Zé Kielwagen is an artist based from Brazil based in the USA, where he works as an Assistant Professor of Art at Oberlin College.

He is the founder and organizer of Museu da Umbanda, an indie museum focused on art informed by religion and magic. 

His artwork has been featured in venues and programs such as the Ghetto Biennale in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the Queer Museum in Hanoi, Vietnam, the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Open Source Gallery in NYC, and others.