An indigenous Yanomami artist translates the body art of his community into paper-based works

Sheroanawe Hakihiiwe (born 1971) is an Indigenous Yanomami artist from the Venezuelan Amazon. His practice consists of minimal and abstract drawings inspired by the body paintings of his community, which he began producing in the 1990s after learning to make paper using native fibers.

Visual artist(s): Sheroanawe Hakihiiwe
Text by: Trudruá Dorrico, Noraeden Mora Mendez, Catalina Lozano Moreno