Profile
Mónica Rivas Arce is a photographer and cultural manager based in Costa Rica. Her work explores urbanism, sociology, and decolonisation through memory and archives, with a focus on cultural spaces and coastal areas affected by gentrification.
Mónica’s project “mágenes y recuerdos públicos” was exhibited at the 2022 National Visual Arts Salon and received the 2024 Teorética Catalizador Grant. A graduate of Universidad Veritas, Mónica has taught at CETAV and led workshops on photographic essays and project production. Since 2020, she has coordinated audiovisual and 3D animation projects. In 2024, she held her first solo exhibition, “Gestos de apropiación y desaparición”(Oceanografías sensibles), examining gentrification over the past decade in Flamingo, Conchal, and Brasilito.
