Exposition name: PharmakonLocation: Centre Cultural Maristany, Barcelone Date: 2016Curators: Juan Canela, Andrea Novoa and Verónica Valentini Description: PHARMAKON is an ongoing artistic research project exploring the boundaries between pharmacy and the use of psychoactive substances. It opens a critical dialogue around the concepts of “drug” and “medicine,” functioning as an experimental laboratory that investigates the […]
Exposition name: A Study About BrugmansiasMaterials: Watercolor and Brugmansia water on cotton paper Dimension: 50 cm by 40 cm & 70 cm by 90 cmDate: 2019 Description: Evolved into multiple living spaces during the LILHA Residency Program in Nayarit, Mexico, in 2019. Together with the local community of San Francisco, we revitalized four separate gardens through […]
Exposition name: American Goddesses XtabayLocations: Private CollectionType: PaintingsMaterials: Acrylic paint on cotton paper, Color pencil on paper, paintings and drawings, watercolor. Dimensions: MultipleDate: 2019 – 2020 Description: The Mayan legend of the Ololiuhqui or Xtabentún flower tells of two sisters: Xtabay, kind, generous, and misunderstood for her open-heartedness, and Utz-Colel, praised for her purity but […]
Exposition name: Street HerbariesLocations: Colombia y México: Bogotá, Pereira, Guadalajara, Oaxaca, Cuernavaca, Nayarit, Ciudad de México, among others… Type: Collection of vegetables samples, paintings and drawings. Materials: Collage on paper dry part of plants, flowers and leafsDimensions: 21 cm x 28 cm & 1 m by 70 cmDate: 2019 – 2020 Description: Explores the intersection […]
Exposition name: Flower to Calm Down PainLocation: Private Collection Date: 2021Dimensions: 1 m by 70 cm Material: Acrylic paint on cotton paper Description: Ceremonial Vases to consume sacred plants. Variable dimensions.
Exposition name: Ceremonial Sculptures & Plates (Pharmakon)Location: Galeria del Agua Altzayanca. TlaxcalaDate: 2021Dimensions: VariableMaterial: Clay, ceramics & glass Description: Ceremonial Vases to consume sacred plants. Variable dimensions.
Exposition name: BhangLocation: Multiple, México CityIn collaboration with: Ariel OrozcoDate: 2021 Description: The Pharmakon Psychotropical Garden project brought together visionary art, ancient plant knowledge, and experimental cooking in a multisensory exploration of altered states and healing traditions. Among its highlights were the Paintings Under Four Grams, created during guided experiences with San Isidro mushrooms in […]
PHOTO: PHARMAKON AT SOMERS GALLERY 2023 LONDON Exposition name: Pharmakon: Street HerbariesLocation: Multiple: London, Vienna, Mexico City, Barcelona…Date: 2023 Description: Pharmakon explores the blurred boundaries between cure and poison, medicine and drug. Through a vibrant collection of more than 50 entheogenic plant specimens gathered from urban sidewalks across Colombia and Mexico—mounted on colorful papers—and a […]