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My solo exhibition, 'Tales From The Amazon' was hosted in 'Global Art Gallery' in TLV (June-July 20and was inspired by my research and a personal experience in the Peruvian Amazon that combines nature conservation, indigenous culture and art and highlights the relationship between the Shipibo and the variety of primate species up the Ucayali river. The 2022 research explored the interaction between the Shipibo, the role of primates in the local cultural identity, society and day-to-day life, and monitoring the primate populations. The heart of the exhibition is 13 paintings on cut slices of wood decorated with traditional Shipibo art. The cut wood as a substrate for the artworks conveys a poignant message about one of the most urgent threats to rainforests in the Amazon and tropical forests worldwide - deforestation - and the two-way connection between the loss of primates and the loss of the trees. Each artwork included the species name in the Shipibo language and bits of information from Shipibo legends, stories, common uses of the species and some personal experiences.

The inspiration for painting each species comes from the stories of the Shipibo and my personal experiences and observations while I was in the forest and the community. Among the paintings I presented sculptures made of plastic waste, as the plastic pollution in the heart of the Amazon poses another threat to the landscape shared by local communities and the primates and is harmful to human, animal and ecological health.

With over 500 visitors, the exhibition brought to the Israeli audience the reality of a remote and wild place where any damage to nature has far-reaching consequences for humans. At this point in time and in the complex reality in which we live, it is essential to remember that even if we live in a concrete jungle, and even if our damage to nature and our disconnection from it does not affect us as directly as in the heart of the Amazon, it will affect us sooner or later. 

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