Joseca Mokahesi Yanomami Watoriki, b. 1971
Joseca Yanomami (b. 1971, Watoriki, Yanomami Indigenous Territory, Brazil)
has dedicated himself to drawing characters, scenes, and landscapes from his
culture since the early 2000s. Exhibited internationally since 2003, he received
his first solo exhibition, Our Earth Forest (Kami Yamakɨ Urihipë) at MASP, São
Paulo in 2022. In 2024, he was featured in the 60th International Exhibition of
the Venice Biennale. Other group exhibitions include The Yanomami Struggle
at the Shed, New York (2023), Les Vivants, Fondation Cartier, Paris (2022), and
Power Station of Art, Shanghai (2021). Joseca Yanomami’s work is currently
included in Exposition Générale, the inaugural exhibition of Fondation Cartier’s
Place du Palais Royal, Paris, and in the nightly projection event Badu Gili: Story
Keepers at the Sydney Opera House, in collaboration with the Biennale of
Sydney and the Fondation Cartier.
![Joseca Mokahesi Yanomami, Jovem se tornando xamã na floresta [Young person becoming a shaman in the forest], 2024, felt-tip pen and graphite on paper, 50 x 65 cm (19 3/4 x 25 5/8 in)](https://static-assets.artlogic.net/w_500,h_500,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto/ws-cbprojects/usr/images/artists/group_images_override/items/ea/ea41e87146bf4b509f48a037e795c34c/jmy001-image.jpg)