[ B I O G R A P H Y ]

Coming from a creative family (Livermore’s forebearers include artists, architects, interior designers, printers, bookbinders, and carriage painters), she grew up in San Francisco, attending local schools and the University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley) where she received her BS in 1980. Though a nutrition major at UC Berkeley, a helpful professor noticed the artistry of her lab notebooks and suggested she “jump off the science conveyor belt” and consider a career in the visual arts. This led her to The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), where she earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in Graphic Design in 1983. For a time, Livermore worked as a graphic designer in San Francisco, including two years at Landor Associates, an international design firm with major corporate clients. In 1988, she married Dave Livermore, Utah State Director for The Nature Conservancy and ultimately brought her design talents to Utah. In 2002, she completed her transition from graphic designer to artist and focused on her career as a painter. She and her husband, Dave, live in Salt Lake City. Their daughter Jenn, who also attended RISD, lives in San Francisco and is a Lead Senior Designer at SFMOMA, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.