Profile
Chris Luza is a visual artist and cultural mediator based in Peru. In their work, Chris investigates how the entanglement of fantastic horror and terror narratives with “historical truths” have bounded our senses of well-being to colonial hierarchies. From this standpoint, Chris’s practice seeks to sabotage those patriarchal and Eurocentric epistemologies while simultaneously empowering inherited emancipatory knowledges that survive the colonial order. Through relational methodologies grounded in contact with worlding processes, their work spans various visual mediums — such as video installations, performances, and drawings — as well as experimental gatherings including festivals, exhibitions, and collective reading experiences.
Chris’s collaborative projects have received public cultural grants in Peru, including the project "La peor de todas" and the art festival "Subsuelo". In 2025, they received an Honourable Mention at the PREE Fertile Ground Writing Competition and they also recently participated in the 2025 Materia Abierta Summer School and artistic residency in Mexico City.
