Aldo Chaparro
Aldo Chaparro (born December 18, 1965) is a Peruvian sculptor whose artistic work is centered in sculpture and design, best known for his works on stainless steel. He currently lives and works between Mexico City, New York City, and Lima. His work has been published on publications like Bright: Typography between Illustration & Art, Art and Text (edited by Aimee Selby), Art Forum, The Wall Street Journal, and TheSelby.com.
Aldo Chaparro

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- Name
- Aldo Chaparro
- Occupation
- Contemporary artist
- Born
- December 18, 1965
- Birthplace
- Lima, Peru
- Nationality
- Mexico · Peru
- Languages
- Spanish
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Aldo Chaparro (born December 18, 1965) is a Peruvian sculptor whose artistic work is centered in sculpture and design, best known for his works on stainless steel. He currently lives and works between Mexico City, New York City, and Lima. His work has been published on publications like Bright: Typography between Illustration & Art, Art and Text (edited by Aimee Selby), Art Forum, The Wall Street Journal, and TheSelby.com.
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• Name — Aldo Chaparro • Occupation — Contemporary artist • Born — December 18, 1965 • Birthplace — Lima, Peru • Website — www.aldochaparro.com
Art career
Art career
Aldo Chaparro was born in the city of Lima and graduated from the Catholic University of Peru. Throughout his career, under the influence of artists like Michaelangelo Pistolleto, Robert Morris, and Jorge Luis Borges, reflection and mirroring have been key points of his investigation. His work as an artist includes an active role in the editorial world. As director of Celeste Editorial Group he produced more than 40 publications of contemporary art and fashion from 2000 to 2012, including Celeste and Baby baby baby, two of the most influential art and contemporary culture publications. His work has been collected by Eugenio López (Fundación Colección Jumex), Pierre Huber, Simon de Pury, Helga de Alvear, Douglas Baxter, Domenico De Sole, The Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, and The Coppel Collection, among others. Chaparro’s sculptural practice has been widely discussed in international design and art publications. A 2023 profile in Architectural Digest México emphasized his use of stainless steel to “capture movement through reflective surfaces,” noting how his pieces interact dynamically with surrounding architecture and light. His work has also been featured in The Wall Street Journal, which highlighted the presence of his stainless‑steel forms in the private collection of former Gucci Group CEO Domenico De Sole. Additionally, The Selby documented Chaparro’s Mexico City studio, describing his process as rooted in industrial material experimentation and large‑scale fabrication.
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• The Jumex Foundation/Collection (Mexico) • The Coppel Collection (Mexico) • The CIFO – Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (Miami – U.S.) • The Helga de Alvear Foundation (Cáceres – Spain) • Simon de Pury (London – U.K.) • Douglas Baxter’s Collection (New York – U.S.) • Collection Domenico De Sole, Hilton Head, USA. • Collection Guler Sabanci, Istanbul, Turkey. • Pierre Huber Collection, Switzerland.
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- 1.Spazionuovo - Contemporary Art. (en Italiano). Consultado el 2014-02-23.
- 2.Chaparro en la casa de Domenico De Sole. (En Inglés) The Wall Street Journal. Consultado 2014-02-23.
- 3.http://www.amazon.com/reader/3942597233?_encoding=UTF8&page=11 Bright: Typography between Illustration & Art Hardcover – 30 de noviembre de 2012, PP. 9, 284, 378, 382, 404.
- 4.http://www.artnet.com/artists/aldo-chaparro/ Esculturas de acero inoxidable de Aldo Chaparro.
- 5.https://web.archive.org/web/20131031195554/http://www.vogue.mx/articulos/aldo-chaparro-y-m-de-phocas-en-colaboracion-mancuernillas/2225 Mancuernillas de Aldo Chaparro y M. de Phocas en Vogue Mexico.
- 6.http://somamexico.org/es/miercoles-de-soma/miercoles-de-soma-aldo-chaparro/ Semblanza de Aldo Chaparro en SOMA.
- 7.http://www.aldochaparro.com/text_content/14_Elastica.pdf Entrevista a Aldo Chaparro por Pablo Leon de la Barra.
- 8.https://web.archive.org/web/20140224001352/http://societeperrier.com/mexico/articles/city/aldo-chaparro-y-la-intervencion-de-un-bmw/ Aldo Chaparro pinta un BMW publicado en Société Perrier.
- 9.Selby, A.; Black Dog Publishing (2009). Art and Text. ISBN 190155658 / ISBN 9781906155650 pp. 46,80,81.
- 10.http://theselby.com/galleries/aldo-chaparro-artist-at-home-in-mexico-city/ Aldo Chaparro at TheSelby.com.
- 11.http://www.allmusic.com/album/aquamosh-mw0000599576/credits Créditos del Album Aquamosh en AllMusic.
- 12.http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/aldo-chaparro/1085174 Créditos de Aquamosh y Juan Manuel en artistdirect.com .
- 13.http://aldochaparro.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/16_Entrevista_1.pdf Entrevista a Aldo Chaparro por Héctor Falcón.
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