Violeta Quispe Lima, Perú, b. 1989

Violeta Quispe (b. 1989, Lima) is a Peruvian artist and activist rooted in the Quechua traditions of Sarhua, Ayacucho. She reinterprets the historic “Tablas de Sarhua” with a contemporary, feminist perspective, focusing on Indigenous women’s narratives, gender struggles, and ancestral mythologies.

Her paintings blend vibrant colors, symbolic figures, and Quechua inscriptions to confront themes of colonialism, patriarchy, and LGBTQIA+ rights. By weaving personal and collective memory, Quispe transforms oral histories and traditions into urgent contemporary discourse. Her work has gained international recognition through institutional exhibitions such as the Venice Biennale (2024), MASP in São Paulo, and museum shows across Lima, Paris, and Cusco, positioning her as one of the most relevant voices in contemporary Andean art.

Selected Exhibitions

2025 – 32rd Pontevedra Art Bienal, Pontevedra

2025 – Cuentos para no dormir, Espace Brownstone, Paris

2025 – Performance: Takiy, Kukuy, Kuyariy, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris

2025 – Queer Histories, MASP, São Paulo

2024 – Stranieri Ovunque (Foreigners Everywhere), 60th Venice Biennale, Veneza

2024 – Disobedient Bodies, Baró Galeria, Palma de Mallorca

2023 – Artemanta Historiata Tapuspa, Vigil Gonzales Galería, Cusco

2022 – Exposições em MATP, Casa O’Higgins, LUM (Lugar de la Memoria),MUCEN