Artists A-Z

Ailton Alves Lacerda Krenak (1953) is an indigenous leader of the Krenak people. He became nationally known during the 1987 Constituent Assembly, defending indigenous rights.

Author of works such as Ideas to Postpone the End of the World, he is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters and maintains an active contemporary engagement in cultural and environmental initiatives.

Art collective of the Huni Kuin indigenous people, founded in 2010, Mahku preserves and disseminates ancestral knowledge through painting. Its production dialogues with sacred songs and experiences of the Nixi pae, translated into graphics that articulate cosmology and territory. The Collective participated in the 35th Sao Paulo Bienal (2023) and the 59th Venice Biennale (2022), expanding the indigenous presence in international contemporary art.

Elza Lima has been researching the visual culture of the Amazon since the 1980s. Her work articulates memory, territory, and socio-environmental issues.

She developed projects such as Rota d'água, Viagem ao Cuminá, and À Deriva, held a fellowship in Switzerland, and received the Marc Ferrez Prize. In 2023, she was honoured at the Bienal das Amazónias.

A visual artist trained at the Federal University of Maranhão, she works across domestic and urban spaces through collage, painting and lambe-lambe (poster art). Drawing on archives and family memories, she weaves Afro-diasporic narratives. She has participated in the Bienal das Amazônias (2023), the 36th Bienal de São Paulo (2024) and in the Borås Art Biennial (2024)

A self-taught visual artist and poet, he investigates the tensions between identity, territory, and memory drawing from his mixed-race family heritage. He appropriates archives and bureaucratic devices to challenge official narratives.

He was awarded at the Salão Arte Pará (2022) and won the Breeze Prize, which included an exhibition in London (2024).

Artist, curator and writer from the Macuxi people (1979–2021), he developed art education practices and initiatives to foster Indigenous collaboration. He participated in the 34th São Paulo Biennial and the 59th Venice Biennale. His work, described as activism, brings together ancestry, politics and spirituality.

Keila Sankofa is a visual artist and audiovisual director. She develops installations that combine video performance, photography, and cinema, exploring memory and fictionalisation as devices for historical recreation.

Nominated for the PIPA Prize (2021–2024), she has participated in the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Festival MUTEK (Argentina and Montreal), and Arte Pará.

Olinda Silvano Inuma (1969) is an indigenous artist from the Shipibo-Konibo people and a master of kené.

She learnt the traditional patterns from her grandmother and brought them onto murals, textiles, and exhibitions both in Peru and abroad, including ARCO Madrid and the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver. She has been recognised as a Meritorious Person of Culture by Peru’s Ministry of Culture.

Indigenous visual artist, camera operator and photographer, and founder of Debukuri Entretenimento. He develops projects centred on Indigenous culture. He created the series Pamürimasa (2021), Banhos de Rio (2024) and Os Espíritos da Floresta (2025), commissioned by the “Instituto Inhotim”.

An Amazonian artist born in Pará and based in Rio de Janeiro, he explores historical archives to develop new narratives and critical fabulations about colonised territories. His practice encompasses painting, photography, video and digital art. He participated in the Bienal das Amazónias (2023) and the 33rd CCSP Exhibition Programme (2024).

An Amazonian visual artist, she bridges technology, socio-environmental issues, and political-cultural engagement in support of the Amazon. She has participated in national and international productions, such as Pororoca in New York (2023), and led the visual direction at COP28.

She was the artistic director of Nave at Rock in Rio 2022. Nominated for the PIPA Prize and winner of the Funarte Women in Visual Arts Award, Roberta is responsible for the artistic direction, immersive video direction, and curation of Amazônia Imersiva.

Marajoara ceramicist and sculptor. He began his artistic journey working with natural mangrove materials and now focuses on wood and clay sculpture, exploring Marajoara ceramics. Since 2023, he has coordinated the “Arte Mangue Marajó” studio. In 2012, he received an award from Brazil’s Ministry of Culture and was recognised as a master of popular culture.