About Valentina's Artistic Journey

Valentina Campos is a third-generation Bolivian artist. Her art work evokes the feminine mythologies of traditional seeds and the Andean agro-centric symbolism.

Since year 2000 she has been creating a series of paintings, entitle “Siembra de Mamalas”, reflecting sowing rituals, the role of women in the Andean cosmo-vision, and the protection of biodiversity.

Her illustrations have been published in various local and international stories, magazines, posters and books. “May the Ayllu Blossom” is her first written children’s book.

Valentina has worked with the NGO “Centro de Diseño Artesanal y Cooperativa Campesina, Arte Campo”, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, with Guarani, Chiquitano and Ayoreo communities, a project designed to assist in affirming indigenous art.

Since 2005 she co-founded “Uywana Wasi” a Cultural Affirmation Learning Center outside Cochabamba, Bolivia.

Artist Statement

My work emerges from the intersection of ancestral memory and present-day environmental concerns. Through my paintings, I seek to honor the feminine spirits that have guided Andean agricultural practices for centuries.

The “Mamalas” series visualizes these spirits as powerful female figures connected to specific plants and seeds. Each Mamala carries unique characteristics and gifts, embodying the life-giving forces that sustain our communities.

I paint to preserve these stories and to invite viewers to reconnect with the wisdom of indigenous relationships to land, food, and community. In a world facing ecological crisis, these ancient perspectives offer vital alternatives to dominant narratives of progress and development.

My artistic process involves research into traditional songs, rituals, and oral histories, as well as direct engagement with farming communities. I believe art can serve as a bridge between generations and cultures, helping us remember what we must not forget.

Appreciation

testimonials

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Mounira Al Solh
Lebanon
We should be able to choose what to preserve from our traditions and what to get rid of. In the Middle-East women and men are traditionaly curious about other people’s privatelife. They want to know things that they shoulnd’t know: who kissed who, and who has more money… This is bad and annoying! Another habit is tha they are very generous and helpful, this is good and they should preserve it!
Henry Costelo
United States
Tu arte es realmente bonito. Pareces un poco a la Kahlo, pero tu tienes mas limpieza, mas ternura…
Ruby Pan
Singapore
I love the imagery in your paintings, a sense of rootedness and connection with the earth that I don’t have being a child of the city. They remind me of Frida Kahlo’s paintings. Maybe I have to invent my own traditions…
Maria Lopez
Mexico
I love your paintings. I think that you have your own style, they do not remind me of other painters. I can see the Andean feminine spirit. Felicidades Valentina!
Jessica Lagunas
United States
Valentina, I especially love your painting of the woman with the braids up. It seems to me of great energy and hope.
Carly & Jin
Australia
I’m a bit of an art collector…This is part of a painting we bought from an inspiring woman named Valentina Campos in Bolivia. Her mamala series depict sowing rituals, Andean crops, fertility, indigenous women and the essence of Pachamama (Mother Earth). It’s not surprising that Valentina was invited by Vandana Shiva to display her works in India and I feel blessed to contemplate this in our home daily.

Past Exhibitions

Modern Museum of Art in La Paz, Bolivia.

Casa de la Cultura Raul Otero Reiche, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

Galeria de Arte Gildaro Antezana, Cochabamba, Bolivia.

Galeria das Artes Tribo do Sol, Salvador, Bahia. Brasil.

Bolivian Embassy in Washington D.C, U.S.A, collective exhibition “Latina”, women in the arts.

The Sacred Stone Gallery, New Mexico, U.S.A.

Dieu Donne Gallery, New York City, U.S.A

Lexington Downtown Art Center, Kentucky, U.S.A.

International Museum of Women, “Imagining Ourselves” San Francisco California, U.S.A.

Resource Center of the Americas, Minneapolis, U.S.A.

Arpana Caur Gallery, New Delhi, India, “Navdanya” organized by Vandana Shiva.

Art City Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.A.

International Art Museum of America, San francisco – California, U.S.A.

Woman Made Gallery; Chicago, U.S.A.

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