
"Yahuarcani (b. 1985, Peru) is an artist, curator and activist who belongs to the Aimenɨ (White Heron) clan of the Uitoto Nation of northern Amazonia in Peru. His practice considers the interconnectivity between man, beast, landscape and spirit within Uitoto mythology, exploring and preserving Indigenous traditions, knowledge and spirituality. Yahuarcani's paintings are gestures of resistance, occupying both a ceremonial and political space."
"In this exhibition, Yahuarcani proposes an intimate encounter with the spiritual force that remains alive within Indigenous cosmogonies. He transforms the exhibition space into a territory inhabited by his origins: a place where gods and ancestors are not distant memories but vibrant presences. The paintings become portals - songs and testaments - affirming that his origins continue to pulsate in the present."
Here Lives the Origin presents Rember Yahuarcani, an Aimenɨ (White Heron) Uitoto artist, curator and activist from northern Amazonia, Peru. The practice examines interconnectivity among humans, beasts, landscape and spirit within Uitoto mythology while preserving Indigenous traditions, knowledge and spirituality. The paintings operate as gestures of resistance that occupy ceremonial and political spaces and transform the gallery into a territory of origin where gods and ancestors remain vibrant. The works depict myths, creatures and plants, treating myth as an active force that shapes the present and projects possible futures.
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