The 6th Montevideo Biennial is dedicated to the Amazon, coinciding with the COP30 climate conference in Belém do Pará in 2025. Through this edition, Uruguay highlights the Amazon as both a source of artistic inspiration and a vital cultural territory, strengthening ties with Brazil and the world. The exhibition explores the region’s aesthetic and poetic dimensions, moving beyond ecological concerns to celebrate its creativity, diversity, and symbolism.
Rather than viewing the Amazon merely as a natural resource, the Biennial presents it as a living space of imagination where art and nature converge. This vision resonates with the work of José Gamarra, whose paintings depict lush, utopian landscapes threatened by symbols of violence and domination, questioning the harmony between humans and nature. Featuring Indigenous and contemporary perspectives, the Biennial reveals how local and global visions of the Amazon intersect, uncovering new artistic expressions and reaffirming the region’s role as a cradle of cultural and spiritual richness.
Uruguayan artists such as Rita Fischer and Ricardo Lanzarini also contribute to this reflection. Fischer’s subtle work engages with organic transformation and the fragile balance between growth and decay, while Lanzarini’s drawings and installations explore human behavior and its entanglement with natural forms. Their participation deepens the Biennial’s dialogue on the relationship between art, ecology, and imagination, linking the Amazon’s symbolic power to broader questions of coexistence and renewal.
