Andrea Jerez

Andrea Jerez (Mérida, Venezuela, 1997) is a poet, multimedia designer, and tattoo artist. Her work explores themes of migration, identity, and memory. She grew up in Tovar, a small town in the Venezuelan Andes, and emigrated to Buenos Aires at the age of 18, where she has built her artistic practice. Deeply influenced by her migrant experience, her writing addresses mental health, the reconstruction of family histories, and the reinterpretation of myths and beliefs from a position of exile.

Her work has been published in CAMPO, 100 Poems about the Earth (Camalote), in POESIA magazine of the University of Carabobo, and in the seventh edition of the Rafael Cadenas Young Poetry Anthology. Her first book, Rostros en la madera (Ediciones del Dock, 2023), received a creation grant from Argentina’s National Arts Fund.

Beyond literature, she is co-founder of Pumarosa Estudio, a space that promotes tattooing as an artistic format. Under her heteronym “Ámbar,” she creates tattoos inspired by visual interpretations of poems and explores tattooing as a tool for psychomagic and metaphorical action.

Andrea identifies as a migrant, a condition that permeates all her creative practices—from writing to design and symbolic rituals. Her work seeks to connect the personal and the collective, crossing physical and emotional borders in a continuous dialogue with her surroundings and her memory.

Andrea will be in residence during the month of September 2025.