Rita G. Rivera is a Spanish artist and designer. She began her training at the University of Salamanca, where she studied Classical Mythology and Fine Arts, and later continued at the University of Vigo, where her interest in photography emerged. The influence of filmmakers such as Abbas Kiarostami and Jim Jarmusch awakened in her a passion for storytelling through images, leading her to pursue a Master’s in Photography at Blank Paper School in Madrid. There she came into contact with
influential photographers such as Alberto García-Alix, Fosi Vegue, and Ricardo Cases, who deeply shaped her understanding of visual language, always prioritizing narrative intention over form.
Her work with photobooks made her realize that emotions and ideas are not onlyconveyed through images, but also through design, layout, color, white space, and typography. This discovery led her to specialize in Editorial and Graphic Design at LCI and Elisava in Barcelona. During this academic stage, she took part in various exhibitions and events related to photography and contemporary art.
After four years working in the publishing world as a designer and illustrator in Valencia, Rita decided to take a new direction in her career. Driven by the desire to reconnect with matter, volume, and the tactile, she returned to Madrid to join the film industry. There she worked in the art department, building sets, scenography, and props, while continuing to develop her personal artistic projects.
Three years later, she met the artist Amine Asselman. Brought together by creative affinities, cultural concerns, and a shared passion for sculpture, they decided to move to Morocco and founded SANIA, a ceramic art studio.
Her work has been recognized with awards such as the Iridiscente Prize (2023) for the photobook El Gran Sol and the Follas Novas Prize for Best Illustrated Book (2021) for Contrahistorias de Galicia.
As an artist, Rita does not confine herself to a single medium: she expresses herself through sculpture, photography, and illustration, always departing from the same starting point —the environment she inhabits— approached with a poetic, symbolic, and intimate gaze, revealing depth within the seemingly everyday.