swuan shine

Lives and works in Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Artist statement

my background is in expressive art, somatic, trauma informed and psychedelic therapies my master’s is from the school of the art institute of chicago and i did my psychedelic training with integrative psychiatry institute my scene is djs, musicians, sound healers, yogis, psychedelic and spiritual facilitators, psychonauts and audiophiles for the past 6 years since graduate school, my art has been an architecture of the mind and nervous system. helping people heal from trauma, change the way they think, what they believe and how they respond to life. the "art" is their life and the transformative power of therapy. it has been the most rewarding art practice i've ever had. while living in mexico city in 2021 i started making music and training to be a psychedelic therapist in 2022 in tulum, i started djing, making mixes for ketamine therapy and guiding psychedelic journeys my goal is to be a champion for global acceptance of safe, legal and culturally appropriate use of psychedelics and the perspective that to seek out and experience altered states / non-ordinary states of consciousness is a human right. my mission is to engage people in the discourse of psychedelics and altered states as essential cultural phenomenon in a thriving, innovative, connected global society through immersive sound and performance experiences. my current project is called ketamine therapy. the works of art are dj mixes, videos and photos of ketamine therapy journeys, the performance of the...

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