Micaela de Vivero was born in Munich, Germany, grew up in Quito, Ecuador and currently lives in Ohio, USA. She has a BA from Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador and an MFA from Alfred University, Alfred, New York, USA. Micaela has participated in over 10 artist residencies all over the world and has an extensive international exhibition record. In her work she explores the production of three-dimensional forms in soft materials that produce environments that invite audience interaction. She’s engaged in producing artwork that has ambiguity, eloquence and challenges established formats. In her work she’s interested in responding to the associations as well as misunderstandings that unbalanced relationships between hegemonic and historically oppressed cultures generate. Her intention is to create strong statements with apparently delicate materials and in that way to destabilize power relations.