(b. Ayacucho, Perú, 1958).
He is a third-generation member of a Peruvian family of textile artists, masters of the "punto arwi," a complicated weaving technique permitting intricate designs, developed by the Wari (700 – 1100 A.D.) predating the period of the Incas. Sulca has been making weavings for most of his life. Well versed in the iconography of his Incan predecessors, he masterfully fuses this ancient visual vocabulary with his own imagery to relate his very real stories, to express his hopes and dreams. They also tell of the strife and violence stemming from the unrest between the Peruvian government and the Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path, a revolution-minded guerrilla group inspired by the likes of Mao Tse Tung and Che Guevara). Since the Spanish conquest over the Incan empire over 400 years ago, the decimated descendants of the Incas have suffered under Spanish domination and a feudal system leaving them with little access to land and hardly able t
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