
1984, in Rio de Janeiro
The works of Denilson Baniwa portrays his experience as an indigenous Being today, mixing traditional and contemporary indigenous references and appropriating western icons to communicate the thinking and struggle of the native peoples. His practice includes different supports and media such as canvas, installations, digital media and performance. As an activist for the rights of indigenous peoples, since 2015 he has given lectures, workshops and courses in the south and southeast regions of Brazil and also in Bahia. Baniwa often appropriates Western cultural references to decolonise them in his work; he is known for questioning paradigms and opening ways for Indigenous people in national territories to be the protagonists of their own stories.