Ana Flores is an award-winning sculptor, ecologist, writer and curator based in Rhode Island and Nova Scotia . Her sculptural and design work of the last two decades has been devoted to exploring the cultural narratives that help communities connect with the landscapes where they reside, and those they carry inside as cultural humus. Her interest in how geography shapes us comes from her own experiences of displacement. She came to the United States as a refugee from Cuba with her family. It was only when she settled next to the sacred land of the Narragansetts, the indigenous people of Southern Rhode Island that Flores’s began to reroot and find a sense of wholeness. This opportunity to connect deeply with place and ecology transformed her into an ecological artist. Her work has been shown across the United States, in Canada, New Zealand, Italy and the Caribbean. 

As an educator, Flores taught environmental art and design at the Rhode Island School Design and Bryant University.  At the Rhode Island School of Design she also co created an innovative course on Arts and Healing. Flores has also been invited to be an artist in residence and do workshops at diverse institutions, creating bridges for the first time between the arts and healthcare, the arts and environment, and the arts and sciences. These innovative projects has involved working with institutions such as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, Lifespan Hospitals in Providence, RI, Yale University Medical Center, The Rhode Island Foundation, University of New Haven, El Museo del Barrio, NY,  and many other colleges and universities.