Tin Ayala (b. 1998, Ecuador)

is a design researcher and andean devil.

Their work examines Andean postcolonial responses , based on the “Cholo” (word of Indigenous origins appropriated during colonisation to categorize descendants of Indigenous and spanish) as a border identity capable of resignifying colonial notions of race . Their work employs abigarramiento as a methodology to create tools for celebrations, transforming colonial lamentation into acts of cultural empowerment. A fundamental aspect of their practice involves direct actions in collaboration with collectives based in the andes as acts of ayni (reciprocity) countering the historical colonial flow of value .

They are the Founder of Cholographics, graphic design studio dedicated to the research of andean visual culture, and co-founder of El Alto Aesthetics, transdisciplinary collective based in El Alto, Bolivia.

Tin's work has been recently presented in the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal (CA), Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Guarene (IT) and Les SUBS, Lieu vivant d'expériences artistiques in Lyon (FR).

Tin was awarded with the Gijs Bakker Award on 2023 and the Prince Klaus Seed Award on 2025. They are alumni of the Geo-Design department of the Design Academy Eindhoven in The Netherlands.