Details

First Name

Yuskadd

Last Name

(Yuri Ortiz)

Username

yurioa

Bio

Yuskadd (Cuautla, Morelos, Mexico) is a transdisciplinary artist residing and working between Salt Lake City, Utah, and Mexico City. From an early age, her introspective nature and fascination with the biographies of artists such as René Magritte, and later Barbara Kruger and Yayoi Kusama, allowed her to perceive the intricate connection between the complexities of life and art. Her work, influenced by her experiences as a mother, woman, and artist, pursues an unconventional path where she merges elements to forge unexpected connections. She explores the inconceivable by unraveling its authenticity, conceptualizing from a feminine perspective to depict resilience and survival. She employs multiple techniques to challenge the boundaries of reality and imagination.

In 2023, she founded Mixi Art Studio, a venue committed to exploring diverse artistic disciplines while collaborating with tattoo artists through a unique curatorial approach. In 2025, Yuskadd launched her debut solo exhibition titled “When Life Imitates AI” at The Gala in Salt Lake City. This thought-provoking showcase delves into the nuanced boundary where human creativity intersects with the structured logic of algorithms. It questions what remains uniquely human in a world increasingly influenced by automated creation through AI image generators. The central theme of the exhibition is the recreation of her own works across mediums, demonstrating how human creativity diverges from the predictable nature of machines. “When Life Imitates AI” invites viewers to contemplate a critical question: What will happen when life begins to emulate artificial intelligence?

Website

http://www.yuskadd.com

Country of residence

United States (US)

Statement

Statement

My life condition, otherness, living “on the other side” or in the opposite direction—as a woman, as a mother, as an artist—shapes my work. My artwork represents another path, another way of doing things. Through it, I skirt boundaries, amalgamate, combine, and mix to forge a completely transdisciplinary cohesion.

In my creative process, I seek out the unlikely connections that serve as a vital engine to explore ideas, materials, and shapes that culminate in my final work. I delight in discovering convergences where none seem apparent, those that break away from the norm and the conventional.

The quest for the inconceivable guides me at all times, both in my artistic journey and in my personal life. Through this pursuit, I explore otherness and decode myself. It is at this point, in creation, that I reach authenticity—everything that cannot be feigned, that which endures over time with its own truth.

This appreciation for the genuine, for convergences that skirt the edges, leads me to find wholeness as an artistic process, creating cohesion, a “whole,” which is often interconnected, though it might appear opposite or fragmented. My work fervently analyzes boundaries, edges, and limits because these are spaces (or non-spaces) meant for exploration, offering new perspectives.

In my creations, I employ multiple techniques because I find that blending them can lead to reinvention, guiding the viewer to otherness, approaching remote worlds within the artistic output.

I play with the absurd, building upon what is already created. Thus, by recreating everyday objects, I grant the “incoherent” a new perspective from duality and opposition, challenging the real and the imaginary.

I conceptualize based on my own life experiences; this exclusive perspective of the feminine vision is where the strength and power of my work’s authenticity lies.

I am keen to highlight the interconnection of my experiences with social and cultural issues, influenced by a capitalist and patriarchal system. I use words to pinpoint universal situations that could pose a question, inviting the viewer to explore the boundaries of their own life.

Exhibitions

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

2025: Debut solo exhibition, ”When life imitates AI”, The Gala-Fine Art, Salt Lake City, Utah USA

Group Exhibitions

2025: Elements, Community Art Show, The Union Station Gallery, Ogden, Utah 

2024: PRIMAVERAMisery and Co Tattoo Collective Studio-Gallery, Curator and Artist, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

2023: Art Exhibit 1st Edition, Misery and Co Tattoo Collective Studio-Gallery, Curator and Artist, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

2020: Intersections, Malitzi Performing Arts, Artist, Cuautla, Morelos, Mexico

2019: Wine and Cheese Fair with the project Boutique de Botellas Decorativas, Exhibitor, Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico