Sheroanawe Hakihiiwe

Forest forms, ancestral knowledge and spiritual traditions inform a visual language that extends from handmade paper to film and installation. Sheroanawe Hakihiiwe, the artist’s first solo U.S. museum exhibition, is on view November 19, 2026 through March 28, 2027 at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami in the Miami Design District.

A Yanomami artist born in Venezuela, Hakihiiwe lives in the Poripori community along the upper Orinoco River. His drawings, paintings and prints translate observations of plants and animals into signs and patterns that record his cultural heritage and relationship with the forest.

The exhibition brings together more than 100 works, including loans from the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain and new commissions. Four sections trace Hakihiiwe’s development from early works on paper and systems for cataloging natural forms to larger landscapes and explorations shaped by his recent shamanic training. New works include a film accompanied by the artist’s chanting, a mural and an installation of shamanic poles.

Jointly produced by ICA Miami and the Fondation Cartier, the exhibition features a design by architect Mauricio Rocha and Taller de Arquitectura. Inspired by traditional Yanomami communal housing, known as shapono, the setting incorporates filtered light, natural earth pigments and framed views of the surrounding landscape.