Hariel Revignet Goiânia, b. 1995

  • Biography

    "Discussing the work of Hariel Revignet requires a keen eye. Her work immediately presents themes that are consistently relevant and contemporary—such as ancestry, care, and community—yet upon closer inspection, we perceive nuances that might otherwise escape our notice. Up close, her pieces point toward alternative modes of perception that transcend traditional approaches and the dominance of the visual sense in this artistic field. These are tactile works where one can feel textures, imagine new paths, experience, and engage the sense of smell—whether through the act of smelling or by perceiving scents."

     

    — Ana Paula Alves Ribeiro

    Hariel Revignet’s practice is shaped by an “autobiogeographic” investigation that weaves together spirituality, ancestry, and social critique through an expanded field of painting and installation. Her works evoke Afro-diasporic and Indigenous memories and symbols through images that operate at the thresholds between the visible and the invisible, matter and the sensorial, gesture and enchantment. In her production, the body, nature, territory, and the home are activated as living spaces of memory, fabulation, and belonging — where care is inscribed as a form of politics and affection as an ancestral force. Formed in Architecture and Urbanism, Hariel proposes the concept of Axétetura as an epistemological and sensorial shift that draws from Afro-centered cosmoperceptions and Indigenous enchantments to imagine other ways of inhabiting the world and creating images. In her work, roots, leaves, seeds, and cloths share space with portraits, orikis, and vibrational symbols, forming imagetic constellations in which each element carries agency, history, and power. Her painting is also a tool of reconnection: between art and ritual, subjective gesture and community, time and earth. A practice that asserts itself as offering, prayer, and calling.

     

    Her solo exhibitions include Benção, Tché Yazo (2023, Mitre Galeria, Belo Horizonte – Brazil) and Akewami, Prece da Terra (2021, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo – Brazil). Her work has been part of group exhibitions and projects such as Dona Fulô e Outras Joias Negras (2025, CCBB, Salvador – Brazil), Nós, Arte e Ciência por Mulheres (2023, Paço das Artes, São Paulo – Brazil), Meu Corpo: Território de Disputa (2023, Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo – Brazil), Escalas Invertidas (2022, Miami Hispanic Cultural Art Center, Miami – United States), All Season Sanctuary (2022, d’Ouwe Kerk by Mendes Wood DM Gallery, Amsterdam – Netherlands), Dos Brasis: Arte e Pensamento Negro (2022, SESC, various cities – Brazil), Um Corpo no Ar Pronto Pra Fazer Barulho (2018–2019, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Goiás, Goiânia – Brazil), AEAN Arquivo Negro (2018, Recife – Brazil), and Artistas Negras: La Herida (2017, Goiânia – Brazil).

  • Works
    • Hariel Revignet, Plantadeiras - Obra de cabra, 2021
      Plantadeiras - Obra de cabra, 2021
    • Hariel Revignet, As donas do mercado I, 2022
      As donas do mercado I, 2022
    • Hariel Revignet, A casa Nago, 2023
      A casa Nago, 2023
    • Hariel Revignet, Abenigo y Tchoua, 2023
      Abenigo y Tchoua, 2023
    • Hariel Revignet, DWENNIMMEN, 2024
      DWENNIMMEN, 2024
    • Hariel Revignet, HYE WON HYE, 2024
      HYE WON HYE, 2024
    • Hariel Revignet, NYAME DUA, 2024
      NYAME DUA, 2024
    • Hariel Revignet, O amor ilumina seu próprio caminho, nunca se perde ao voltar para casa, 2024
      O amor ilumina seu próprio caminho, nunca se perde ao voltar para casa, 2024
    • Hariel Revignet, Ampô Omí, 2025
      Ampô Omí, 2025
    • Hariel Revignet, Omí Orí, 2025
      Omí Orí, 2025
    • Hariel Revignet, Águas do Congo, 2025
      Águas do Congo, 2025
    • Hariel Revignet, Cada conta, um rio, 2023
      Cada conta, um rio, 2023
    • Hariel Revignet, Nascentes, águas do fundo da terra que descem do céu., 2023
      Nascentes, águas do fundo da terra que descem do céu., 2023
    • Hariel Revignet, Nascentes, Omi Tutu Egungun, 2023
      Nascentes, Omi Tutu Egungun, 2023
    • Hariel Revignet, Nascentes, Omi Tutu Onã, 2023
      Nascentes, Omi Tutu Onã, 2023
    • Hariel Revignet, Nascentes, Omi Tutu Onilé, 2023
      Nascentes, Omi Tutu Onilé, 2023
    • Hariel Revignet, Cada conta do seu rosário, éum filho que ali está..., 2025
      Cada conta do seu rosário, éum filho que ali está..., 2025
  • Exhibitions