This is the practice of Amy Gelera (they/she), a Latinx Graphic Designer 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 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 Collaborations︎︎︎
The Cyber West ︎︎︎ Thesis about the colonization of visual culture in Guatemalan urban spaces, 2022.
Advisory board member for Centre For Nordic Otherwise
Pechakucha Presentation
Stock Photography as a visual neocolonizer
Huiput Festival
May 2024, Helsinki
Aalto University (Lecture)
Typography: Decolonization
Visual Communication Design BA programme
February 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
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01.12.2022, Stockholm
Aalto University (Lecture)
Design as Critical Practice: Decoloniality
Visual Communication Design MA programme
30.09.2022