Sérgio Soarez

Sérgio Soarez is a multidisciplinary artist, researcher, writer, musician, activist, and art educator. Soarez’s work incorporates repurposed materials and the iconography of his religion, candomblé, in which he holds the title of ogã. The artist has as references Mestre Didi, Rubem Valentim, and Emanoel Araújo. Soarez’s sculptures, jewelry, illustrations, and set design elements have been featured in group exhibitions such as Afro como ascendência, arte como procedência, Sesc Pinheiros, São Paulo, 2014; and the 25th Afro-Brazilian Palmares Exhibition, Londrina, 2011. The artist’s first solo exhibition was held at the Museu Afro-Brasileiro of Universidade Federal da Bahia in 2014. Soarez lives in Salvador.