICO 2019, her PAPALOTL Monarch Butterfly since September 2019 is part of the Art collection of the PAPALOTE MUSEUM in Mexico City.

 - ITALY 2019, 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 three museums)

- 2024 PORTO ROTONDO, Sardinia, her sculpture DOLPHIN RIDING THE WAVE is positioned in Piazza Paguro in Porto Rotondo  for the 60th anniversary of Porto Rotondo and it belongs to the Porto Rotondo Consortium.

- 2021 - 2024 BOLZANO, four of her sculptures are placed at the Palais Campo Franco in Bolzano: OUR EAGLE, PEGASUS BEYOND OBSTACLES, THE QUEEN BEE OF THE ECOSYSTEM and PASSAGE TO PARADISE and THE ANGEL IS YOU!

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

- 2023 VAL BADIA – DOLOMITES, her sculpture SNOWBOARDER is located and belongs to the Club Moritzino.

- 2022 ROME, her sculpture SHINY AGAVE 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, her sculpture LIGHT ANGEL 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, her 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, her GALACTIC PEACOCK is part of a Bar Civico 22, and positioned inside the bar.

- 2017 PORTO ROTONDO in Sardinia, two of her 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 CURLY AGAVE located in Via Belli.

- 2017 PORTO ROTONDO in Sardinia, four of her 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 lUXEMBURG at the 2023 Luxemburg Art Price, she recieved the Certificate of Artistic Merit from the Luxemburg Museum in recognition to her artistic qualities.
- 2022 lUXEMBURG at the 2022 Luxemburg Art Price, she recieved the Certificate of Artistic Merit from the Luxemburg Museum in recognition to her 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.

 ART 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 GALLERIES

·          LAMAROARTE, Porto Rotondo, Sardegna, Italia 

·          Daria Koth - EDITION PRO TERRA, Vienna, Austria

·           SanGiorgioArte a Bari, Italia.

·           Spazio Anna Breda a Padova, Italia.   

ART PRIVATE COLLECTIONS in Italy and abroad

-Italy: Rome, Milan, Florence, Turin, Bologna, Bolzano, Merano, Appiano, Alta Badia, Val Gardena, Garda, Cervia, Sardinia (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, Puerto Vallarta, 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).