Fraíxa Albizu Rodríguez was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, on December 20, 1996. She completed her bachelor’s degree at the Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Diseño de Puerto Rico in 2020 and is currently doing a master’s degree in cultural administration at the University of Puerto Rico. She is the founder of Ciclos Gráficos, a non-profit organization that aims to promote the exchange of prints with artists of all backgrounds through the creation of exchange portfolios. Additionally, Fraixa has been part of the Jornadas del Grabado Puertorriqueño since 2019 and is
currently their secretary. Her work has been exhibited at the Art on the Terrace in New York, Galería Riffe in Ohio, at the Biennial Internacional de Grabado del Duero in Portugal, the Liga de Arte, Museo de las Américas in San Juan, and Galeria Taller Jose Oduardo in Santiago, Cuba. Most recently at the Schomburg Gallery in Chicago and La Liga de Arte in San Juan. She has also participated in multiple portfolio exchanges, most recently: Creando Mundos, organized by the Instituto Grafico de Chicago for their Grabadolandia annual festival. Her work has been published in books such as Crónicas de María: Voces para la Historia and is part of the Dolphin Press and Print Arts collection at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Currently, she works as a workshop facilitator at the Museum of San Juan and teaches at the University of Puerto Rico.

Artist Statement

Fraíxa Albizu is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice centers on printmaking, while also incorporating painting, illustration, and textiles. Her explorations in print have led her to create interpersonal narratives that question decision-making and reflect on nostalgia. She often experiments with personification and character-building to explore themes of melancholia, trauma, self-identity, and the loss of a sense of home—all through the lens of a child’s
imagination.

A recurring element in her work is the image of birds, which she integrates as metaphors for freedom, memory, and transformation. By combining anthropomorphic figures with childlike imagery, Fraíxa introduces moments of comic relief into otherwise weighty narratives. Her work reflects on the complexity of social relationships and emotional environments, often situated within the context of her Puerto Rican identity.

Recently, Fraíxa has been developing a graphic novel-inspired series titled The Wasteland, which she envisions as the foundation for her first solo exhibition.