Tahuanti Jacanamijoy artistic endeavor is to create images that are reminders of the lessons learned from traumatic events, generated by the simple act of existing or even by simply coming into existence. The artist aims to make compositions that utilize archetypes, symbols, signs, and ideas to serve as a mirror and enhance our daily practices, resulting in contemporary mythologies.
Hacerle el Amor a la Vida, El regalo de la persistencia and Trinidad, 2021
Hacerle el Amor a la Vida, El regalo de la persistencia and Trinidad, 2021
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions:
Overall size: 35 cm H x 81 cm W
Individual size: 35 cm H x 27 cm W
Unframed
In his work, he speculate about the origin of certain daily practices, astrological events, or fictional stories. The scenes he draw arise from visions in conversations with sacred plants like Yagé, or from pictorial interpretations he makes of his multifaceted identity. This search have led him to recognize himself as the meeting place of different worlds, such as the tradition inherited from his father as an Inga and his mother as a Wayuu and Arhuaca, and the socio-economic and cultural hyperactivity that I experience as a man in the Colombian capital. The scenes that he capture on paper or canvas are allegorical stories that he decide to carry with a feeling of joyful melancholy to give a personal and unique meaning to the condition of the contemporary human being.
Tahuanty Jacanamijoy has participated in exhibitions since 2014, including a solo show. He was recognized and awarded for his graduate work. He has a master's degree in animation from the Royal College of Art, London.
