Education:
1975 1879              Miguel Camacho Perea - High School - Cali, Colombia
1973 1974              Architectural Drawing Academy - Cali, Colombia
1971 1972              Arch-Con - Architectural College - Cali, Colombia
1985 1986              Ricardo Hernández - Management of silicones and resins.
1986 1987              Carlos Pinto - Molding Techniques - Bogotá Colombia
2003 2004              Shipyard School Of Tampa - Construction techniques and materials handling.

Exhibitions and competitions:
1980 1982              Decoration Palacio de Nariño - Head Department of drawing - Bogotá.
1995 1999              Banco de Bogotá - artwork for The Corporation - Bogotá.
1998                        Environmental Expo - International (Ecological Exhibition) - Bogotá.
1999                        The Art joined by the City - City of Bogotá - Bogotá.
1999                        I Bienal Reciclart - Colsubsidio - Bogotá
2001                        Expo-Reciclart - Universidad de Los Andes - Bogotá
2002                        Hotel Marriot - Aruba - Solo exhibition
2002                        Hotel Sonesta - Aruba - Group exhibition
2002 2003              SkulpturZ - Restaurant & Art Gallery - Tampa, Florida, USA - Owner
2003 2004              Mark A. Norris, Inc. Tampa FL - residential and commercial decorative painting.                                                                     designer.     
2003                        Art Unlimited - Tampa, Florida, USA - Group exhibition.
2003 2004              Raúl Gaitán Landscaping, Inc. - Tampa, FL - Garden Design - Designer.

2004 2005             Rent All of Tampa, Inc. - Event Decorations - Designer.
2004                       II Hispanic Cultural Festival -Tampa Tampa, Florida, USA - Speaker.
2004                       VII Annual Gator Art Festival - Tampa, Florida, USA - Speaker.
2005                       Art For Life - for life Auction - Auction for life - Taxpayer.
2005 2008             Virginia LaGrand Service, Inc., Tampa. - Design and maintenance of land
                                common in residential and commercial complexes. - Designer.
2005 2007             The Imperial Design of Tampa, Inc. - Art Gallery - Designer.

Diego Zapata M, architecture and engineering designer with extensive experience in design theme, manages to combine his artistic work with ecological sensitivity. This concern for environmental protection leads him to the urgent need to find a product to replace natural coral stone and offering che original physical and aesthetic characteristics, obtaining lab equipment that makes known as "Stone Coral Green", and introduced to the market as an alternative in the fields of decoration,

Architecture, decoration and beautification of public space.
Ecological coral stone is a material product of chemical reactions, oxidizing biodegradable items and silicate bonded. The end result is a rock comparable to the natural coral with great advantages in handling, quality, stability and presentation.
The coral stone deposits are unique to the Caribbean Sea. There is no other place in the world where you are. There are documentaries and investigations as knowledgeable about their exploitation is increasing every day, ending with this valuable natural resource.
As for the nobility, generosity, and manageability of the product, are considered different market sectors:
Architecture: Columns, frames and moldings, balusters, veneering, Flats, Corbels, Cornices
Decoration: Basis for dining, living centers, columns, consoles, frames and moldings
Garden: water fountains, outdoor tables and benches, flowerpots and window boxes
Corporate: Announcements, Promotional Watches, Logo Matera
Line art: Defining artistic creativity would be limited to that definition and consequently would cease to be creative. Creative ability is beyond measure, therefore can not be limited to a definition.
His artwork has structural forms and irreverent figures apply to custom spaces. Hence the extent to which you can create works of art to transmit messages while brighten and beautify our surroundings contribute to recreation and beautification.