Mãe Celina de Xangô (she/her), Brazilian, Candomblé religious leader, activist, cultural agent, lecturer, actress, author and increasingly a visual artist, the lalorixá (the highest matriarchal position in the Afro-Brazilian religion of Orixá worship) has sown her words, actions, care and proclamations on intercontinental lands. And we know that "when a black woman moves, the whole structure of society moves with her" (a phrase by Angel Davis).

Granddaughter, daughter, mother and grandmother, Celina makes a point of carrying and celebrating her ancestors in her initial greetings everywhere she arrives, enters, hacks and conquers. This familiar and ancestral characteristic is one of the hallmarks of her recent work as an artist. In Brazil, Mãe Celina's work has been exhibited at the invitation of the Moreira Salles Institute (2023) and at nationally renowned museums: MUHCAB (2021), Instituto incluzartis (2022) and Projeto Jacarandá (2023). As an artist, she seeks to give form and density to the rich imagery of Candomblé from her personal experience and perspective.