Bio

Rachel Olivia Berg (Mnicoujou Lakota, Mexican, and German) is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and founder of LivArtfully Design Studio. Her work integrates painting, printmaking, sculpture, education, and community engagement through research-based methodologies rooted in Indigenous ontologies, ecological systems, and healing practices. Centering Lakota worldviews, her practice explores human relationships to land, natural cycles, Indigenous ontologies, and star knowledge—inviting cross-cultural dialogue and a shift toward reciprocal and sustainable ways of being.

Earlier in her career, Berg worked commercially producing large-scale artwork for hospitality and health care spaces in collaboration with New York based art consulting and design firms.  Her artwork is held in corporate and healthcare collections including Virgin Hotels, Spotify, Kimpton Hotels, Ritz Carlton, Intercontinental Hotels, Jane Street, Cohen Children’s Hospital, and the Oyate Health Center.

Berg holds a B.A. from Princeton University and an M.A. in Art Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. In 2023, she formally expanded her studio practice to prioritize projects at the intersection of contemporary Indigenous art, education, and community-based inquiry. She was the 2024 recipient of the Empowered Artist Award from Arts Mid-Hudson and the 2023 Emerging Artist Fellow with the Ann Street Gallery in Newburgh, NY.
She is a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and lives in the Moh-He-Con-Nuk (Hudson River) Valley of New York with her husband, son, and her four-legged family.