INTERDISCIPLINARY DESIGNER & ARTIST

JESS ADRIANA RIVERA

INTERDISCIPLINARY DESIGNER & ARTIST

JESS ADRIANA RIVERA

Jess Adriana Rivera is a Los Angeles–born interdisciplinary designer and artist whose work navigates the intersections of ecological consciousness, sociocultural critique, and embodied resistance. Grounded in personal experience and collective memory, Rivera’s practice investigates the structures that govern environmental injustice, gendered violence, and systemic oppression—while probing the anomalies, ruptures, and connections that emerge at the edges of cultural, scientific, and technological paradigms.


Through multimedia installations, generative systems, speculative design, and performance-based research, Rivera challenges dominant narratives of desire, beauty, and utility. Her work explores what it means to survive and reimagine in the margins—particularly as a gender-variant artist shaped by ancestral ties, Indigenous lineages, and histories of displacement, silence, and resilience. Drawing from feminist theory, decolonial thought, and diasporic experience, Rivera confronts the layered effects of racial and gender inequality, intergenerational trauma, and sexual violence—revealing their psychological, somatic, and spatial echoes.

Jess Adriana Rivera is a Los Angeles–born interdisciplinary designer and artist whose work navigates the intersections of ecological consciousness, sociocultural critique, and embodied resistance. Grounded in personal experience and collective memory, Rivera’s practice investigates the structures that govern environmental injustice, gendered violence, and systemic oppression—while probing the anomalies, ruptures, and connections that emerge at the edges of cultural, scientific, and technological paradigms.


Through multimedia installations, generative systems, speculative design, and performance-based research, Rivera challenges dominant narratives of desire, beauty, and utility. Her work explores what it means to survive and reimagine in the margins—particularly as a gender-variant artist shaped by ancestral ties, Indigenous lineages, and histories of displacement, silence, and resilience. Drawing from feminist theory, decolonial thought, and diasporic experience, Rivera confronts the layered effects of racial and gender inequality, intergenerational trauma, and sexual violence—revealing their psychological, somatic, and spatial echoes.

Jess Adriana Rivera is a Los Angeles–born interdisciplinary designer and artist whose work navigates the intersections of ecological consciousness, sociocultural critique, and embodied resistance. Grounded in personal experience and collective memory, Rivera’s practice investigates the structures that govern environmental injustice, gendered violence, and systemic oppression—while probing the anomalies, ruptures, and connections that emerge at the edges of cultural, scientific, and technological paradigms.


Through multimedia installations, generative systems, speculative design, and performance-based research, Rivera challenges dominant narratives of desire, beauty, and utility. Her work explores what it means to survive and reimagine in the margins—particularly as a gender-variant artist shaped by ancestral ties, Indigenous lineages, and histories of displacement, silence, and resilience. Drawing from feminist theory, decolonial thought, and diasporic experience, Rivera confronts the layered effects of racial and gender inequality, intergenerational trauma, and sexual violence—revealing their psychological, somatic, and spatial echoes.

Her work has been showcased in diverse artistic and academic settings, such as the Experimental Digital Arts Gallery at the Broad Art Center, The New Wight Gallery, and the Art | Sci Center at the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI). Internationally, she has exhibited at venues including CREA: Contemporary Art Gallery, The Basilica di San Marco in Venice, Italy, and the CICA Museum in South Korea—spaces where she actively engages in cross-cultural dialogues around new media, public memory, and speculative futures.


Currently, Rivera is a Master in Design Studies (MDes) candidate at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design and a cross-registered student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).


She holds degrees in Communication Arts, Humanities, and Studio Arts, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Design | Media Arts from the School of Arts & Architecture at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Her work has been showcased in diverse artistic and academic settings, such as the Experimental Digital Arts Gallery at the Broad Art Center, The New Wight Gallery, and the Art | Sci Center at the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI). Internationally, she has exhibited at venues including CREA: Contemporary Art Gallery, The Basilica di San Marco in Venice, Italy, and the CICA Museum in South Korea—spaces where she actively engages in cross-cultural dialogues around new media, public memory, and speculative futures.


Currently, Rivera is a Master in Design Studies (MDes) candidate at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design and a cross-registered student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).


She holds degrees in Communication Arts, Humanities, and Studio Arts, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Design | Media Arts from the School of Arts & Architecture at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Her work has been showcased in diverse artistic and academic settings, such as the Experimental Digital Arts Gallery at the Broad Art Center, The New Wight Gallery, and the Art | Sci Center at the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI). Internationally, she has exhibited at venues including CREA: Contemporary Art Gallery, The Basilica di San Marco in Venice, Italy, and the CICA Museum in South Korea—spaces where she actively engages in cross-cultural dialogues around new media, public memory, and speculative futures.


Currently, Rivera is a Master in Design Studies (MDes) candidate at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design and a cross-registered student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).


She holds degrees in Communication Arts, Humanities, and Studio Arts, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Design | Media Arts from the School of Arts & Architecture at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

INTERDISCIPLINARY DESIGNER & ARTIST

JESS ADRIANA RIVERA

SELECTED works

SELECTED works

SELECTED works

Services

Services

Services

As an interdisciplinary designer who bridges art, technology, design, and social impact, I specialize in creative technology and art direction, developing immersive audiovisual experiences using generative systems, AI, AR/VR environments, and real-time data inputs to create responsive installations and performances. I provide visual and graphic design services across brand identity, motion design, print, and environmental storytelling for exhibitions, architecture, spatial design, live sets, and product campaigns. I also design interactive web-based media and creative coding experiences, often integrated with biometric or environmental data.


My design research focuses on ecological justice, bio-based materials, and speculative systems that challenge conventional modes of production. I consult on sustainable product and packaging development for wellness and beauty brands, blending ethical sourcing with compelling design narratives. Additionally, I offer creative production, curatorial, and marketing support for campaigns, exhibitions, and social media, and contribution to academic, artistic, design, and cultural discourse.


As an artist and educator, I lead workshops in immersive art direction, eco-branding, and interdisciplinary design that center inclusive participation, healing, and community resilience. My humanitarian support extends to visual storytelling, documentation, and on-the-ground aid work with refugee groups, ecological farms, and animal sanctuaries. Across all services, I am committed to collaboration, experimentation, and designing with care for people, places, and the futures we imagine together.

As an interdisciplinary designer who bridges art, technology, design, and social impact, I specialize in creative technology and art direction, developing immersive audiovisual experiences using generative systems, AI, AR/VR environments, and real-time data inputs to create responsive installations and performances. I provide visual and graphic design services across brand identity, motion design, print, and environmental storytelling for exhibitions, architecture, spatial design, live sets, and product campaigns. I also design interactive web-based media and creative coding experiences, often integrated with biometric or environmental data.


My design research focuses on ecological justice, bio-based materials, and speculative systems that challenge conventional modes of production. I consult on sustainable product and packaging development for wellness and beauty brands, blending ethical sourcing with compelling design narratives. Additionally, I offer creative production, curatorial, and marketing support for campaigns, exhibitions, and social media, and contribution to academic, artistic, design, and cultural discourse.


As an artist and educator, I lead workshops in immersive art direction, eco-branding, and interdisciplinary design that center inclusive participation, healing, and community resilience. My humanitarian support extends to visual storytelling, documentation, and on-the-ground aid work with refugee groups, ecological farms, and animal sanctuaries. Across all services, I am committed to collaboration, experimentation, and designing with care for people, places, and the futures we imagine together.

As an interdisciplinary designer who bridges art, technology, design, and social impact, I specialize in creative technology and art direction, developing immersive audiovisual experiences using generative systems, AI, AR/VR environments, and real-time data inputs to create responsive installations and performances. I provide visual and graphic design services across brand identity, motion design, print, and environmental storytelling for exhibitions, architecture, spatial design, live sets, and product campaigns. I also design interactive web-based media and creative coding experiences, often integrated with biometric or environmental data.


My design research focuses on ecological justice, bio-based materials, and speculative systems that challenge conventional modes of production. I consult on sustainable product and packaging development for wellness and beauty brands, blending ethical sourcing with compelling design narratives. Additionally, I offer creative production, curatorial, and marketing support for campaigns, exhibitions, and social media, and contribution to academic, artistic, design, and cultural discourse.


As an artist and educator, I lead workshops in immersive art direction, eco-branding, and interdisciplinary design that center inclusive participation, healing, and community resilience. My humanitarian support extends to visual storytelling, documentation, and on-the-ground aid work with refugee groups, ecological farms, and animal sanctuaries. Across all services, I am committed to collaboration, experimentation, and designing with care for people, places, and the futures we imagine together.

CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIST

CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIST

CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIST

ART & FILM DIRECTION

ART & FILM DIRECTION

ART & FILM DIRECTION

GRAPHIC, INDUSTRIAL & Product DESIGN

GRAPHIC, INDUSTRIAL & Product DESIGN

GRAPHIC, INDUSTRIAL & Product DESIGN

Sound ENGINEERING & AUDIO VISUAL DESIGN

Sound ENGINEERING & AUDIO VISUAL DESIGN

Sound ENGINEERING & AUDIO VISUAL DESIGN

AI & generative art

AI & generative art

AI & generative art

DESIGN RESEARCH & STRATEGY

DESIGN RESEARCH & STRATEGY

DESIGN RESEARCH & STRATEGY

WEB & INTERACTIVE MEDIA

WEB & INTERACTIVE MEDIA

WEB & INTERACTIVE MEDIA

SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT & BRAND DEVELOPMENT

SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT & BRAND DEVELOPMENT

SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT & BRAND DEVELOPMENT

EXHIBITIONS

EXHIBITIONS

EXHIBITIONS












JUNIREGEN IN FRIEDRICHSHAIN

Sincerely, 

June 2023 

Experimental Digital Arts

The Broad Art Center

Los Angeles, CA


ECHOES FROM THE OCEAN 

Ecological Arts + Justice 

June 2023 

Counterforce Lab

Los Angeles, CA


HUMAN PRINT

Nano Biotech Design 

April 2023 

ART | SCI Center,

California Nanosystems Institute

Los Angeles, CA 


EXPIRED NEW LIFE

Hey, can you pick me up? I’m scared.

I’m at the Intersection of

Art & Technology.

January 2023 

New Wight Gallery

Los Angeles, CA 


ELEMENTS + -

Allegories 

December 2022 

Experimental Digital Arts

The Broad Art Center

Los Angeles, CA