Ximena Heraud
Painting of an Amazonian lagoon with thatched stilt houses along a forested shore under a dramatic sky of piled clouds.

Laguna de los Milagros · Recorriendo Perú

Ximena Heraud

Peruvian visual artist · Painting & ceramics

Paintings and ceramics rooted in Peruvian geography, pre-Columbian symbolism and the natural world — exhibited across Europe, the United Kingdom, the United States, Latin America and Australia.

Selected series

Painting of an Amazonian lagoon with thatched stilt houses along a forested shore under a dramatic sky of piled clouds.

Recorriendo Perú

Travelling in Peru
Large earth-toned geometric painting topped by a row of stylized spotted jaguars, filled with Andean textile motifs, diamond medallions, step-frets and radial suns.

Abstractos

Abstracts
Painting of concentric white, silver, and magenta rings on a yellow square within a dark border.

Piedras

Stones
Painting of a black jackal-headed Anubis silhouette against a cream and gold stepped-geometric ground, with a turquoise and gold column of Egyptian hieroglyphic symbols including an eye down the right edge.

Egipto

Egypt
Round hand-built ceramic bowl glazed in turquoise and teal with dark radiating drip lines and an amber rim, seen from above on a pink cloth.

Cerámica

Ceramics

Current & upcoming

Travelling in Peru

Whitespace Gallery / House of Culture, Edinburgh · 2026

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