ANDRÉ TANIKI YANOMAMI

BORN 1949, Yanomami Indigenous Territory, Brazil
LIVES&WORKS Yanomami Indigenous Territory

A Yanomami shaman from the upper Rio Catrimani region in the north of the Brazilian Amazon, in the 1970s André Taniki collaborated with anthropologist Bruce Albert to create work representing shamanic visions. In his work he combines colourful abstract motifs and schematic figurative elements, representing the phases of the cosmological work of his auxiliary spirits, the xapiri, which become unprecedented graphic translations of the Yanomami shamanic universe.

MAGAZINE

Sign up to our newsletter

You will receive the Daily 2024, the official magazine of the 81 Venice Film Festival on a daily basis

I authorize the processing of my data for sending the VeneziaNews newsletters. Read the complete information here