Born in Fargo, ND, Liv Moe is an artist, curator, writer, educator, and advocate who lives and works in Northern California. Moe holds a BA from the University of California, Davis, and an MA from California State University, Sacramento. She is the Founding Director of Verge Center for the Arts, a contemporary art center and artist residency in Sacramento. Since 2008, Moe has organized and collaborated on over 40 exhibitions, working with artists and curators that include the Guerrilla Girls, Pippa Garner, Stephen Kaltenbach, Rutherford Chang, Robert Nickas, Daniel Johnston, Morehshin Allahyari, and The Pit’s Adam Miller. Her projects have been featured in national publications, which include Art in America, Vice, ARTnews, Hyperallergic, Art Forum, and Art F City. Moe has published, edited, and contributed to a number of publications, including "Slant Step Book: the Mysterious Object and the Artworks It Inspired," "Stephen Kaltenbach, Nuclear Projects and Other Work," and "A Sandalshop Wall." Moe serves on the board of the Sacramento Alliance for Regional Arts, a volunteer-led, arts advocacy organization she helped found in 2020. In 2026, Moe stepped away from her leadership role at Verge to resume her studio art career. Moe’s work is in a number of private collections and has been exhibited at institutions including the Crocker Art Museum, the Sonoma Art Center, the Richard L Nelson Gallery at UC Davis, and the California Museum for Women, History, and the Arts.
