Nemonte Nenquimo
(2020 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner)

Nemonte Nenquimo led an indigenous campaign and legal action that resulted in court ruling protecting 500,000 acres of Amazonian rainforest and Waorani territory from oil extraction.
Nenquimo's leadership and the lawsuit set a legal precedent for indigenous rights in Ecuador. Other tribes are following in her footsteps to protect additional tracts of rainforest from oil extraction.

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(The painting shows Nemonte Nenquimo. A woman who leads/is part of the indigenous movement in Amazonas territory against the deforrestation for oil extinction. Blackrock is the company in charge.
She is wearing a white dress which covers her right shoulder. Her right hand is on shoulderheight, covered with a white plastic glove which is covered in black oil. On her head she wears an indigenous traditional headpiece made of black and white feathers. Around her eyes she is coloured in red. Long dark hair which falls over the shoulders. In the background are trees and plants. A forrest. Around one tree, right in her back, is a yellow plastic piece. Black letters on it which are hardly visible.
Her Name ist written in large letters on the painting. NEMONTE on top of the Image, NENQUIMO on the bottom.)

Acrylic on wooden board (recycled)
160 x 97 cm
2022