Livia Ortiz Ríos (Arecibo, Puerto Rico) is a visual artist living and working between New York and Puerto Rico. She received her MFA in Studio Arts from Memphis College of Art in 2012.

Working across painting, sculpture, and installation, Ortiz Ríos explores fragmentation, transformation, and the relationships between materials and space. Her practice challenges the traditional boundaries of painting through experimentation with plexiglass, wood, and mixed media, incorporating transparency, light, and shadow.

Her recent exhibitions include Diasporican at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico (2026); Ashes Whispering at NYLAAT, New York (2025); Espacio Temporal, a solo exhibition at Embajada Gallery, San Juan (2024); and Cosmic Materiality at Fjord Gallery (2024). Previous exhibitions include Entreformas at the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, curated by Abdiel Segarra Ríos (2022); Damas, Damas, Damas, Damas at The Green Gallery in collaboration with Embajada Gallery, Milwaukee (2022); and a two-person exhibition at Proxyco Gallery, New York (2021).

Her work has also been exhibited at Freight + Volume Gallery, the Masur Museum of Art, and La Muestra Nacional del Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, among others. Her work has been featured in New American Paintings, and she was awarded a residency at the Vermont Studio Center in 2016.

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Included in The Culturetrip's "10 Emerging Contemporary Artist From Puerto Rico You Need to Know" 

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liviaortizstudio@gmail.com