Sept 2005
Balam Soto
Hartford, CT 06105
balam@snet.net
www.balam.us
Jersey City, New Jersey
Balam Soto, a self-taught shamanic painter originally from Guatemala, has exhibited and lectured about his artwork in various solo and group shows in the United States.
In his mixed media images, he combines shamanic training with his experience as a Native Central American to develop a unique style of Contemporary Native Art.
He is the owner of Nahual Balam Studio where he exhibits and sells his paintings and masks; he currently resides in an artists community with his family in Hartford, Connecticut.
ARTIST STATEMENT
As a shamanic painter, I explore the tangible and intangible planes of this world through images. I blend that which the eye sees and the senses feel in a union of physical and spiritual form. Through a fusion of vivid color, semi-precious stones, glass, mirrors, beads and other materials, I seek the inner texture and depth of a subject. As I paint, the artwork comes to life and helps guide me through this process. The final piece contains a vitality and strength partially of its own creation.
