Abel Rodríguez

Abel Rodríguez (died 9 April 2025), also known as Don Abel, was a Colombian visual artist from the Nonuya and Muinane communities known for his depictions of the Amazon rainforest.

Life Rodríguez was born (Muinane: "shining sparrow-hawk feathers"), along the Cahuinari River or the Igara Paraná River in La Chorrera, Colombia, between 1934 and 1941.

In 1959, took the name Abel Rodríguez, as official registration of village residents required a Spanish-language name.

Following conflicts in the 1990s with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Rodríguez and his partner, Doña Elisa, relocated to a poor neighborhood in Bogotá. However, Rodríguez was careful to limit his depictions to honor cultural restrictions on access to information on plants and animals. He also exhibited at Documenta 14 (2017), the Biennale of Sydney, the 2019 Toronto Biennial of Art, the Carnegie International, the 2021 São Paulo Art Biennial, Art Prize, 2019 Toronto Biennial of Art