Shey Rivera Rios

Bio

Shey Rivera Ríos (pronouns: they/them) is a multi-genre artist and arts manager. Rivera’s work exists at the intersection of art/culture, digital media, and civic engagement. Rivera is the former Artistic Director at AS220, where they served for eight years and succeeded founder Umberto Crenca. As an artist, they are active in the mediums of performance, installation, digital media, and poetry/narrative. Their creations span several genres and a myriad of topics, from home to capitalism to queerness to magic. Rivera is also a performance curator and producer of interventions that activate people creatively.