| My artistic endeavor have led me towards a | | | | are within Peruvian, Chinese and Mexican |
| personal sense of mission, because the visual | | | | cultures.In Peru, it is not common for |
| arts are more than a passive representation | | | | Peruvian artist to step out of the European |
| of the life style and culture of the Incas, | | | | style taught to them in college.I choose to |
| Aztecs, Mayas and Chinese of the | | | | emphasize in Incan, Aztecs and Mayan organic |
| Asian-pacific.Through my work, I seek to | | | | cultures of our ancestors. Rather than naming |
| preserve and stimulate an alternative vision | | | | old masters and legends as my inspiration, |
| to the modern industrialized twenty-first | | | | style, and subjects I choose to name my |
| Century. Western culture has moved away from | | | | mother as my true inspiration.My mother |
| the serene life style that my ancestors | | | | Ceferina has lived a tranquil life until now. |
| lived. It is more important to recognize that | | | | I pay direct tribute to women such as my |
| we indigenous hold on to a distinct culture | | | | mother. She gave me tenderness care, |
| with other values other ways of seeking the | | | | dedication and guidance to pursue my career.I |
| world.I am forty-nine years old and was born | | | | paint Mother Nature as the Creator of All |
| in the Peruvian altiplano of Puno. The | | | | Cultures. His is a tribute to Incan Indian |
| traditional indigenous highlands of the | | | | women because they often work harder than |
| Andean Mountain are portrayed in my art. My | | | | men. Most of them spend all day working in |
| parents had been driven there from their home | | | | the fields with three to five children to |
| near the ancient Andean ruins of the Incas. | | | | care for, and often carrying one of them on |
| This was the result of their families | | | | their backs.They are willing to fight for a |
| disapproved of their relationship. I returned | | | | better life. I render an emotional tone of |
| my home village at the age of seven and since | | | | every rhythm of the Andean life through my |
| then I have committed my art to indigenous | | | | vibrant use of color. I also use bright and |
| roots, my art expresses my indigenous roots | | | | radiantCombinations of reds, turquoises, |
| and Asian influences.My mother has always | | | | purples, and oranges characterize the |
| said that in our culture, we use choose to | | | | textiles and ceramics of the Peruvian Andean |
| use strong colors to appease the spirits so | | | | Mountain.I use many colors of the Andean |
| that they are happy and will not bring about | | | | Mountains. When I asked my mother why the |
| darkness. It was not expected for the son of | | | | Andean Mountains have such vivid colors, she |
| an Andean Mountain family to attend in fine | | | | once again replied that it is to appease the |
| arts school, because it is very expensive.I | | | | spirits so that they will be happy and will |
| began to paint at the age of seven and at | | | | not bring forth darkness. I employ simple |
| seventeen studied fine arts in Peru. | | | | swirling patterns to transmit a sense of the |
| Afterwards I went to France, China and | | | | peace and harmony that radiates from the |
| Mexico. I am presently studying in Salt Lake | | | | Incan Indian close interrelation to the land. |
| City and I am also painting full time. | | | | It is this sense of the sacredness in nature |
| Through my formal training, I have been able | | | | that comes from deep within my works. |
| to explore more than one theme. These themes | | | | |