Rad Pereira

Rad Pereira is a multi-spirit mixed Black, Indigenous Brazilian, Jewish (im)migrant artist currently based in Lenapehoking (Brooklyn). Their creative practices range from social sculpture, to popular theatrical and TV/film performance, to participatory liberatory artmaking and healing that weaves together an Afro-futurist longing for transformative justice and queer (re)Indigenization of culture. With their community Rad created The (Im)Migrant Hustle and produced Bang Bang Gun Amok I + II at Abrons Art Center. With their artner at You Are Here, LILLETH, they created Media Tools for Liberation at JackNY, Decolonization Rave and Cosmic Commons. In 2017 Rad was NYC Public Artist in Residence with my collaborators (Keelay Gipson, Britton Smith, Josh Adam Ramos), at the Department of Cultural Affairs and Children's Services working with L2GBQTIA+ foster youth; As an actor and director, Rad has contributed to stories at HBO, CBS, MTV, National Black Theatre, MITU350, The Public Theater, La Mama etc., Shakespeare Theatre in DC, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, ART Boston, The Bushwick Starr, Target Margin, Ars Nova, New Ohio, Clubbed Thumb, Theatre for a New Audience, Watermill Center, Sesame Street, Theatre 167 and various online media platforms. As a cultural strategist, Rad has spoken and consulted at the United Nations, Queens Museum, Rio de Janeiro Museum, Instituto Republica, SITI Company Thought Center, A Blade of Grass, SUPERBLUE, Broadway Advocacy Coalition at Columbia University, The New School, The 8th Floor, Working Woman of Color Conference, Dance/NYC Symposium, and Culture/Shift. Rad has taught performance classes and workshops at Pace University, Interlochen Arts Academy, and The Door. Currently, Rad shifts between cultural work in performance, education, social sculpture and community organizing. They are co-writing a book on socially engaged performance and social justice with Jan Cohen-Cruz to be published by New Village Press in 2022.