Currently pursuing a PhD in Art History at TU Berlin, Germany, supervised by Dr. Prof. Benedicte Savoy and co-supervised by Dr. Prof. Félix Ayoh-Omidire at Obafemi Awololo University at Ile-Ife, Nigeria, I explore the formation of European museum collections as spaces that perpetuate colonialism while advocating for the decolonization of traditional knowledge and practices. My academic and artistic work spans Brazil, West Africa, and Europe, tracing the spiritual, political and cultural trajectories of African-diasporic heritage collected in Brazil and kept for more than a century in Germany and their stories.
I also hold a master's in Public Art and New Artistic Strategy from Bauhaus-Univerisity Weimar, where I defended my thesis "Why do the Archives Archive? A journey from the hunkó to the counter-ethongraphy and back" in 2020. I graduated in Social Comunication in Puc Minas, and have a diploma in Images and Media Cultures from UFMG, both in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
In 2018, I founded Calonga Arte e Cultura, a microenterprise dedicated to offering workshops, courses, comissioned/independent researches, and curatorial services. Through this platform, I produce educational and artistic content that fosters critical reflection and creative engagement with African-Brazilian culture and counter-colonial strategies.
As a Black woman, mother, daughter, and granddaughter, my practice is deeply rooted in the metonymies between the personal and the collective, bridging art, education, and activism to reimagine the ways we connect with the past to build a self-determined future.
Member of:
ASWAD - Association for the Study of Worldwide African Diaspora
SARA - Society for Artistic Research