Emilya Guerrero Antillon is a first generation Afro Hispanic collage and mural artist born on the stolen land of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples also known as “Vancouver, BC, Canada”.

Emilya’s Afro-Hispanic roots are embodied in her practice through her vibrant use of colours and her figurative painting and collage-based works ' dynamic yet familiar depictions of the bodies. She is also heavily inspired by street art movements and the sense of communal and indivudual agency bred in guerilla and alternative art scenes. One of the vital aspects of her practice revolves around exploring and depicting the varied subtleties of BIPOC youth culture and communities she’s from and resides in; by doing so, Emilya hopes to explore the ways that fragmented memories and the construction of one's identities are tied to notions of place and the familiar encounters with likeminded bodies.