Sara Flores: First Indigenous Artist to Represent Peru at Venice Biennale

Sara Flores, an indigenous artist, is the first to represent Peru at the Venice Biennale. Her exhibition features a Peruvian-Amazon visual language passed down through generations. In an interview with Holly Black, Flores emphasizes that the activism and resistance funded by her work are focused on the future. The show highlights traditional textile techniques and patterns that encode ancestral knowledge, while also addressing contemporary environmental and social issues facing Amazonian communities. Flores's practice bridges cultural heritage with political advocacy, using art to support indigenous rights and land protection.