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ALEXANDRE 
KETO

My art is born from three pillars: Africa, Spirituality, and Samba. In Africa, I learned about collectivity. In the Òrìsàs, communion with the sacred. In Samba, the celebration of life. From the union of these paths emerges my work. Art as communion, between the divine and the human, the ancestral and the present, the individual and the community. I paint to connect. I paint so that communion becomes color, gesture, and transformation.

These pillars are not separate; they meet in what I consider essential.

Communion

 

Africa is my starting point and my root. It is through African ancestry that I learned the value of collectivity, solidarity, and belonging. There, communion manifests in the simple act of sharing, walking together, and supporting one another. By bringing these references into art, I connect continents, histories, and cultures. Translating into colors and forms the strength of a people who resist and create.

 

Spirituality

 

The Òrìșà, is my sacred axis. My art is also prayer; it is a channel of dialogue with the divine. When I paint, it is as if I am in communion with Orunmila, seeking wisdom, clarity, and destiny. Each work is a ritual, a moment of union between the spirit world and the earth. A space where faith and aesthetics meet to generate awareness and transformation.

 

Celebration

 

Samba is my ground and also my celebration. Samba is communion in motion. In the circle, everyone is part of it, everyone has a voice. It is dance, it is song, it is creative freedom. It is the most vivid expression of Brazilian collectivity, where joy and resistance meet. And just like samba, my art is meant to be on the streets, to connect people, to generate belonging. From the sum of these three pillars arises what moves me: Art as communion. Art as a union of the divine and the human, the ancestral and the contemporary, the individual and the collective. Therefore, my work is not limited to galleries; it is in favelas, villages, and communities. In every mural, on every painted staircase, in every artistic collaborative effort, art becomes a real experience of communion-capable of strengthening, beautifying, and transforming.

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