Tiago Aguiar was born in Serro (MG) and spends the year between a photographic studio in Belo Horizonte and construction work in the USA. He researches ritual performative action as a process of afecting  himself and others, using laborial work as a language and structure.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from the Guignard School in Belo Horizonte (MG), and a specialization in photography from the Hallmark Institute of Photography, Turner Falls (MA, USA). He is the president of the NGO Movimento Áurea, which carries out art and culture activities in the city of Serro.

 He held a solo exhibition, “Rusá”, at CameraSete (Belo Horizonte) and was a finalist in the Pierre Verger National Photography Awards. He researched the Rosário Festival in Serro between 2010 and 2020, having carried out a project entitled Retrato Cultura e Identidade (Portrait of Culture and Identity) with funding from the Minas Gerais State Culture Fund.