Gerardo Rojas J.

“My goal is to really represent diverse LGTBIQ+ identities.... I want the world to see that queer people in Peru are full of magic and brilliance on their own.”

Meet Gerardo

Gerardo Rojas Juárez (he/him) is a visual artist currently living in Lima, Peru. He is 23 years old and has been working with photography, graphic design, videos, and illustration for the past five years. He studied and graduated in advertising and communication at the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences (UPC). Gerardo says that art is an intensely motivating force for him, allowing him to take in his life’s varied experiences and share pieces of his memory and heart with the world.

His commission project for the Artist Development Fund was inspired by the Identity and Gender and Celebration of Self creative briefs. In the project, he plans to portray the daily life of the LGBTQ community within Peru, and to represent their spirit and struggle through his colorful perspective.

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