Pasto street art
In the city San Juan de Pasto in Nariño, Colombia there is a vibrant streetart scene. Enjoy!
Barniz de Pasto
Barniz de Pasto is an intangible cultural heritage of humanity (UNESCO), and in 2025 I visited the Barniz de Pasto workshop of the Artisans Gilberto Granja & Óscar O. Granja …
Collective art exposition “Symbols of resistance”
In 2025 I visited the collective art exposition “Symbols of resistance” during the XIII Colombian Ecuatorian cultural and handicraft encounter in La Hormiga in South Colombia. Some of the artists …
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Traditional Kichwa hat maker Belen Picuasi in Ecuador
Belen Picuasi is a Kiwcha woman from Ilumán in Imbabura, Ecuador, where she was raised and born and still lives today. The tradition of handcrafted hat making is rooted in …
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Mochilas Kogi – Kogi bags from Sierra Nevada
The Sierra Nevada in Colombia, the heart of the world.Home to four indigenous communities: Arhuaco, Kogi, Wiwi and Kankuamo. I visited the Kogui community Uldezhaxa. In Kogi (Kagava) culture, weaving …
Stories behind the bius
Who are the magicians behind the bius? What are the stories? Get to know them…
Artist Roberto Carlos Imbacuán
Roberto Carlos Imbacuan is a Putumayan artist from the Amazon. He lives in Mocoa, Putumayo, Colombia, South America, and has spent his short existence painting and dancing as an artist. From …
What are Mambe and Ambil?
Mambe and Ambil are ancestral plant medicines from the Amazon. Mambe emanates the word of life, a “sweet word”, it teaches us to express ourselves with more sweetness and take …