Elyla lives and works in Basel, Switzerland.

Elyla (they/them) is a cochón-chontalli-barro-mestiza artist born in Villa Sandino, Nicaragua. Their name, meaning "him-and-she" in Spanish, reflects a deep engagement with gender beyond colonial binaries. Rooted in Mesoamerican localities, their multidisciplinary practice spans video performance, installation, sculpture, and site-specific interventions. Elyla’s work researches colonial traces in cultural traditions like La Gigantona, El Güegüense, and cockfighting rituals, imagining new decolonial futures. They co-founded Operación Queer/Cochona in 2013 and are currently co-creating the Community Research Center for the Decolonization of Knowledge and Mestizaje, advancing community-based anti-colonial praxis across Central America.

Elyla lives and works in Basel, Switzerland.

Elyla (they/them) is a cochón-chontalli-barro-mestiza artist born in Villa Sandino, Nicaragua. Their name, meaning "him-and-she" in Spanish, reflects a deep engagement with gender beyond colonial binaries. Rooted in Mesoamerican localities, their multidisciplinary practice spans video performance, installation, sculpture, and site-specific interventions. Elyla’s work researches colonial traces in cultural traditions like La Gigantona, El Güegüense, and cockfighting rituals, imagining new decolonial futures. They co-founded Operación Queer/Cochona in 2013 and are currently co-creating the Community Research Center for the Decolonization of Knowledge and Mestizaje, advancing community-based anti-colonial praxis across Central America.