Livia Mateiaș is a visual artist, a free and creative spirit. She pursued Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral studies at the Faculty of Arts and Design in Timișoara, as well as a Master's degree in Management at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration in Timișoara. She is a member of the Union of Visual Artists of Romania since 2009 and is the co-founder of the art and design studio artouching (2014) and the DIGITAL:CANVAS platform (2018). She has taken courses in contemporary dance, art counseling, social and cultural entrepreneurship, cultural mediation, project management, and volunteer management.
As forms of artistic expression, she uses graphics, painting, digital art, installation, and performance, adapting techniques to convey her ideas. She has participated in exhibitions and artistic residencies both in Romania and abroad. Her residencies include: Gabriela Tudor, Agueda, PT (2021); Our Nature, Trieste, IT; Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, AT (2018); WASP (Working Art Space & Production), Bucharest (2014); Max Pol Fouchet Cultural Center, Méricourt, FR (2013).
Over time, she has held over 200 creative workshops for various beneficiaries (adults, youth, children, seniors, and vulnerable individuals) in public spaces, parks, art galleries, alternative spaces, Buddhist monastery (Austria), stadium (Portugal), refugee centers (Greece), penitentiary, social centers, educational institutions, etc. She has initiated and implemented several funded projects in Timișoara, including Fluid, Art in the Community, Home on Earth, Story Bridge - the Crocheting Stories and Bridges Creative Community, and the Pixel_ART project.