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Education
2012
MFA in Studio Arts- Memphis College of Art
2007
BA – Fine Arts- Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
2007
BA in Communications; Advertising and Public Relations-Cum Laude
Solo & Two Person Exhibitions
2024
Espacio Temporal; Livia Ortiz & Gold; Joshua Nazario - Embajada- San Juan, PR
2021
Electric Hue by Nora Maite Nieves & Livia Ortiz Rios at Proxyco Gallery; New York, NY
2017
Pushed to the Brink - Sweet Lorraine Gallery- TI Art Studio- Brooklyn, NY
2013
Memphis Jewish Communitiy Center-The Shainberg Art Gallery-Memphis, TN
Group Exhibitions
2025
Works on Paper - Inaugural Exhibitions at palladium/Athena- Brooklyn, NY
Estación Piscina - Talleres Telecom; Bogotá, Colombia
Bajo cielos fluidos, silban mares dorados, donde las hojas susurran secretos a estrellas liquidas, Curated by Paola Peña - Facultad de Artes Universidad Javeriana- Bogotá, Colombia
Ashes Whispering, Curated by Dulcina Abreu - NYLAAT; Governor’s Island, NY
Puerto Rico Women in the Arts - La Liga de Arte, San Juan, PR
Puerto Rico Women in the Arts - El Shomburg, Chicago, IL
2024
National Hispanic Heritage Art Show - Judy Black Park & Gardens - Washington, CT
Composed Matter - at Fjord Gallery, Philadelphia, PA - Curated by Kerri Ammirata and Natessa Amin
2022
ON sight - 7 Lispenard St. New York, NY
Across the Horizon / Atravesar El Horizonte - Group Show Curated by Melissa Ramos Borges; at El Kilometro 0.2, Santurce, Puerto Rico
Tamo Aquí / We Here - Embajada - San Juan, Puerto Rico
2021
Damas, Damas, Damas, Damas - at The Green Gallery in partnership with Embajada; Milwaukee, WI
Damas, Damas, Damas, Damas - Online show at Vortic.art with Embajada
Entreformas - Curated by Abdiel Segarra; Museo De Arte de Puerto Rico - San Juan, PR
Studio Jamz III, Brooklyn, New York.
2019
CACPR Fundraiser - Mana Contemporary - Jersey City, NJ
2015
Muestra Nacional de Arte - Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña- San Juan, PR 52nd Annual Juried Exhibition- Masur Museum- Monroe, Louisiana
2013
Mandala- Intern Project- Freight + Volume Gallery- New York, NY
Unchained- The Rozelle Wharehouse- Memphis, TN
2012
Third Annual Juried Student Book Arts Competition-University of Florida-George A. Smathers Libraries-FL
Memphis Vive: Latin-American art in the south-Dixon Gallery and Gardens-Memphis, TN
Influx: MFA Thesis Exhibition-Hyde Gallery-Nesin Graduate Center-Memphis, TN
Here and There- George Segal Gallery- Montclair State University-Montclair, NJ
Draw Color Line Exhibition-Germantown Performing Arts Center- Memphis, TN
2011
MCA MFA show -West Memorial-Broad Avenue, Memphis, TN
MFA Selected Works-Hyde Gallery-Nesin Graduate Center –Memphis TN Service Master Exhibition-Service Master -669 N.Main St, Memphis TN Works on Paper-West Memorial-Broad Avenue, Memphis, TN
2009
Re-interpretation of iconic Photographers -Casa Aboy PL900 Photographic gallery Santurce, P.R.
2008
Exchange between Fine Arts and Architecture-University of P.R.-Rio Piedras, PR
2007
War -Francisco Oller Gallery, University of P.R, Rio Piedras, PR
Graduates Exhibition 2007-Francisco Oller Gallery, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras PR
2005
Winners of the photo marathon- Gallery of the Fortaleza-San Juan, PR
Residencies
2025
Woodward Residency, Queens, New York
R.A.R.O - Bogotá, Colombia
2024
CanSerrat Residency - Barcelona, Spain
2016
Vermont Studio Center - Vermont, US
Awards
2025
The Canopy Residency New York, Runner Up
2012
Third Annual Juried Student Book Arts Competition
Academic Excellence Award-Memphis College of Art
2011-2012
Hohenberg Scholarships, Hohenberg Foundation- Memphis College of Art
2010-2012
Portfolio Award-Merit Scholarship- Memphis College of Art
Collections
University of Florida-George A. Smathers Libraries
Le Bonheur Hospital
Publications
2025
El lenguaje arcaico de lo indócil. Revista Plástica. Articulo por Ivelisse Jiménez. www.revistaplasticapr.com
2024
Livia Ortiz, Yuxtapone curiosidades en su arte. Sabor a Coco. Entrevista por Daliana Alvarado. Fotografía por Mónica Felix. www.saborcoco.com
2022
Islands in the stream – arts ecosystems in The Bahamas and Puerto Rico by Marina Reyes Franco. ArtBasel Stories. www.ArtBasel.com
2021
"Electric Hue": two-person exhibition by Nora Maité Nieves and Livia Ortiz presented by PROXYCO and Embajada, USA - Terremoto MX.com
2017
The Culturetrip's "10 Emerging Contemporary Artists From Puerto Rico You Need to Know"
2013
New American Paintings- MFA Edition-No.105
2012
Commercial Appeal-Exhibit uncovers new Latino talent -- 'Vive' takes small measure of community by Fredric Koeppel
Commercial Appeal, Draw Color Line, by Michael Donahue
4Memphis Magazine, Draw Color Line Exhibition by Mark Ramirez