MANU JORQUERA (1986) IS A CHILEAN VISUAL ARTIST WHOSE WORK EXPLORES THE MESTIZO POPULAR CULTURE OF CHILE AND THE BROADER LATIN AMERICAN IDENTITY. THROUGH THE REINTERPRETATION OF SYMBOLS ROOTED IN THE LATIN AMERICAN IMAGINATION, SUCH AS THE ROOSTER, RELIGIOSITY, AND BOHEMIAN MUSIC, HIS WORK CREATES A DIALOGUE BETWEEN TRADITION AND CONTEMPORANEITY.
DEEPLY COMMITTED TO REGIONAL CULTURE, HIS ARTISTIC PRACTICE EXTENDS TO POSTER DESIGN, ALBUM COVERS, AND ILLUSTRATIONS FOR MUSICAL AND EDITORIAL PROJECTS FOCUSED ON THE RESEARCH AND APPRECIATION OF LATIN AMERICAN HERITAGE. HE HAS ALSO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN INITIATIVES DEDICATED TO THE STUDY AND PRESERVATION OF FOLKLORE AND POPULAR CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS ACROSS THE CONTINENT.