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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 Exhibitions
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
2022
ON sight - 7 Lispenard St. New York, NY
Across the Horizon / Atravesar El Horizonte - Group Show Curated by Melissa Ramos Borges; at El Kilometro0.2, Santurce, Puerto Rico
Tamo Aquí / We Here - Embajada Gallery - San Juan, Puerto Rico
2021
Two Person Show: Electric Hue by Nora Maite Nieves & Livia Ortiz Rios at Proxyco Gallery in partnership with Embajada Gallery; New York, NY
Damas, Damas, Damas, Damas - at The Green Gallery in partnership with Embajada Gallery; Milwaukee, WI
Damas, Damas, Damas, Damas - Online show at Vortic.art with Embajada Gallery
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
2024
CanSerrat Residency - Barcelona, Spain
2016
Vermont Studio Center - Vermont, US
Awards
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
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