David B. Smith Gallery

Artist Statement:

The human form is a constant within my work. I often exaggerate or distort it to reveal an emotional or physical situation, or to tell a story. Limitation and potential are as human as the flesh, yet hardly as tangible. In my works I strive to make visible this interaction.

Artist Biography:

Emil Alzamora was born in Lima, Peru 1975, and raised in Boca Grande, Florida. He later attended Florida State University where he graduated Magna cum Laude in 1998 earning a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts. Alzamora started his sculpting career in the Hudson Valley working with Polich Art Works in the fall of 1998. Since his departure from P.A.W. in early 2001, he has produced his work full-time and shown regularly through- out the United States and Europe. He currently lives and works in Beacon, NY.