Tamikuã TXIHI

txihi-tamiku

Multidisciplinary artist (visual, ceramist, sculptor, audio-visual, performance), curator and builder in indigenous architecture. Pataxó indigenous woman, creator of the Toka da Onça oka living memory cultural project, which recovers the knowledge, construction techniques and materials of her ancestors fighting for the defence of their territories, strengthening and recovering the memory of native peoples, especially indigenous women. Her work is linked to the stories and memories passed down by her grandmother and her mother. In art, she uses the jaguar as a symbol of inspiration, struggle and resistance, representing strength, wisdom and agility. She is self-taught and learned to practice and produce her own visions in handling colours, shapes and drawings. She has exhibited at Pinacoteca/SP, Caixa Cultural Brasília, Galeria Carmo Johnson Projects/SP and Tufts University Art Galleries, Boston. In 2022 she was nominated for the PIPA Award. In 2023 she produced the exhibition MYMBA`I, asking permission from the spirits, in dialogue with the Atlantic Forest, at the Museum of Indigenous Cultures / SP. She cares for and recovers the Mata Atlántica woods, and its fauna and flora; this biome has inspired her recent poetic work.

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