Education
2015. Online course: Introduction to the curatorship / Valentina Montero, Node Center / Berlin.
2015. Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Graphic Design, School of Fine Arts of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2008- 2010. University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, Puerto Rico.
Upcoming Exhibitions
2024. Solo Presentation @ Mahara & Co. Gallery Little River, Miami
2024. Duo Show w/ Charlie Quezada @ Andrew Freedman Home, NY
Solo Exhibitions
2024. OCASO @ Walter Otero Contemporary Art, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2021. Tropical Blizz Ball Sale @ Recinto Cerra San Juan, Puerto Rico
2020. La Historia de la Repetición w Karlo Andrei Ibarra @ Embajada, Puerto Rico
2020. Caribe Hostil text by: Marina Reyes Franco @ El Lobi San Juan, PR
2019. Doble vara Yiyo Tirado w Karlo Andrei Ibarra @ Casa Quién, Santo Domingo RD
2018. Dis locaciones curated by: Cesar Vargas, Galería Delta de Picó, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2017. Caribbean Blues, Mana Contemporary Miami, Florida, USA
2017. LA CERRA (El MAC en el Barrio), Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico
2016. Hipervisibilidad del paisaje curated by: Vanessa Hernández Gracia, Proyecto Local, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Selected Group Shows
2024. Tropical is Political curated by: Marina Reyes Franco @ Mead Art Museum, Massachusetts
2024. Gracias por Estar Aquí, Sagrada Mercancía Galería, Santiago, Chile
2023-2024. Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai curated by Murtaza Vali
2023. Servicio a Domicilio curated by: Hector Madera @ Adhesivo Contemporary, CDMX
2023. MULTITUDES @ Walter Otero Contemporary Art, San Juan
2023. Tropical is Political curated by: Marina Reyes Franco @ Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico
2023. ONCE UPON A TIME @ El Kilómetro Gallery San Juan, Puerto Rico
2022. no existe un mundo poshuracán: Puerto Rican Art in the Wake of Hurricane Maria curated by: Marcela Guerrero @ Whitney Museum
2022. Give Away curated by: Embajada @ PROXY CO. Gallery NY, NY
2022. Tropical is Political curated by: Marina Reyes Franco @ Americas Society
2021. Constant Storm curated by: Christian Viveros Fauné @ USF Contemporary Art Museum
2021. ENTREFORMAS curated by: Abdiel Segarra @ Museoo de Arte de Puerto Rico
2021. Sabor & Control curated by: Ivan Sikic @ Vantage Projects @ Vancouver, USA
2020. JUNTXS curated by: Dianne Brass Feliciano @ Museo de Arte y Diseño de Miramar, Puerto Rico
2019. Siempre NEW curated by: Violeta Mansilla. Los Angeles, California
2018. Unidad mínima @ Galería El Dorado. Bogotá, Colombia
2018. CADENA w Sagrada Mercancía @ Feria CHACO curated by: Carolina Castro (Chile Arte Contemporáneo) Santiago, Chile
2018. JUANNIO 2018, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala curated by: Alexia Tala, Claire Breukel & Jesus Camará
2018. CONTRAFUERZA w Km 0.2 @ ARTLIMA, Lima , Perú
2018. PAPI @ Lagos, Ciudad de México, México
2017. Degradaciones @ CHACO curated by: Carolina Castro (Chile Arte Contemporáneo) Santiago, Chile
2017. POPPER, UV Studios Buenos Aires, Argentina
2017. Arte en concreto, Lo concreto en el arte, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santurce, Puerto Rico
2017. Iso/trópicos @ MECA Art Fair curated by: Carla Acevedo-Yates, MECA Art Fair, San Juan Puerto Rico
2016. Auction of the Museum of Art of Puerto Rico, Santurce, Puerto Rico
Awards / Grants / Residencies
2024. Andrew Freedman Home, NY
2024. NADA UKS Residency, Oslo NOR
2022-. Centro Economía Creativa by Mellon Foundation Artist Grant
2019. La Residencia @ Casa Quién, Santo Domingo RD
2017-2018. La Práctica grant @ Beta Local, Puerto Rico
2017. Residency @ Mana Contemporary Miami, Florida, USA
2017. MECA Art Fair 2017 RESIDENCY WINNER @ Mana Contemporary, Miami
2015. First Prize of Fine Arts Printmaking, Ateneo Puertorriqueño, San Juan Puerto Rico.
2015. First Prize in Engraving SIPS 15 (Student International Small Print Show). The Minia University Cairo, Egypt.
2014. Second Place in Engraving, Doral Art Fest, Miami, Florida, USA.
2013. Savoir-Faire / Fabriano Materials Prize, Boston Biennial Printmakers.
Press Release
2024. What Does a Post-Hurricane World Look Like? , Valentina Di Liscia
https://hyperallergic.com/817076/what-does-a-post-hurricane-world-look-like-whitney-museum/?utm_source=mutualart&utm_medium=referral
2024. ‘Guest Relations’ and the Touristification of the Global South, Rahel Aima
https://www.frieze.com/article/guest-relations-jameel-arts-centre-2024-review
2023. An Ambitious Whitney Exhibition Charts Puerto Rican Artists’ Resilience Following Hurricane Maria by Maximiliano Durón
2022. No existe un mundo pos huracán Catalog, Whitney Museum of American Art
2022. NY TIMES by Holland Cutter.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/25/arts/design/puerto-rico-artists-maria-whitney-museum.html
2021. Documento Art Viewer Maganize
https://artviewer.org/documento%E2%80%8B-at-embajada/
2020. Caribe Hostil for Artishock Magazine, Chile
https://artishockrevista.com/2020/09/04/yiyo-tirado-rivera-caribe-hostil/
2020. Caribe Hostil for Terremoto Magazine, México
https://terremoto.mx/en/online/caribe-hostil/
2018. Tropical Depression by Marina Reyes Franco for Art in America Magazine, USA
2018 Dislocaciones by: Cesar Vargas for Artishock Maganize, Chile
https://artishockrevista.com/2018/12/27/yiyo-tirado-rivera-dislocaciones/tt
2018. Puerta de Tierra, Paraíso Tropical by Marina Reyes Franco for Terremoto MX Magazine