About Vianney Harelly

“ Vianney Harelly (elle/ella/él) is a fronterize multi disciplinary artist from Tijuana, Mexico. They write poetry in imperfect Spanglish as a way to resist colonizer languages but also as a way to reflect their experience as a fronterize. Their writing and art is a testament to what it means to grow up in the borderland as an oldest daughter, first generation student and cycle breaker in a family and culture haunted by generational trauma and the legacies of colonization. Vianney discovered writing was their purpose in life when they were in sixth grade and won their first writing contest and they have not stopped since. They graduated from San Francisco State University in 2018 with a BA in Creative Writing. Today they have 4 self published books and 1 bilingual journal. They dedicate most of their time now to exploring new creative art mediums, community organizing and helping their readers see the connection between Palestinian liberation and liberation of Mexico, the Global South and all indigenous and marginalized communities through visual art.”