Antonio Pichillá (Guatemala, 1982), born in San Pedro La Laguna, Sololá, and based in the Lake Atitlán, has developed a practice deeply connected to his territory, history, and cultural identity.

His work is defined by an experimental and multidisciplinary approach that weaves together contemporary abstraction with ancestral Mayan textile traditions. Rooted in his Tz’utujil heritage, his practice explores the relationship between landscape, memory, and Indigenous cosmovision, offering a reactivation of the past within the present. His pieces engage with key elements of Mayan culture—such as stelae, codices, glyphs, and ceramics—while positioning weaving not only as a technique, but as a symbolic and epistemological language.

Throughout his career, he has developed a body of work where ancestral history and contemporary innovation coexist, establishing himself as one of the most significant voices in Central American art today.

He has been widely exhibited internationally and his work is also held in major institutional collections such as Museo Reina Sofía (Spain), Tate (London), Denver Art Museum, Kadist Art Foundation (San Francisco), Banco de España, and the Inter-American Development Bank (Washington), as well as in important private collections across Latin America and the United States.