Yerko Zlatar

Yerko Zlatar (Peru, 1977) lives and works in Lima. He is the director of Puna, a studio dedicated to the design and research of ancient peruvian weaving techniques. He has a masters degree in Fine Arts from the Byam Shaw School of Art in London (2002) in addition to having studied Art Direction and Production Design at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London (2002), Fine Arts at Corriente Alterna, Lima (2001) and in Formulas and Processes of Photography at Centro de la Imagen, Lima (1999).In the year 2000 he won the first Phlilips Award for Young Talents, and presented his works at the Memorial Da America Latina museum in Sao Paolo, Brazil. In 2003 he was part of the group of founding artists of Cretasico, one of the pioneering programs in the promotion and investigation of experimental music in Peru. Throughout his career he has participated in collective exhibitions in London, Paris, Nice and Lima.