This is the practice of Amy Gelera (they/she), a Latinx Graphic Designer and Art Director based in Helsinki, Finland. They are co-creator and chair of S.U.R. (a Latin American decolonial design collective). Their design and research aim to visualise, advocate for and support efforts that aim for systemic change. 

Esta es la práctica de Amy Gelera (elle/ella), unx diseñadorx gráficx y directorx de arte basadx en Helsinki, Finlandia. Es co-creadorx y presidentx de S.U.R. (un colectivo Latinoamericano de diseño decolonial). Su diseño e investigación tienen como objetivo visualizar, defender y apoyar esfuerzos que tienen como objetivo el cambio sistemático. 

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Research + Dialogue Collaborations︎︎︎

The Cyber West ︎︎︎ Thesis about the colonization of visual culture in Guatemalan urban spaces, 2022.

Advisory board member for Centre For Nordic Otherwise

Graphic Desiger of the week
Interview 
Grafia x Radio Helsinki
May 2025, Helsinki

Pechakucha 
Stock Photography as a visual neocolonizer 
Huiput Festival, Grafia 
May 2024, Helsinki

Aalto University (Lectures)
(1) Typography: Decolonization
Visual Communication Design BA
(2)  Design as Critical Practice: Decoloniality
Visual Communication Design MA
2022, 2024

Islands of Kinship (Workshop)
Climate justice in art institutions. How to infiltrate.
Together with S.U.R.
November 2023, Helsinki

Stop Hatred Now Class and Intersectionality: how to start organising, how to sustain, organizing, how to collaborate, challenge and address contention.
Together with S.U.R.
May 2023, Helsinki

In futurum and Re:Arc Institute Symposia for a Just Future - Creating Climate Justice Communities Through
Culture (Symposium)
Together with S.U.R.
02.05.2023, Copenhagen

Astra Magazine Questions in graphic design and editorial art direction/illustration within feminist work .
01.12.2022, Stockholm