# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tunga
# Generated: 2026-09-08T19:28:44.931Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tunga"
name: "Tunga"
slug: "tunga"
description: "Antonio José de Barros Carvalho e Mello Mourão, known professionally as Tunga, was a Brazilian sculptor and performance artist. Tunga was born in Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil."
tagline: "Brazilian sculptor and performance artist (1952–2016)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/2014_02_27_galpao_007_foto_Gabi_Carrera.jpg/330px-2014_02_27_galpao_007_foto_Gabi_Carrera.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1952-02-08"
deathDate: "2016-06-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.32
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.760225333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0_(%D1%85%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA)"
    title: "Тунга (художник)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunga_(K%C3%BCnstler)"
    title: "Tunga (Künstler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunga_(artist)"
    title: "Tunga (artist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunga_(artista)"
    title: "Tunga (artista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunga_(artiste)"
    title: "Tunga (artiste)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunga_(kunstenaar)"
    title: "Tunga (kunstenaar)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunga_(artista)"
    title: "Tunga (artista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2384568"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump