AMY ZAPIEN
Under the alias of Cocoatlicue(co-kwat-lee-kwei), Amy Zapien explores the relationships of time travel, catharsis, magic, and personal narrative to healing. She experiments with visual and performing arts, rituals, soundscapes, installations, lighting, collage, and illustration to excavate the ways in which stories are shared. Coco’s artistic process is inspired by her B.A. in Anthropology from UNT, rooting her poetry and performance in autobiographical documentation.
In the past, she has displayed work at The Houston Lawndale Art Center, The Oak Cliff Cultural Center, The Dallas Public Libraries. and has also collaborated and released a short film based on her poetry titled: LA CONJUNTA. As Sunset Arts Studios 2019 summer artist in residence, Coco experimented with the idea of poetry as protest and the interconnectedness of our stories in times of such political unrest. Her debut poetry comic, Pobrecita and sequel Pobrecita Y La Curandera, were published with illustrator and artist Mylan Nguyen under Dallas independent print house Strange Powers Press. You can find her on Instagram, in both the spirit and physical world, or in Pleasant Grove with her dog June.
AMY ZAPIEN
Under the alias of Cocoatlicue(co-kwat-lee-kwei), Amy Zapien explores the relationships of time travel, catharsis, magic, and personal narrative to healing. She experiments with visual and performing arts, rituals, soundscapes, installations, lighting, collage, and illustration to excavate the ways in which stories are shared. Coco’s artistic process is inspired by her B.A. in Anthropology from UNT, rooting her poetry and performance in autobiographical documentation.
In the past, she has displayed work at The Houston Lawndale Art Center, The Oak Cliff Cultural Center, The Dallas Public Libraries. and has also collaborated and released a short film based on her poetry titled: LA CONJUNTA. As Sunset Arts Studios 2019 summer artist in residence, Coco experimented with the idea of poetry as protest and the interconnectedness of our stories in times of such political unrest. Her debut poetry comic, Pobrecita and sequel Pobrecita Y La Curandera, were published with illustrator and artist Mylan Nguyen under Dallas independent print house Strange Powers Press. You can find her on Instagram, in both the spirit and physical world, or in Pleasant Grove with her dog June.
AMY ZAPIEN
Under the alias of Cocoatlicue(co-kwat-lee-kwei), Amy Zapien explores the relationships of time travel, catharsis, magic, and personal narrative to healing. She experiments with visual and performing arts, rituals, soundscapes, installations, lighting, collage, and illustration to excavate the ways in which stories are shared. Coco’s artistic process is inspired by her B.A. in Anthropology from UNT, rooting her poetry and performance in autobiographical documentation.
In the past, she has displayed work at The Houston Lawndale Art Center, The Oak Cliff Cultural Center, The Dallas Public Libraries. and has also collaborated and released a short film based on her poetry titled: LA CONJUNTA. As Sunset Arts Studios 2019 summer artist in residence, Coco experimented with the idea of poetry as protest and the interconnectedness of our stories in times of such political unrest. Her debut poetry comic, Pobrecita and sequel Pobrecita Y La Curandera, were published with illustrator and artist Mylan Nguyen under Dallas independent print house Strange Powers Press. You can find her on Instagram, in both the spirit and physical world, or in Pleasant Grove with her dog June.