Yudi Rafael is an independent curator based in São Paulo, Brazil. He is the curator of Transoceanic Perspectives—a long-term research and exhibition program dedicated to the arts of the Asian diasporas—at Almeida & Dale, in São Paulo, where he curated the solo shows Candice Lin: Hospitality for Ghosts (2023), and Mario N. Ishikawa: Archaeological Site (2023). His recent curatorial projects include the shows The Appearance: Art of the Asian Diasporas in Latin America and the Caribbean, co-curated with Tie Jojima at Americas Society (New York, 2024), Chen Kong Fang—O refúgio, co-curated with Paulo Miyada at Instituto Tomie Ohtake (São Paulo, 2024), The Sun’s Path at Gomide&Co (São Paulo, 2023), and Parable of Progress, co-curated with Lisette Lagnado and André Pitol at SESC Pompéia (São Paulo, 2022). He holds an MA and MPhil in Latin American and Iberian cultures from Columbia University and is the co-translator to Portuguese, with Jorgge Menna Barreto, of Anna Tsing’s The Mushroom at the End of the World (O cogumelo no fim do mundo, n-1 edições, 2022). (Photo credit: Daniel Wilson)