“Finding Soft Ground” combines portraiture, text, video, and more to highlight the lives of Black women and femmes in various physical and emotional environments, revealing the abnormality of normalized discomfort, aggression, and terror while spotlighting the critical spaces of care, sanctuary, and ease that often go unrecognized.

“A mystical black bird can fly to hidden dimensions,” the 30-year-old Brazilian artist said in a recent interview.

The exhibition, which closed on June 1, continues the visual conversations from his 2021 Studio Museum of Harlem residency, showcasing deeply tender portrayals of Black trans masculine identities in moments of grief, rest, contemplation, devotion, sexuality, and love.