Killa Collage are moon landscapes that depict the intersection and exploration of individual and collective stories, interpretation of life, humor, love, and human condition. This hand-cut collage art is created utilizing upcycled  mixed media paper. This process leads to unique and organically created final pieces. Each is one of a kind.  

Killa /kɛ- ʎa/, pronounced kee-ya: means moon in Kichwa, an indigenous language spoken in the northern Andes (Ecuador, Perú, and Colombia).  

Killa Collage was founded and created by Annie Del Hierro a community-engaged visual artist, organizer, culture promoter, and educator based in Brooklyn—the ancestral and unceded land of the Lenape. She was born in Quito, Ecuador and her work explores history, individual and collective memories, and identity utilizing visual arts as tools for her practice. She is interested in continuing to create collaborative public art projects as platforms for community engagement and cultural interchanges to reflect a collective identity and belonging. Annie usually collaborates with artists from different disciplines and the public who are not involved in traditional art settings. 

Photo by Vanessa Terán

Photo by Vanessa Terán