Yetzenia Leiva

Ox:   The Ox and the Birds

About the Artist

Born in New Brunswick, Yetzenia Leiva’s work explores themes of fantasy and personal memory through different media such as painting, sculpture, and drawing.  Utilizing bright colors and patterns, she works to mask somber subjects and instill a bit of humor.

Yetzenia has studied at the School of Visual Arts in NYC and received her BFA from the Mason Gross School of Art at Rutgers University in 2013.  Her work has been exhibited at Artworks in Trenton, the Greenpoint Gallery in Brooklyn and Rutgers LAB Gallery in New Brunswick.