ARTIST STATEMENT - BIO


J Triangular (they/them/he/him) is a transmasculine, non-binary filmmaker, poet, curator, and spiritual artivist from Colombia, working between Taiwan and Medellín. Their fierce, collaborative practice builds queer and trans collectives and film cooperatives across Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, Colombia, and South Africa—creating radical spaces where trans lives become poetry and resistance.
J’s work is a manifesto of liberation from the Global South—melding raw intimacy, queer fantasy, and spiritual autobiography to reveal the complex histories of migration, resilience, survival, and systemic erasure. Their films are cinematic rebellions: The First Kiss of the Night is a neon-lit, genre-shattering uprising against violence and invisibility, weaving kung fu, queer horror, and musical ritual into a radical celebration of trans survival and love.
Their acclaimed shorts "Travesti Opening"(2024) and "The Martial Forest" (2025) have electrified audiences worldwide, while their feature documentary TRANSMIGRANTS (The Musical), selected for UnionDocs, channels ancestral and collective memory into a living archive of queer resistance through music.
J’s work has been exhibited at the New Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Whitney Museum, Asian Art Museum, Cinemateca de Bogotá, State of Concept (Athens), and Documenta 15. They also mentor emerging African artists for Visual AIDS’ Day With(out) Art and program for MIX NYC, the longest-running queer experimental film festival in New York.
For J, cinema is urgent—a vital space for queer worldbuilding that sparks imagination and radical learning. Their filmmaking is a fierce act of repair, resistance, and redefinition, committed to creating a culture of care that nurtures resilience, community, and transformative justice.