Ana Vanessa Urvina (Caracas, 1982) is a Miami-based visual artist originally from Venezuela. Her practice centers on the poetic and material exploration of tropical landscapes—examining forms, colors, rhythms, and symbolism through painting, collage, sculptural objects, and immersive installations. In recent years, her work has increasingly focused on the presence of water in Florida’s ecosystems—its visual language and metaphorical power as a connector of land, memory, and identity. This interest has deepened her engagement with site-responsive installations and the sensory possibilities of space.
 

Since 2017, she has expanded her practice into layered compositions and three-dimensional formats, including sculptural boxes and environmental pieces.
 

She is especially interested in the potential of public art to engage with local ecologies and communities, and is currently developing projects that bring her visual language into urban and outdoor contexts.

Urvina earned a BFA from the Universidad Central of Venezuela and an MFA in Artistic Production from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain. In 2015, she completed an Advanced Painting Intensive at Columbia University in New York, an experience that catalyzed her transition toward installation and mixed media experimentation.

Before relocating to Miami in 2019, she taught visual arts at universities in Caracas and exhibited her work in solo and group exhibitions, art fairs, and public projects across Venezuela, Costa Rica, Spain, and the United States. Her creative process blends direct observation with imagination, intuition, and literary references—transforming organic elements like leaves, water, and roots into hybrid visual landscapes. Through vibrant chromatic palettes and a dynamic interplay between abstraction and figuration, her work invites viewers into sensory, often fantastical environments rooted in tropical experience.