Delfina Mun
Multidisciplinary Artist • Musician • Ceremonialist
Painting ancestral memory and Indigenous wisdom traditions of Abya Yala.
Selected Biography & Works
Delfina Mun is a multidisciplinary artist, musician, painter, ceremonialist, and cultural bridge-builder from Puelmapu, Argentina, whose work has become a significant contribution to the contemporary Latin American artistic and ancestral renaissance.
Through years of immersion within Indigenous communities of the Amazon and the Americas, she has developed an independent body of work rooted in earth connection, collective consciousness, and the wisdom systems of the Indigenous peoples of Abya Yala.
Her creations have been presented internationally through galleries, museums, performances, and ceremonial gatherings across Latin America, Europe, and the United States, including exhibitions at London’s Camden Art Centre and Christie's New York, while continuously supporting Indigenous-led artistic initiatives and mentoring emerging Indigenous artists whose work later reached international audiences.
Río Paraná, Collage, Delfina Mun
Detail from Río Paraná, Collage, Delfina Mun
Detail from Río Paraná, Collage, Delfina Mun
Delfina receiving the San Isidro Contemporary Art Award award at age 17
Early explorations with ink and intricate detail.
Exhibition at ODA, Buenos Aires.
Early explorations with ink and intricate details.
Delfina’s artistic expression emerged naturally during childhood, nurtured through the study of influential Latin American artists such as Frida Kahlo and Tarsila do Amaral. At seventeen, she received her first distinction through the Contemporary Art Award of San Isidro for a large-scale collage inspired by the Paraná River.
While later studying at the Universidad de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires, Delfina developed an increasingly distinctive visual language shaped through solitude in nature, ancestral ritual practices, and life on a remote island in the Tigre Delta, where she began exhibiting her work in galleries such as ODA.
In her early twenties, Delfina moved to Brazil, living between Alto Paraíso de Goiás and the Amazonian state of Acre, where she immersed herself in Indigenous ceremonial traditions while teaching art within Huni Kuin, Yawanawa and Shanenawa villages.
During a dedicated five year period of workshops and cultural exchange, she contributed to the development and mentorship of emerging Indigenous artists such as Mukashahu Yawanawa, daughter of spiritual leaders Nixiwaka & Putanny Yawanawa, supporting the expansion of contemporary Indigenous visual art into international spaces.
In 2016 she presented her first solo exhibition, Lo Que Las Plantas Cantan, during the Condor Eagle Gathering in Brazil — an international convergence of Indigenous elders, artists, and ceremonial leaders from across the Americas. The exhibition sold out completely, marking the beginning of wider international recognition for her work.
A few years later, Delfina was invited by Soma Soma Art Gallery in Brazil to create her second solo exhibition, Amazonia, as part of a contemporary visionary art initiative.
Delfina's painting 'La Raiz' next to Carl Jung's Red Book at The Botanical Mind Exhibition, Camden Art Centre.
Delfina's painting 'La Raiz' next to Carl Jung's Red Book at The Botanical Mind Exhibition, Camden Art Centre.
Delfina's paintings & sound installation at GAA: Holistic Science and Wisdom Traditions, The Exchange.
Huni Kuin Textiles and Delfina's paintings at GAA: Holistic Science and Wisdom Traditions, The Exchange.
Delfina's paintings at GAA: Holistic Science and Wisdom Traditions, The Exchange.
Artist Painting 'La Raiz' in the Amazon, commissioned by the Camden Art Centre.
Delfina’s work soon drew attention within the European art world through collaborations centered around ancestral wisdom systems, ecology, spirituality, and consciousness.
In 2019 she participated in GAA: Holistic Science and Wisdom Traditions at Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange alongside internationally respected Indigenous artists including Abel Rodríguez and Shipibo collectives.
Soon afterward, she was commissioned to create a major work for The Botanical Mind: Art, Mysticism and The Cosmic Tree at Camden Art Centre, where her painting La Raíz was exhibited alongside original paintings from Carl Jung’s Red Book.
La Raiz by Delfina Mun, acrylic on canvas, 2020
Her painting Keneshahu was featured in the collective exhibition Wisdom & Nature at Christie's New York, and La Raiz was featured on The Botanical Mind Book as well as on Trees, a book by Phaidon press.
Keneshahu by Delfina Mun, watercolor, 2019
Creation of Delfina’s Samauma painting, Shunua
Music gradually became one of the central pillars of Delfina’s artistic expression. In 2021 she released her debut album Pájaro, recorded in the Peruvian Amazon with producer Herbert Quinteros, becoming an immediate reference within the contemporary medicine music movement.
Feature & Interview by Mexico's Milenio Magazine
Through collaborations with photographer Kourosh Sootodeh, Delfina expanded into cinematic visual storytelling with works such as the emblematic Corazón de Barro, where music, painting & ritual merged into a multidisciplinary language.
The release of Pájaro led to further international touring and collaborations, including multiple presentations during Miami Art Basel.
Original acrylic on canvas painting for Pájaro album cover.
Her journeys throughout Mexico and the southern United States deepened her connection with Chichimeca, Coahuilteco and Wixarika nations of the North, leading to the co-creation of her second album, Corazón Luminoso, alongside Indigenous leader Kuauhtli Vasquez, later unfolding into her first published book.
Delfina’s visual language has been sought after by internationally recognized musicians, designers, and cultural projects throughout her career. She was commissioned to create visual identities and album artwork for artists such as Curawaka and Jesus Hidalgo, while her paintings were later featured in a 2024 collection by Carolina K.
Alongside her artistic work, she is also deeply sought after as a ceremonialist and vocalist within international retreats and wellness spaces, where her presence, music, and ceremonial offerings are recognized for their emotional depth, spiritual integrity, and ability to create profound collective experiences.
Delfina with her paintings during group exhibition Celestial Whispers at Miami Art Basel.
Inspired by ceremonial initiations, connection with the animal world and ongoing dialogue with Indigenous cosmologies, Delfina developed her most recent visual series, Nahual, culminating in a solo exhibition at Hekamiah under the curatorial invitation of Sahar from Noor Sanctuary.
Delfina is currently dedicated to the creation of her third music album, Flores de Abya Yala. She lives in Costa Rica, where her ocean-side studio has become an altar for creation devoted to beauty in relationship with the living world.
Delfina guides annual gatherings including Condor Eagle Quetzal and Bloom, while offering concerts, private ceremonies, and immersive musical experiences in Nosara and internationally — continuing to cultivate spaces of profound connection, prayer, and collective transformation through her voice, presence, and artistry.
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