Glicéria Tupinambá

Moving Mantle, Tupinambá Women's Mantle, Museum of Indigenous Cultures. Photo: Khadyg Fares

Glicéria Tupinambá, also known as Célia Tupinambá, is an artist, filmmaker, and teacher. She was born in 1982 in the Serra do Padeiro Village, on the Tupinambá de Olivença Indigenous Reserve in Bahia. She directed the documentary Voz Das Mulheres Indígenas (“Voice of Indigenous Women”, 2015) in addition to making videos with young people from her village/community. In 2021, she curated the exhibition entitled Kwá Yepé Turusú Yuriri Assojaba Tupinambá / Esta é a Grande Volta do Manto Tupinambá, at Funarte Brasília.

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