Giovanni Lattanzi

Artist • Poet • Holistic Practitioner • Author

📍 Italy | Previously based in Amsterdam & Mexico
📚 Author of Kambo Iboga Ayahuasca. Synergy of Entheogens (2021)

Education & Training

  • 1989 – Graduated cum laude, La Sapienza University of Rome

Specialization in Jungian Psychology and Eastern Religions
Mentored by Prof. Corrado Pensa (Vipassana teacher, Faculty of Philosophy)

  • 1987–1995 – Intensive practice of Kendo (Japanese martial art) under Endo Junji and Hirano sensei
  • 1994–2005 – Zen meditation practice at Plum Village (France) with Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh
  • 2024 (August 14–15) – Art Training, Austin, Texas

Professional Experience

Art & Performance

  • Painter and poet with over 30 years of exhibitions and performances across Europe, Mexico, and the U.S.
  • Selected exhibitions & performances:
    • ART-WALK, Amsterdam City Council (1997)
    • Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Amsterdam – Seminar on Art and Religious Tradition in Ancient Rome (1999)
    • Exhibitions in Rome, Amsterdam, Wageningen, Palermo, Reggio Emilia (2001–2002)
    • Illustration of Dante’s XXIV Canto del Purgatorio, Milan (2008)
    • Stati d’Arte, Villa Fidelia, Spello – International Contemporary Art Exhibition (2020)
    • Musica Giaguari Donna, exhibition & live performance, Rome (2021)
    • Keller & Williams International Convention, Dallas – 5-day art performance (2020)
    • Keller & Williams Convention, Anaheim, California (2022)
    • Art Training, Austin, Texas (Aug 14–15, 2024)
    • Keller & Williams Mega Camp, Austin, Texas (2024)

Holistic Practice & Ancestral Medicine

  • 2006–2009 – Initiated into the Kambo medicine tradition by Brazilian curanderos, including Francescinho (Acre, Brazil)
  • 2009 – Initiated into the Bwiti tradition of Sacred Wood (Iboga) by Sean Hamman & Steve Dyer
  • Since 2009 – Facilitator of holistic treatments, Reflexology, Meridian Kambo sessions, and Sacred Wood ceremonies
  • Since 2014 – Kambo trainer, teaching practitioners internationally
  • 2016 – Speaker at the International Ibogaine Conference (GITA), Tepoztlán, Mexico

Publications

  • Dall’acqua e dal fuoco (2006, Italy)
  • Door water en vuur (2008, Netherlands)
  • Antologia di Poeti Contemporanei (2007, Italy – collective)
  • Kambo and Iboga: medicine sciamaniche in sinergia (2016, Italy)
  • Poesia (2020, Dantebus Edizioni)
  • Kambo Iboga Ayahuasca. Synergy of Entheogens (2021)
  • Adaptogens: Wonders of Mother Earth (2022, article)

Residencies

  • 1995–2017 – Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 2017–2018 – Tepoztlán, Mexico – Kambo trainer & Sacred Wood facilitator
  • 2018–present – Italy

Core Skills

  • Visual arts: painting, illustration, performance art
  • Poetry and creative writing
  • Kambo medicine practice & online and in presence trainings
  • Sacred Wood facilitation
  • Reflexology & meridian-based healing
  • Intercultural & spiritual dialogue
  • Public speaking & teaching