Meeting Navegante was a moment that reminded me that the creation of something new, something truly different can still emerge from anywhere.

With the rise of social media and the widespread use of mobile phones, everyone, literally everyone now produces, receives, and circulates an immense volume of information, including self-taught artists from remote and sparsely populated places. I found myself wondering whether this diminishes the possibility of still encountering purity, originality, and spontaneous beauty.

Yet, when I met Navegante, who was introduced to me by Pedro, a gallerist from Ceará, my faith was restored. An Indigenous artist born in Ceará, she creates her work using natural pigments extracted from the tiny cavities left behind by the ciés, small crustaceans, as they move through their environment.

I won’t say more. Instead, I invite you to see Navegante Tremembé’s first exhibition in São Paulo and to be as captivated by her work as I was.

(Text by Vilma Eid)