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Denilson Baniwa (b. 1984, Rio Negro, Brazil) lives and works in Niterói, Brazil. He has had solo exhibitions at Centro Municipal de Arte Hélio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro (2022); Centro Cultural São Paulo (2019); Museu do Índio, Rio de Janeiro (2019); and Galeria de Arte UFF, Niterói (2019). His work has also been included in group exhibitions at The Getty Center, Los Angeles (2022); Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna (2021); Museu de Língua Portuguesa, São Paulo (2021); Kixpatla, Mexico City (2021); Pivô, São Paulo (2021); Frestas - Trienal de Artes, Sorocaba (2020/21); ONCA, Brighton (2020); Sesc Santana, São Paulo (2020); Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo (2020); Museu de Arte de São Paulo (2020); Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro (2020); Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, Ljubljana (2020); Sydney Biennial (2020); and Museu Afro Brasil, São Paulo (2020); among others. In 2019 he won the PIPA Award in the online category and in 2021 he was selected by jury for the PIPA Award. He was in residence at Corpus Urbis in Oiapoque, Brazil in 2018.