Jheferson Saldaña Valera

Jheferson Saldaña Valera

Jheferson Saldaña Valera is an artist and shaman born on November 1st, 1983, in the city of Pucallpa, Peru. At the age of twelve he began his interest in art, and, as the grandson of a traditional healer, he naturally felt the call of sacred plants and his ancestors’ medicine. At the age of fourteen, he decided to follow the long initiation and training path required to attain mastery of shamanic practices.

As a self-taught artist, his neo-Amazonian style visionary painting was a result of the visions induced by master plants. On his canvases, he paints the spiritual and invisible worlds that he perceives. His works transcend the veil that separates us from the spiritual realm and invites us to explore this other world of shamanic visions.

He feels that these experiences reconnected him to his ancestors’ shamanic culture and their traditional use of sacred plants. Through his art, he feels that the ancient tradition of the native Amazon people lives on. In addition, Jheferson later studied communications and worked as a journalist, which lead him in 2007 to a unique project called, “Amazonian Visions: Living myths and legends of Amazon rainforest.” This inspired him to found an association called “ONANYATI”, meaning wisdom of the ancients in the Shipibo dialect, of which he is currently president.

Jheferson was invited to Sedan’s International of Visionary art, France, in October 2007, in March of 2009 and in October 2014, as one of the leaders of Amazons’ artistic renewal, where he was featured as an artist and speaker. Jheferson currently lives between Peru and France, and is regularly invited to international art exhibitions and shamanic workshops, in various countries of Europe.

Visit his website at jheffau-art.com.


Panel Discussion:

Visionary Art – II
Panelist: Jheferson Saldaña Valera

Visionary artists will discuss what it means to paint from a visionary perspective, how their visionary experiences influence their work and how medicine emerges through art.

Panelists: Jheferson Saldaña Valera, Juan Carlos Taminchi, Mauro Reátegui Perez, Vajra
Moderator: Amanda Sage

Ayahuasca Visions Painting Workshop

Featuring Peruvian Masters: Luis Tamani and Jheferson Saldaña
Monday, September 28th at Big Art Church, 10am – 6pm, with a 1 hour lunch break

Come with a vision and complete a painting under the guidance of Peruvian Masters students must bring all the materials they need to paint, including canvas, paints, brushes, and easel.

Cost: $100
Space is limited.

More About Jheferson Saldaña Valera:

I’m an artist who loves and respects nature, and in my work, this is my main source of inspiration. I paint to
show the invisible world, to sensitize to the humanity the importance of mother nature, to revalue the ancestral
knowledge and to heal people through colors.

–Jheferson Saldaña Valera

Medico Toe Sanguinea by Jheferson Saldaña Valera
Medico Toe Sanguinea, acrylic on canvas, 55 x 37 cm, 2012

 

Invocacion al Espiritu de la Bobinzana by Jheferson Saldaña Valera
Invocacion al Espiritu de la Bobinzana, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 42 cm, 2011

 

See more of Jheferson’s work and that of other visionary artists on the PlantTeachers Art Gallery page.