Born in Manaus, the capital of Amazonas, and children of missionary pastors, the siblings Henrique Torres and Manauara Clandestina had their first encounters with art within the context of the church, where singing, dance, and theater formed an initial space for experimentation and expression. Manauara Clandestina works as a visual artist, with an interest in the intersections between cinema and fashion, developing a practice that brings together image, narrative, and aesthetic construction. Henrique Torres is a psychologist, working in social education and collective art practices, investigating processes of learning, listening, and creation in community contexts.
As a duo, they develop practices that connect contemporary art, educational processes, and collective creation. Their works emerge from personal and family experiences, exploring how narratives, everyday gestures, and shared experiences can be transformed into artistic language.
During their residency at AiR 351, they will develop research focused on the relationships between memory, material, and displacement. The proposal is to use the residency as a working space for collecting and unfolding textile materials, seeking dialogue with the territory and with the possibilities that arise throughout the process.
Manauara Clandestina´s solo exhibitions include: Sala de Vídeo: Manauara Clandestina (2024, MASP – Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, São Paulo – Brazil), Saltação (2021, Casa70, Lisbon, Portugal), and Pitiú de Cobra (2021, Delirium, São Paulo – Brazil). She has participated in major group exhibitions such as: Encruzilhadas da Arte Afro-Brasileira (2025, CCBB Salvador – BA; 2024, CCBB Belo Horizonte – MG; 2023, CCBB São Paulo – SP), Foreigners Everywhere (Venice Biennale 2024, Italy), Composições para tempos insurgentes (2024, MAM Rio – Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro – Brazil), 1ª Bienal das Amazônias (2023, Belém – Brazil), El tiempo es una ilusión (2023, Collegium, Arévalo – Spain), Festival Internacional de Cinema de Edimburgo (2022, Edinburgh – Scotland), and a group exhibition at IAB-SP – Instituto de Arquitetos do Brasil (n.d., São Paulo – Brazil). Soon the artist will integrate the Brazil Pavilion at the 16th Gwangju Biennale — titled “Decorations of Tomorrow, Brazil in Bud” and curated by Aldones Nino.