Lido Pimienta es una artista multidisciplinaria, crítica y curadora de arte, compositora y productora musical de origen Wayuu y Afro Colombiana, que reside en Toronto, Canadá. Pimienta lleva en los escenarios y exhibiendo su trabajo artístico desde el 2022, y en el presente hace su debut como anfitriona, escritora y creadora del show de televisión, LIDO TV. El trabajo y mensaje de Pimienta se centra en las politicas de genero, raza, maternidades e identidades desde un lente feminista y migrante enfocada en diasporas y vernacular Sudamericana. 

Lido Pimienta es un referente artístico internacional. Su punto de vista y resistencia a las normas que se imponen en la sociedad y en especial a las mujeres racializadas en la escena musical e industrias creativas. Con humor, irreverencia y sensibilidad en su voz y su canciones desgarradoramente reales, Lido Pimienta demuestra que se puede existir en dichas escenas comerciales e independientes en armonía, sin tener que renunciar a cierta dignidad y genuinidad propia. 

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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 resides in Toronto Canada, and has been performing live and exhibiting her work worldwide since 2010. She was the first female of colour to ever compose and original score for the New York City Ballet Orchestra and is also the first ever black and indigenous woman to be debuting as a TV host, writer and creator of a network show in Canada, LIDO TV; a variety show that explores themes like Feminism, Colonialism and Success, with a hilarious twists and the help of puppets. Pimienta’s music and visual work navigates politics of gender, race, motherhood and the construct of the Canadian Landscape in the South American diaspora and vernacular. 

Lido Pimienta aims to create a sense of belonging and strength through diversity. Diversity as a feeling and Diversity as a verb. Born and raised in the Caribbean North Coast of Colombia, she draws and creates portraits of the familiar faces found in big crowds going about their day in a beautifully synchronized chaos of the places she calls home. These compositions all exist in what Pimienta calls CARIBE SUBLIME, in which she identifies the Caribbean coast of Colombia and peoples from African diasporas, their cultures and identities, not as exotic but Sublime. 

An international artistic referent in her own right, Pimienta’s point of view and resistance to follow trends or participate in a narrative that demands racialized women to be a trope, has earned Pimienta a loyal following in both the mainstream and artistic arenas. With humor, irreverence and the tenderness that comes from her singing voice, Pimienta has positioned herself as a true Renaissance Woman.