UÝRA, 33 years old, indigenous in diaspora, two-spirit (Travesti), resident of Manaus, Amazonas – Brazil.
She is a biologist, a master’s degree holder in Amazonian Ecology, and works as a visual artist and art educator for traditional communities. She lives in an industrial territory in the middle of the forest, where she transforms herself into a Walking Tree, always created with organic elements.

She has participated in over 50 collective exhibitions, both national and international, and has had 5 solo exhibitions, including her debut at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the Currier Museum of Art (USA). She was featured in the 34th São Paulo Biennial, the Manifesta Biennial! (Kosovo), the 13th São Paulo Architecture Biennial, and the 1st Biennial of the Amazon, as well as being the winner of the EDP in the Arts Award – Tomie Ohtake Institute, the PIPA 2022 Award, the SIM Racial Equality Award 2023, and the FOCO Arte Rio 2023 Award. Uýra uses her body as a medium to narrate stories of different Natures through photo-performances, performances, and installations. She is interested in living systems and their violations and, from the perspective of diversity, dissidence, functioning, and adaptation, she (re)tells natural stories, stories of enchantment, and diasporas existing in the forest-city landscape. Her works are part of national collections, private collections, and institutions such as the Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Instituto PIPA, as well as international collections such as the Castello de Rivoli (Italy), Institute for Studies on Latin American Art of New York (ISLAA), Currier Museum of Art, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art (USA).