Maria Thereza Alves, (Brazil, 1961) has participated in the Sydney Biennale, the Toronto Biennale, Manifesta 12 and 7, the 32nd and 29th São Paulo Biennale, the Sharjah Biennale and in dOCUMENTA (13). She has had a solo exhibit at MUAC in Mexico City and a survey exhibit at CAAC in Seville. Alves is the recipient of the Vera List Prize for Art and Politics 2016-2018. In 1978, as a member of the International Indian Treaty Council, Alves made an official presentation of human rights abuses of the indigenous population of Brazil at the U.N. Human Rights Commission in Geneva. Alves was co-founder of the Green Party of Sao Paulo in 1987. Her book, Recipes for Survival has recently been published by University of Texas Press. www.mariatherezaalves.org