Livia Erwin received her Bachelors of Fine Arts in painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art in May 2013. Erwin grew up in a rural expanse of coastal Virginia and currently resides in Lebanon, Oregon. Her publications include the 2014 Winter Edition of “Studio Visit Magazine” and Manifest Gallery’s “5th International Painting Annual” in 2016 and their 7th edition in 2018. She received the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant in 2014.