Ariana Nuala
Recife, Brazil(1993)
Curator
Desenhando feitiço com os pés (Drawing a spell with the feet), 2023, Pivô Arte e Pesquisa, São Paulo, Brazil Residency participation. Courtesy of the Artist
Gold and Wood, 2025, Quadra Galeria, Curated by Ariana Nuala. Photo Julia Thompson
Mil graus (A Thousand Degrees): 38º Panorama da Arte Brasileira, 2024 – 2025, Museu de Arte Contemporânea da USP / Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Co-curated by Ariana Nuala. Photo EstudioEmObra
Invention of the Realms Accademia, 2023-2024, Oficina Francisco Brennand, Co-curated by Ariana Nuala
Abiniel J. Nascimento, A Grande Boca, 2025, Oficina Francisco Brennand. Photo Domar

Ariana Nuala is a curator and researcher whose practice unfolds in dialogue with artistic collectives, addressing dynamics of power, impermanence, and diaspora, while combining bodily strategies with poetic writing. Nuala holds a Master’s degree in Art History from UFPB, where developed the research MATAMUSEUMATA, establishing a critical relation between Quilombo do Catucá and Oficina Francisco Brennand, investigating frictions between memory, territory, and institutions. Nuala also holds a BA in Visual Arts from UFPE, with additional academic experiences at UNAM (Mexico) and CLACSO. The work engages with archives, collective practices, and the tensions between institutional structures and situated forms of knowledge. Nuala was selected as Salta art’s 2026 curator-in-residence at AIR-M Ebenböckhaus in Munich.