René Alvarado Martínez is a visionary artist from the Sierra Mazateca, Oaxaca, Mexico. His art explores ancestral knowledge surrounding sacred mushrooms, Mazatec culture, and language, emphasising the innate wisdom of women and the transformative power of symbolic connections to the self, nature, and spirituality. With a 20-year artistic journey, René draws inspiration from pre-Hispanic art, Expressionism, Pop Art, Abstract Art, and Surrealism. He employs diverse materials, including natural pigments, cochineal, clay, threads, ant stone, and obsidian blades. His works have been featured in over 60 exhibitions worldwide, including Madre Tierra at St. Teresa University in New York and Future Visions in Denver, Colorado, alongside renowned artists. René’s latest solo exhibition, El Despertar de la Conciencia (2023), was held in Loyola Donostia. His acclaimed piece Simbiosis is part of Mexico’s National Museum of Anthropology's collection.