Gabi Pérez Silver is an independent artist and freelance photographer based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. With a practice rooted in storytelling and social documentary, her work spans fine art, music, editorial, and nonprofit sectors.

Gabi has collaborated with a wide range of artists, brands, and institutions, including Bad Bunny, The Marías, Rosalía, Esquire, Vogue, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico.

Her visual work often explores themes of resilience, cultural identity, and collective memory, most notably in her powerful project Our Mind; A Weapon, which has been exhibited widely and supported by organizations such as the Andy Warhol Foundation and Women Photograph. She was a shortlisted finalist for the 2020 Inge Morath Award and a recipient of the 2019–2020 Women Photograph Mentorship Program.

Gabi has published two books using mixed media content including Stories, work that only appeared on her Instagram stories for 24 hours, and El (Clan)Destino, a visual narrative of the COVID-19 pandemic years 2020-2021.

Her recent focus has been working with local businesses that are focused on preserving Puerto Rican agriculture, such as James Beard Award winning restaurant Cocina Al Fondo and Puerto Rico Produce, an application and online supermarket promoting Puerto Rican produce. Her latest personal project is an exhibit focusing on loss, grief, and the yearning / search for the Puerto Rican identity.

In addition to her artistic practice, Gabi has served as a photography instructor with Momenta Workshops on all our Project Puerto Rico workshops, mentoring students on using documentary photography and multimedia creative expression.

See Gabi’s work at https://gbiprz.com/ or on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/gbiprz.