What we tend, within and between us, takes form.
I work through painting, poetry, and gatherings. Original works are available from my Brooklyn studio.
I am an Aymara artist and writer, born in Bolivia and based in New York City. My work moves through painting, poetry, installation, and communal gatherings. I trained at the Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes in La Paz and earned an Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. I am the author of two trilingual art and poetry books, From the Center and To Senkata and To My Dead.
Jiwasa begins with a question: Who are your dead? We call upon our beloved dead, listen to one another, share food and drink, and dance together. For me, the gathering itself is the art.
Original paintings from Petra, Madonne, Metamorphosis, Creación, and Jampatu are available directly from the studio in Brooklyn. Petra paintings begin at $13,000.