DAIARA TUKANO
Daiara Tukano at MAR São Paulo Street Art Museum, 2021. photo by @dimitrie.
Kahtiri E'õrõ - mirror of life. Plumaria and convex mirror. Daiara Tukano 2020. Exhibited at the 34th Benal de São Paulo
"Selva Mãe do Rio Menino", Daiara Tukano for CURA - Urban Art Circuit 2020. Mural art in a 1000m² gable on Avenida Amazonas in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais.
Works by Daiara Tukano at the Exhibition "Véxoa: Nós Sabe" at the Pinacoteca de São Paulo, SP Oct 2020 - Mar 2021.
DAIARA TUKANO
Daiara Hori Figueroa Sampaio - Duhigô, of the Tukano indigenous people – Yé'pá Mahsã, Eremiri Húusiro Parameri clan of the Upper Rio Negro in the Brazilian Amazon, born in São Paulo.
Artist, activist, educator and communicator.
Graduated in Visual Arts and Master in Human Rights from the University of Brasília - UnB; researches the right to memory and truth of indigenous peoples;
She was the coordinator of Rádio Yandê, the first indigenous web-radio in Brazil - www.radioyande.com from 2015 to 2001.
Winner of the 2021 PIPA Online Award, organized by the PIPA Institute as the most relevant Brazilian visual arts award.
It studies the culture, history and traditional spirituality of its people together with their family. Lives in Brasilia, DF.
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spoken languages: Portuguese, English, French and Spanish.
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Exhibitions - Exhibitions
September 2021: Brasilidade Post-Modernismo, collective exhibition curated by Tereza Arruda for the Centro Cultural do Banco do Brasil CCBB, in circulation since September 2021.
November 21 – February 22: Ka'a Body: Cosmovision of the rainforest. Collective exposure curated by Sandra Benites Guarani. Paradise Row Gallery, London, Ingralerra.
September – December 2021: 34th Bienal de São Paulo – It's dark but I sing, with the works Dabucuri no Céu, Kahtiri Eoro and Bo'éda Hori; Artist invited to the Exhibition at the Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion in São Paulo – SP.
September – December 2021: Moquém Surari – Contemporary Indigenous Art, artist invited to the group exhibition at the Museums of Modern Art of São Paulo – MAM, São Paulo SP.
June 2021: Breathe, for the São Paulo Street Art Museum (MAR), gable painting on Rua Doutor Homem de Melo 514, in the neighborhood of Perdizes, Sãi Paulo – SP.
May 2021: Hori in SP, urban leisure art intervention with @Fluxus, São Paulo – SP.
November 2020 - March 2021: Pameri Yukesi, individual project presented at the 30th edition of the São Paulo Cultural Center Exhibition Program - Mostra 2020, São Paulo - SP.
October 2020 - March 2021: Véxoa: we know, artist invited to the group exhibition at Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo - SP.
September 2020: Selva Mãe do Rio Menino for the Urban Art Circuit (CURA), painting of the 1,006 m² gable of the Levy Building, Belo Horizonte - MG.
April - May 2019: Reantropofagia, artist invited to a group exhibition at Centro Cultural da Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói - RJ.
April 2019: Lettre au Vieux Monde, artist invited to a group exhibition at Galeria Mottattom, Geneva, Switzerland.
June - July 2018: Transmakunaima: the hole is further down, artist invited to participate in Jaider Esbell's exhibition at Memorial dos Povos Indígenas, Brasília - DF.
April - June 2016: Indigenous traps, artist invited to a group exhibition at the Memorial dos Povos Indígenas, Curated by Bené Fonteles. Brasilia DF.
August 2012: Tempo Kiki, performance and workshop presented in the project "Tubo de Ensaio - Latinidades", held at UnB, Brasília - DF.
awards
Winner of the 2021 PIPA Online Award, organized by the PIPA Institute as the most relevant Brazilian visual arts award.
performances
December 2021: Dabucuri no Céu, in the Bienal dos Índios Cycle. Activation of the artist's work at the 34th Bienal de São Paulo, held together with guest artists Denilson Baniwa, Bu'ú Kennedy, Carlos Papá and Cris Takuá, in honor of Jaider Esbell at the Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion in São Paulo – SP.
November 2020: Morî' erenkato eseru' - songs for life. Activation of the exhibition Véxoa: Nós sabe, held together with the artist Jaider Esbell, at the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo - SP.
Participation in documentaries
2021: Music is a weapon of struggle. Documentary, directed by Mi Mawai and Noosfera Mídias.
2019: My Blood is red. Documentary by Thiago Dezan, Graciela Guarani and Marcelo Vogelaar.
2018: Among relatives, short film by Tiago Aragão.
2018: O viro do Ipiranga, participation in an episode of the series Alegorias do Brasil, by Murillo Salles, on Canal Curta.
2018: The stone dream, documentary by Marco Altberg.
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Contact for more information: daiaratukano@gmail.com
