On Wednesday, 24 September, the Centro Cultural Inca Garcilaso of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will open to the public the exhibition “Hijo del clan Siuekuduma, Estrella del amanecer” (“Son of the Siuekuduma Clan, Star of Dawn”) by Loreto artist Brus Rubio Churay.

The artist presents nineteen paintings to honour his male line. A descendant from the Amazonian Indigenous peoples —Bora on the maternal side and Murui on the paternal side— he explores his identity into the cultural roots that characterize him, to understand the world through this heritage. At the same time, he positions himself as a creator who interprets and engages in dialogue with other cultures and experiences.

Brus Rubio lives in Pucaurquillo, on the banks of the Ampiyacu River, near the mouth of the Amazon, where he established his workshop. Although he is rooted in his community, he is also an artist with a cosmopolitan outlook. He passionately believes that both indigenous and Western cultures offer valuable knowledge which, when integrated, allows for a broader understanding of life.. His work reflects this dialogue between worlds, a fruitful exchange that neither evades nor conceals the historical injustices committed against his people.

The clan Estrella del Amanecer (“The Dawning Star Clan”), the central work of the exhibition, is a powerful allegory of the message the artist seeks to convey: the need to preserve ancestral customs. It is a visual meditation on the meaning and evolution of life, dominated by an almost musical energy, a force that invites encounter and harmony. For the painter, “we are all one.”

Brus Rubio Churay

Self-taught, he has held solo exhibitions at the Livia Benavides Gallery, First International Festival of Contemporary Art, Casa Ronald, Monumental (Callao); Xapiri Ground Gallery (Cusco); Bufeo/Amazonía+arte, Ricardo Palma Cultural Center (Lima); L’lmaginaire Gallery of the Alliance Française (Lima); Maison des Associations du 15ème and Maison de l’Amérique Latine, Lupuna Cultural Association (Paris); Ccori Wasi Cultural Center (Lima); and the Irpay Cultural Center (Iquitos).

He has participated in several group exhibitions, including the II Bienal das Amazonias (Green-distance), Belem do Pará 2025, the Milan Triennale and the Cartier Foundation (Milan), Musée du Quai Branly (Paris), Pinta PArc-Peru Contemporary Art Fair 2023, the Center for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra (Brazil), La Parcería Cultural Center for Artistic Experimentation and Documentation (Madrid), Matadero-Madrid, Gallery 46 (London), Museum of Contemporary Art-MAC, Florida State University and Bufeo /Amazonía+arte (Miami), Carmen Montilla Gallery (Havana), Pata Gallery (Shanghai), the Smithsonian Folklife Festival (Washington DC), and the Cultural Center of Spain (Lima and Buenos Aires).

He has received the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship from the European Union and won the Artist-in-Residence Program at the Matadero Madrid Film Festival. He starred in the documentary “Historias del caucho en la Amazonía peruana” (Stories of caucho in the Peruvian Amazon), produced by the Center for Visual Anthropology and DIGEIBIRA, as well as another produced by Argentine television. He was an actor in the short film “La cumbre de los dioses” (The Summit of the Gods), directed by Renzo Zanelli.