River Coello is a Guayaquil-born cultural weaver and artist-scholar based in Orlando. Their decolonial practice integrates research and facilitation, writing and translation, and performance and visual media. They are proudly Andean, kariwarmi, kuir, and disabled, centering the intersections of structural vulnerability and holistic wellness in their work.
As a whole, River’s critical body of work connects seemingly disparate fibers, thematically and modally, to reimagine richer relationships to ourselves, each other, and our world. Drawing from Andean wisdom and Indigenous frameworks, in their transgressive body, they weave grief with hope, moving us away from limited colonial determinants of wellness toward greater personal alignment, collective empathy, and environmental responsibility. Read more.
