KÓKIR Brasil

Formed by artists Tadeu dos Santos Kaingang and Sheilla Souza, the Kókir Collective presents issues related to contemporary indigenous cultures in its creations. Kókir means hunger in the Kaingang language. Tadeu and Sheilla are also professors in the Visual Arts program at the State University of Maringá (UEM) and members of the Indigenous Association – ASSINDI – Maringá (PR).

The dialogue between art, the city, and indigenous peoples takes shape in different media, such as installations, paintings, photographs, videos, performances, and publications, among others. The collective's work seeks to reflect on the importance of indigenous knowledge in interactions with indigenous and non-indigenous groups, communities, and artists.

Among the exhibitions in which they have participated, the following stand out: “Histórias Indígenas” (Indigenous Stories), 2023-2024 (MASP), and its itinerancy to Norway, “Indigenous Histories,” 2024 (Kode Bergen Museum), and they also participated in “Vexoa, nós sabemos” (Vexoa, we know), 2023 (Tuftys University Art Gallery. Boston - USA).