Sketzii

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My practice centers on visual documentation of Puerto Rican diaspora identity through community engagement and research. As a painter, digital illustrator, and muralist, I employ illustrative aesthetics and culturally inspired color palettes to convey experiences through storytelling. My methodology of photographing, researching, and connecting directly with Puerto Rican communities throughout my travels ensures visual narratives emerge authentically. This positions my work as cultural preservation and advocacy, functioning as both mirror and memory for populations whose stories often face institutional erasure. My art provides representation to maintain connections to heritage while navigating contemporary American life.

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Sketzii (Ketsy Ruiz) is a painter, digital illustrator, and muralist whose work documents Puerto Rican diaspora identity and culture. Growing up in a nomadic military family throughout the United States, she constantly sought community within diaspora Latine populations, experiences that inform her artistic practice. She received her BFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design (2010) and is a City of St. Petersburg Artist Grant Recipient (2025), Gobioff Foundation Grant Recipient (2025), and Hispanics in Philanthropy Líderes Fellow (2022). She also serves as Artist in Residency Director and Curator at Mi Gente Mi Pueblo.