Paulo Nazareth: A Biography Early Life and Influences Born in 1977 in Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Paulo Nazareth is a contemporary artist whose work powerfully addresses themes of immigration, globalization, and decoloniality. Growing up in an Afro-Brazilian community deeply shaped his perspective and informs the socio-political undercurrents within his art. A pivotal early influence was sculptor and artist Mestre Orlando, with whom Nazareth apprenticed, learning the traditional craft of carving *carrancas* – distinctive wooden figures used as protective charms on boats in Br…