nawa angel alviar horton, widely known as Moonyeka, is a chimeric creator with a multi-embodied presence in performance, qt nightlife, writing, experimental media, teaching artistry, and divination praxis. They center kilig as a compass to conjure erotically charged revolutions with animistic unapology, risqué, and Ilocano imagination.
nawa’s past publications can be found in smoke and mold; Khôra; The Holy Hour anthology by Working Girls Press; Seventh Wave’s On Queer Family Anthology; Instruction Manual for a New Era with PNW Conceptual Art Center; Lilac Peril’s Taboo anthology. They have been the recipient of residencies, awards and fellowships including Tin House, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art CXL, In Surreal Life Artist-in-Residence, George Newsome Humanitarian Award, Seattle DanceCrush, Mary Gates Research Award, Arc Fellowship, and Andy Warhol Foundation’s Precipice Fund Award.
nawa exists in the in-between, frequently emerging on Tongva, Chumash, Chinook, Puyallup, Duwamish lands; the Coast Salish sea and cancerian multiverses.
Waling waling palpitations is their first book.
Their website is moonyeka.world.