Onecho

My name is Onecho, I am mestizo artist, my ancestors were indigenous and European , I was born In ImaGankumanba (Colombia) and raised in Venezuela where the majority of the people are of mixed ethnicity. My intention as a painter and muralist is to bring ancestral perspectives of the art of South American heritage. My dream is to continue to create meaningful work, connecting fine art and public art. My artwork looks to foster pictorial environments inspired by the Andean/ Amazonic and chibcha cosmovision. My work is informed by images and visions of abstract patterns known in traditional Inga and Kichwa culture as "pintas" wich represents energy patterns in nature, animals and plants. Color with different gradients and vibrancy is very important to my work because it embodies the layers of vitality. In the cosmovision of my ancestors Art is identity is a form of keeping the community healthy and sometimes it is a form of medicine itself, also a way of passing knowledge and information to younger generations. The rainbow colors are very important and carries deep meaning and emotional content for our people of the Americas it symbolizes the complexities and beauty involved in or relationship to mother nature and the cosmos.