Shey ‘Rí Acu’ Rivera Ríos
Artist – Writer – Cultural Worker
Photo by Cat Laine, Painted Foot Studio
Shey Rivera Ríos
creates digital and physical altars that interrupt colonial memory and liberate queer Boricua futurity. Their work is transmedial, with narratives interwoven across multiple platforms and formats. They use digital art, performance, and installation to create a mejunje (mix) where magical realism and science fiction become doors to decolonial futures.
LATEST
The ‘Everything Living Fights Back’ Exhibit
Featuring artists Shey Ri Acu Rivera Ríos, Feda Eid, Luana Morales, this was a reconfiguration of the exhibit ‘Nothing Living Lives Alone’ and its cancellation and censorship by Providence College.
May 31 – Jun 16, 2024