Wisrah C. V. da R. Celestino (Buritizeiro, 1989) lives and works in Berlin, Germany. They hold a Bachelor of Laws from the Federal Fluminense University Law School and completed a postgraduate residency program at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig. With their work, the artist investigates the remaining structures of the transatlantic colonial project, focusing on institutional critique, language, and objecthood. 

In addition to being awarded the ars viva 2025, Celestino was previously granted numerous other grants, prizes, residencies, and fellowships, amongst them the Pampulha Grant, Brazil (Belo Horizonte Municipal Foundation for Culture); Ducato Prize, Italy; Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig, Germany (Ministry of Science and Culture of the Lower Saxony); La Becque, Switzerland (The Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia); PACT Zollverein, Germany; British Council, UK; and Pivô, Brazil. They were nominated for Villa Romana (2026) and the Stipendium der Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden und des Nassauischen Kunstvereins Wiesbaden (2025) and were a finalist for the III Reynaldo Roels Jr. Award (2017).

Among their 2025 projects are solo exhibitions at GDA (São Paulo), Kunstraum Leuphana (Lüneburg), and Between Bridges Foundation (Berlin), as well as group exhibitions at Haus der Kunst (Munich), Palais Populaire (Berlin), Kunst Raum Mitte (Berlin), Bonner Kunstverein (Bonn), Kunsthaus Baselland (Münchenstein), Halle für Kunst Lüneburg, and Bonniers Konsthall (Stockholm).