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Yuri Ortiz, known as Yuskadd, is a transdisciplinary artist born in Cuautla, Morelos, Mexico, and based between Salt Lake City, Utah, and Mexico City.  As the founder and director of Mixi Art Studio LLC, she blends painting, textiles to explore the intersection of human interaction with AI through the lens of femininity, drawing inspiration from artists like René Magritte, Yayoi Kusama and Barbara Kruger.

Since 2019, she has engaged in contemporary art collecting, enriching her perspective and fostering a comprehensive understanding of the art ecosystem through collecting, curating, and advising. Her curatorial work and vision transformed tattoo studios into exhibition spaces, collaborating with artists from Mexico, the United States, France, and Spain. She curated exhibitions with the former Misery and Co Tattoo Collective, including Art Exhibit 1st Edition (2023) and PRIMAVERA: A Celebration of Life (2024).

She was the curator of Mixi’s first formal collective exhibition, COLORS where she worked with 10 local artists, creating a cohesive exhibition and showcasing work that engages with local culture in diverse ways. Currently, she leads  Mixi Collectors, an acquisition and exhibition project at Casa Siza, Mexico City (Nov 2025). Her work was is on display in New York at What Remains Unsaid (2025, Uncool Gallery), And she participated in the Uncool Artist residency (2025, New York).

Ortiz holds diplomas in Political Curating, Introduction to Curating, and Exhibition Design (2023, IMCR, Mexico), as well as Curatorship and Storytelling (2024, IMCR). She completed a course on launching independent art spaces (2024, NODE Center, Germany) and a diploma in Aesthetic Appreciation of Visual Arts (2017, MARCO, Mexico).

Her innovative approach and education position her as a key figure in both teaching and studying the evolution of contemporary art through collecting since 2019.