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Shipibo-Konibo: Portraits Of My Blood
December 13, 2025 @ 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Shipibo-Konibo: Portraits Of My Blood is an exhibition of photographs by Peruvian photographer David Díaz Gonzáles.
The Shipibo-Konibo are an indigenous people who live in the Amazon rainforest of Peru. Formerly two groups, they merged through intermarriage and communal rituals. Forming small villages along the banks of the Ucayali River and its tributaries, the Shipibo-Konibo currently have a population of 32,000 citizens distributed in 150 communities. They still maintain many of their customary beliefs and traditions. They have their own language, although most can speak Spanish as well.
Their society is matriarchal, with women having a dominant say in community decisions, and being the primary artists. The Shipibo-Konibo are famed for their distinctive geometric designs which they use to decorate their handmade ceramics and textiles. An expert in digital graphic design, David Díaz Gonzáles acquired his first camera eight years ago and now lives in Lima, where he studies photography and is particularly interested in the work of pioneering artists such as Martín Chambi and others, whose influence he seeks to assimilate in documenting his Amazonian roots. He is also a photojournalist and, in 2021, received a scholarship from the Amazon Rainforest Journalism Foundation of the Pulitzer Centre.
