Gustavo Caboco, born in Curitiba, Roraima (1989). Wapichana visual artist, he works in the network Paraná-Roraima and in the paths of return to the land. His production with drawing-document, painting, text, embroidery, animation and performance proposes ways to reflect on the displacements of indigenous bodies, the retaking of memory and in autonomous research in museum collections to contribute to the struggle of indigenous peoples.
“encontros di-fuso” series, 2022
“Pedra engole peixe ou boca da terra” series, 2022
Other Artworks
“ Gustavo Caboco – Semente de Caboco”, 2021. Duration 70’04”
He works in the Paraná-Roraima network and on the paths back to the land. His production with drawing-document, painting, text, embroidery, animation and performance proposes ways of reflecting on the displacement of indigenous bodies and on the production and retaking of memory. He is also dedicated to independent research in museum collections in order to contribute to the struggle of indigenous peoples.
In 2001, he made his first Wapichana “return to the land”. In 2018, he won the FNLIJ Tamoios Contest for Texts by Indigenous Writers with his text “Semente de Caboco”. In 2019, he published his first book, “Baaraz Kawau”, at the Paranaense Museum in Curitiba, and took part in the ‘VAIVÉM’ exhibition at the CCBB. He took part in the exhibition “VÉXOA – nós sabemos” at the Pinacoteca and won the 3rd seLecT Art and Education Award in 2020. He was a guest artist at the 34th São Paulo Biennial and the Moquém Surarï exhibition at MAM – São Paulo in 2021. In 2022, he held the performance “encontro di-fuso” at the University of Manchester during the “Festival of Latin American Anti-Racist and Decolonial Art”, was invited to the indigenous meeting “aabaakwad” at the Sámi pavilion at the Venice Biennale, was a guest artist at the 32nd CCSP exhibition program with “Coma Colonial”, held the solo show “ouvir àterra” at Millan (São Paulo), launched the book “Baaraz Ka’aupan” at the Museu Paranaense in Curitiba.
Group Exhibitions
2023
– “Future Brazil: Forms of Democracy” at the Museum of the Republic, Brasília, Brazil
2022
– “Acts of revolt: other imaginaries of independence” at MAM Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Colonial Coma”. Guest artist at the 32nd CCSP Exhibition Program, São Paulo, Brazil
– “aabaakwad” Guest artist at the indigenous meeting in the Sami pavilion at the Venice Biennale, Italy
2021
– “It’s dark, but I sing”. Guest artist at the 34th São Paulo Biennial with “Kanau’Kyba”
2020
– “Vêxoa – Nós Sabemos” at the Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil
– “Programa CONVIDA”, Instituto Moreira Salles, Brazil
2019
– “Grandchildren of Makunaimî”, MusA (UFPR Museum of Art), Curitiba, Brazil
– “As if we had known each other for years”, Ponto de Fuga Gallery and 14th Curitiba Biennial, Brazil
– “Jardinalidades” at SESC Parque Dom Pedro II, São Paulo, SP
– VaiVém” Banco do Brasil Cultural Center. São Paulo, SP, Brasília, DF, Rio de Janeiro, RJ and Belo Horizonte, Brazil
– “Reantropofagia” UFF Arts Center, Niterói, Brazil
2017
– “Passo: em Terra” Alfredo Andersen Museum Curitiba, Brazil
2015
– “Vodou, Lakou & Kreyol” 4th Ghetto Biennial, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
2013
– “Gangnam Art District” at Platoon Kunsthalle Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Solo Exhibitions/projects
2023
– “Coma Colonial”, at the Center for Latin American Studies, UC Berkeley, California, USA
2022-2023
– “Baaraz ka’aupan”, book launch at Museu Paranaense, PR, Casa do Povo, SP and Museu da República, Brazil
2022
– “ouvir àterra”, solo exhibition at Millan, São Paulo, Brazil
2019
– “Baaraz kawau”, book launch at Museu Paranaense, Curitiba, Brazil
2017
– “Passo”, exhibition at Quilombo Santa Rosa dos Pretos, Itapecuru-mirim, Brazil
Awards
2020
– “Artista premiada no “PRÊMIO seLecT” o “3º Prêmio seLecT Arte e Educação” com o livro Baaraz Kawau
2018
– Vencedor do 15º Tamoios, promovido pelo instituto UKA em parceria com FNLIJ, com o texto “Semente de Caboco”, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Collections
– Pinacoteca de São Paulo
– MAR – Museu de Arte do Rio
– MAC-PR – Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Paraná
– MUPA – Museu Paranaense
– Museu da Língua Portuguesa
– MON – Museu Oscar Niemeyer
Video produced by Do Rio Filmes exclusively for PIPA 2022:
“ Programa Convida: Gustavo Caboco”, 2020. Duration 4’35”
“ LIVE: PROTAGONISMO INDÍGENA NA ARTE E NA PESQUISA”, 2021. Duration 101’30”
“ Repórter Eco ”, 2022. Duration 27’03”
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“ Debate de abertura | forumdoc.bh.2021”, 2021. Duration 210’32”
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“ Catálogo da exposição Netos de Makunaimi: encontros de arte indígena contemporânea”, 2021. Duration 15’38”
“ Kwá yapé turusú yuriri assojaba tupinambá | Lançamento do catálogo da exposição”, 2021. Duration 89’58”
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“ Fertile earth: Véxoa and contemporary indigenous art in the Pinacoteca of São Paulo”, 2021. Duration 22’51”
“ Véxoa: Nós sabemos na Pinacoteca de São Paulo e a arte indígena contemporânea no Brasil”, 2020. Duration 102’55”
“ FLIMO 2020 – QUINTAL: CASA DE QUEM? com Giovana Madalosso, Gustavo Caboco e Julie Dorrico”, 2020. Duration 95’05”
“ LIVE: PROTAGONISMO INDÍGENA NA ARTE E NA PESQUISA”, 2021. Duration 101’30”
“ #34bienal (Educação) Lançamento da publicação educativa – Bendegó”, 2020. Duration 75’24”
“ Gustavo Caboclo e Lucilene Wapichana – Não apagarão nossa memória”, 2020. Duration 102’34”
“ É indígena a erva-mate! | Exposição Eu Memória, Eu Floresta: História Oculta”, 2021. Duration 12’10”
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“ Apresentações dos artistas finalistas do Prêmio seLecT”, 2020. Duration 132’28”
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“ Gustavo Caboco – Semente de Caboco”, 2021. Duration 70’04”
