The Shamanic Art of Jorge Conesa-Sevilla

"These recent pieces are a direct result of lucid dreaming experiences affected by my extreme intimacy and daily contact with raw nature. My artistic pursuits preceded by many years my scientific ones. I have argued that the creative forces driving creative science and other arts are one and the same."

~ Jorge Contesa-Sevilla

The following masks/sculptures are hand made (no electrical tools) with different types of bone (hand-carved), hair, and collected bark.

"Jay"

Chest from Life-size Shaman

"Four-Corners Compass"

"Shaman Southwest"

Shaman #1

"Gyroscope"

From a life-size Shaman (5'11")

"Inuit Shaman"

Detail, "Inuit Shaman"

"Crow and Serpent and the Children of the Earth Emerging - Haida"

Detail, "Crow and Serpent and the Children of the Earth Emerging - Haida"

Detail, "Crow and Serpent and the Children of the Earth Emerging - Haida"

"Owl"

"Raven" (movable beak)

Jorge Contesa-Sevilla PhD, has a triple degree in Biology, Philosophy and Psychology from Humbolt State University in Arcata, California. He currently lives with his wife in Switzerland, and works at the Sleep Laboratory at the University Hospital in Bern. Jorge teaches Ecology, Art & Psychology of Aesthetics classes and workshops and offers a wide range of ecological services in Italy, Switzerland and Spain through his organization, Ecopsychologie.

He sent these photographs of his Shamanic art in response to an online conversation with Amy Lenzo about art and ecopsychology.