Santiago Yahuarcani

Santiago Yahuarcani (Comama/Uitoto/Peru, 1960) is a visual artist and leader of the Uitoto people. His work revolves around Amazonian ontologies and the policies of genocide against the Amazonian people. His works, usually in painting, display great compositional freedom and, in different ways, respond to his context. His works are made on the surface of a tree's bark ("llanchama") from the fig family. He participated in the 60th Venice Biennale. His work is in the Lima Museum of Art and MoMA collections, and his work has been presented in institutions throughout Latin America, the United States, Europe, and Asia. He lives in Pebas, Peru.