Daiara Hori Figueroa Sampaio, a traditional Duhigô name, belongs to the Erëmiri Hãusiro Parameri clan of the Yepá Mahsã people, better known as Tukano. She is an artist, independent communicator, indigenous rights activist, and Human Rights researcher. Her work is based on the research of the traditions and spirituality of her people, especially through the study of the Hori. To this end, Daiara dedicates herself to apprehending the visions she attains in her dreams and in the studies she does with her family, while also observing the paintings found on the traditional objects of her culture, such as the weavings of the basketry, the ceramics, the benches, and the body paintings, which allude to the memory of the same history of transformation that is the Tukano’s history of humanity. The artist articulates the investigation into her people’s culture and the experimentation with forms and light, seeking to understand the density of its vibrations as well as how they affect us on multiple levels. 

Her solo exhibitions include Omẽ Mahsã – Invisible Beings, Almeida & Dale, São Paulo, Brazil (2026); Pamuri Pati: Mundo de Transformação, at the Museu Nacional da República, Brasília (2023), and at the Museu de Arte do Rio – MAR, Rio de Janeiro (2024); Kihtimori: Memórias da Criação, at the Richard Saltoun Gallery, Rome, Italy (2023); and Amõ Numiã, at Millan, São Paulo (2023); in 2025, she presented the installation Festa no Céu – Mirĩ’kʉã ʉmʉhsé’pʉ Bahsa’rã, at Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil – CCBB, in Belo Horizonte. Daiara Tukano was also a guest artist in the 30th Exhibition Program at Centro Cultural São Paulo, Brazil (2020). As a curator, she organized the group exhibition Ohpeko Dihtara – Travessias da Guanabara at MAC Niterói in Rio de Janeiro in 2026. In 2022, she curated the exhibition Nhe’é Porã: Memória e transformação, at the Museu da Língua Portuguesa, São Paulo, which in 2024 had itinerancies at the Museu Emílio Goeldi, in Belém, and at Ségur Hall, at UNESCO, in Paris, France.

The artist participated in several group exhibitions, including the 4th edition of Frestas - Trienal de Artes: do caminho um rezo, Sesc Sorocaba, Brazil (2026); Jangueando: Recent Acquisitions, 2021–2025, El Museo del Barrio, New York, USA (2025); Amazonias. El futuro ancestral, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Spain (2024); Dear Earth: Art and Hope in a Time of Crisis, Hayward Gallery, London, England (2023); Brasil Futuro: as formas da democracia, Museu Nacional da República, Brasília, Brazil (2023); Histórias Brasileiras, MASP, São Paulo, Brazil (2022); Contramemória, Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, Brazil (2022); Brasilidade pós-modernismo, CCBB, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte and Brasília, Brazil (2022); Kaa Body - Cosmovision of the rainforest, Paradise Row, London, UK (2021); 34th Bienal de São Paulo, Brazil (2021); Moquém Surari - Arte Indígena Contemporânea, MAM São Paulo, Brazil (2021); and Véxoa: nós sabemos, Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil (2020). 

In 2025, Daiara received the following honors and distinctions: the Rui Barbosa Medal; the Order of Rio Branco Condecoration; and Seu Teodoro District Medal of Merit for Culture. She also won the PIPA Online Award 2021 and the Prince Claus Award from the Dutch organization Prince Claus Fund in 2022. She is a member of the National Council of Culture, representing the civil society of indigenous peoples. Her works are part of the collection of institutions such as Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, USA; Instituto Inclusartiz, Brazil; MASP Brazil; El Museo del Barrio, USA; Museo delle Civiltà, Italy; and Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil.