Adriana Mosquera Sarmiento - Mexico / Columbia
Adriana Mosquera
Designer biography:
Adriana Mosquera is a Colombian visual artist and photographer with over 11 years of experience in self-taught jewelry making. She earned her Fine Arts degree in 2008 from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and, in 2009, completed a Master’s in Photography at EFTI in Madrid, thanks to the Roberto Villagraz Grant. Now based in Cuernavaca, Mexico, Adriana has presented her work at major platforms such as Expo Joya, Intermoda, and Design Week Mexico (PRINT 2025). Her brand has been widely recognized, including as a finalist in México Muy Mexicano 2023, winner of the Women Exporters Program UPS 2022, and one of the ten brands selected by the Jalisco Jewelry Chamber for “Joyas del Diseño 2023.” Her creations have also been featured in Joya Magazine as one of the most innovative proposals within the Mexican jewelry scene. Through jewelry, she explores the emotional landscapes of migration, identity, and rebirth—offering each piece as an intimate compass back to the self.
Collection concept:
This series of brooches weaves together fragments of my personal visual archive with unexpected findings from nature. Some images were taken during visits to the sanctuaries in Mexico where these species migrate and thrive—moments of awe that I captured with reverence. Fireflies—delicate guardians of humid forests—glow with the silent urgency of disappearing ecosystems. Monarch butterflies, timeless migrants, remind us that beauty moves and pollinates as it travels, sustaining the genetic diversity of our flora. Coral reefs, marine sanctuaries shimmering beneath the surface, rise as vibrant oases in danger. Each piece is an offering to the fragile brilliance of nature and a call to awaken, before it's too late, to our shared responsibility. Etched on the back of each brooch is a fragment from ”100 años de Soledad”, the novel Gabriel García Márquez wrote in Mexico while remembering his homeland, Colombia. For me, it’s a way to intertwine two identities—Mexican and Colombian—through the lens of magical realism.
