About this Artist

Lido Pimienta is a multidisciplinary visual artist, art critic, and curator. She is a composer and musical producer of Afro-Indigenous (Wayuu) ancestry from Colombia. Pimienta lives in Toronto and has been performing live and exhibiting her work worldwide since 2010. She was the first female of color ever to compose an original score for the New York City Ballet Orchestra and is also the first-ever Black and Indigenous woman to have debuted as a TV host, writer, and creator of a network show in Canada, LIDO TV, a variety show that explores themes including feminism, colonialism, and success with a hilarious twist and the help of puppets. Pimienta’s music and visual work navigate politics of gender, race, motherhood, and the construct of the Canadian landscape in the South American diaspora and vernacular.