Djana Venolia

The Amazonian Warrior is the forest's guardian.

He symbolizes our connection with mother-nature

And our disconnection with her at the same time.

He is connected to her only through a thin line.

The Amazonian Warrior represents the earth,

The flora and Fauna.

He is the forest's spirit

And human-being's soul.

He is the deforestation of the Amazonian Rain-forest

And

At the same time

He is here to remind us that we need the forest to breathe.

He is the breath of hope for a future with balance

Balance between all mankind

And between the human species with all the other species:

Coexistence

The wise people of the forest say that

Each tree cut down is a soul that

Wanders aimlessly,

Soulless.

Each tree that is down

Makes hundreds of living creatures

Move to find another safe dwelling,

Another source of food and water.

The Amazonian Warrior is everything And Nothing.

The Amazonian Warrior is only a mannequin sitting on a piece of cut tree with eternity to observe

Venolia is a Brazilian architect and urban designer. She is principal of V2 Architecture + Planejamento + Media which provides architectural services, landscape design, urban planning, and media services worldwide. V2 has been developing residential, hospitality and commercial projects in Africa, Europe, U.S. and Brazil for nearly 13 years. IN addition to architecture, V2 is known for distributing the Bazil Wood House, a sustainable, pre-fabricated tropical hardwood housing system.

She is the president of Brazil-US Sustainable Technology, Trade and Development Association, known as Braseuverde. Braseuverde's mission: "In order to advance sustainability, Braseuverde will foster and enhance green relationships in all areas, including business, clean technology, science, academia and civil society. Braseuverde will work to increase trade, and promote green governmental policies and industry standards." Venolia is also a self-described recycled artist.

She developed a unique technique that uses plastic bags and junk mail to weave and creates beautiful tapestries. After moving to the United States, Venolia founded a non-profit art program that uses creativity to convert waste materials into raw materials to create works of art. Casa de Arte is conceived as an all-inclusive non-profit business model to provide children with access to art, education and exposure to culture, while teaching mothers to create works of art that can be sold to supplement household income. Casa de Ate is dedicated solely to educating and supporting its members.

Venolia lives in San Diego County with her husband, Vince, and her 9 year old daughter, Ana.