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Denilson Baniwa

b. 1984, Barcelos, Amazonas, Brazil · Baniwa / Brazilian · Based in Niterói, Brazil

  • Universidade Federal do Amazonas
  • Painting
  • Performance
  • Installation
  • Digital Art

Denilson Baniwa is an Indigenous artist, activist, and communicator from the Baniwa people of the Rio Negro. His multidisciplinary work challenges colonial historiographies, environmental devastation, and stereotypes of Indigenous cultures through contemporary visual languages.

Performance; painting; digital media; installation

Major Works

  • 2018Pajé-Onça Hackeando a 33ª Bienal de São Paulo
  • 2018ReAntropofagia
  • 2019Nada que é dourado permanece
  • 2020sYgapó Terra Firme
  • 2010sMaloca Museum Interventions
  • 2010sColonial Archive Hacks
  • 2010sIndigenous Futurism Works
  • 2010sTerra Brasilis Revisions
  • 2010sDigital Indigenous Interventions
  • 2010sThe Indigenous Is Present

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