PIPA 2022 Winners Exhibition Opens at Paço Imperial with Four Recipients

The Paço Imperial in Rio de Janeiro presents over 30 works by the 2022 PIPA Prize winners Coletivo Coletores, Josi, UÝRA, and Vitória Cribb from September 1 to October 30. Selected from 61 nominees, each artist receives a R$20,000 donation. Curator Luiz Camillo Osório describes the group as representing a complex artistic ecosystem blending craft-based poetics with radical technological engagement, emphasizing peripheral and ecological experimentation. The exhibition marks the prize's 2020 reformulation to select multiple winners, shifting from competition to celebration. Alongside the winners' works, the show includes commissioned and acquired pieces by the PIPA Institute from artists like Eduardo Berliner, Leticia Ramos, and Denilson Baniwa. Coletivo Coletores, founded in 2008 by Toni Baptiste and Flávio Camargo, presents a videomapping installation on the building's facade and an NFT video work. Josi showcases ceramic sculptures and paintings using black bean water technique. UÝRA, the persona of trans indigenous artist Emerson, brings Amazonian forest imagery through photo-performances. Vitória Cribb explores digital narratives with 3D avatars and augmented reality filters.