Otto Placht: life and works

Otto Placht (born 1962) is a Czech artiste based in Peru.

Placht paints upon mesquite wood which has been in the past colored using the pigment from bark, vines and fruit from the adjacent to plants.

Placht is featured in a documentary Painter of the Jungle. It documents Placht’s moving picture in Peru: his associates life in the Indian village; the tradition of creating Indian ceramics; the ritual of preparing and drinking “iahuaska”; his try of finding his place and creating the art therapy center in Peru.^{[citation needed]}