"I don’t want a painting that just decorates; I want to paint a story.”
Julia Rivera has created a name for herself through art restoration, apart from her repairs she is a talented and multifaceted artist. She was born in the Bronx in 1965, but since then has done an enormous amount of studying and exhibiting across the globe. She attended Escuela de Artes Plásticas in Puerto Rico, she then received her MA in 17th-century painting and restoration at the Studio Arts College International, Florence, Italy. Rivera has art in numerous permanent collections across the globe in Texas, Madrid, and Paris.