Maya
Quilolo

Awardee

Country

Brazil

Maya Quilolo advocates for the environment through her artistic research.
Themes
Environment / Climate emergency
Disciplines
Artistic Research
Dance
Film
Performance
Video Art
Visual Art
Awards
FELLOWS Award 2022
CAREC

Profile

Maya Quilolo is a Brazilian artist and researcher born in Maroon, a quilombola community in Minas Gerais. Quilolo is interested in multidisciplinary investigations that address the potentialities of the black body, and the intersections between art, anthropology and indigenous heritage. Their explorations of the quilombos and indigenous cosmologies are expressed in several mediums, such as video, photography, drawing, performance, literature and sculpture. Quilolo has a background in audiovisual studies, communication and anthropology.