1992, Belém, PA, Brazil

Born in Belém, 1992. lives and works between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, graduated in Visual Arts from the Federal University of Pará (UFPA). Rafael Bqueer's performance practices come from investigations on political art, sexuality, Afrofuturism and decoloniality. Drag queen and LGBTQI + activist, Bqueer has a work that also dialogues with video and photography, using satires from the pop universe to build attentive criticisms of contemporary issues. Bqueer acts in a transdisciplinary way with experiences between fashion, samba schools and contemporary art. Bqueer has participated in national and international exhibitions, highlighting: “Against, Again: Art Under Attack in Brazil"- Shiva Gallery em Nova York (2020) e a individual “UóHol” no Museu de Arte do Rio (2020). Artista premiade na 8º Edição da Bolsa de fotografia da Revista ZUM - Instituto Moreira Salles (2020) e 7º edição do Prêmio FOCO Art Rio (2019). Selecionade para a 30ª edição do Programa de Exposições Centro Cultural São Paulo- CCSP (2020); participou da residência Artística AnnexB em Nova York (2019). Foi indicade ao Prêmio Marcantônio Vilaça (2019) e Prêmio EDP nas Artes do Instituto Tomie Ohtake (2018). Suas obras fazem parte dos acervos do Museu de Arte do Rio (MAR), Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro (MAM) e Museu do Estado do Pará (MEP).   Participating artist of Pivô Satellite #2 Participated in the Aparamento project, a partnership between Pivô and Yes I Am Jeans for SP–Arte, curated by Alexandre dos Anjos and Pivô Participated in the exhibition Between Our Knots: Ten Years of ZUM/IMS Grant in 2023