River Coello is a Guayaquil-born cultural weaver based in Orlando. As an artist-scholar, their decolonial practice integrates research and facilitation, writing and translation, and performance and visual media. They are proudly Andean, kariwarmi, kuir, and disabled.
As a whole, River’s body of work connects disparate fibers, thematically and modally, in the reimagining of a world oriented toward holistic wellness for all. Weaving grief with hope, they seek to contribute to transmutations of structural vulnerability into power, grounded in greater personal alignment, collective empathy, and environmental responsibility. Read more.
