Biography
An exhibiting artist since 2001, Ricardo Rivera's career as an artist is always an evolving one. Currently Rivera is Visiting Lecturer at University of California, Berkeley in the department of Art Practice, and a lecturer at City College of San Francisco. In his current work, Rivera mines databases of information and cultural research to trigger images and memories in the viewer’s physiological experience of the work. His interest in interdisciplinary and collaborative arts has morphed his desire of investigating performance based work, social sculpture, and new media. In addition, his diverse practice has led him into collaborations with Christophe Fellay, Kim Anno, Benoit Antille, David Coll, Violeta Luna, Jose Navarrete, and Terry Berlier. A brief history of his recent exhibitions includes; Fantasy is a Place Where It Rains at the Center for Contemporary Art of Sacramento, Cosmicomics at the Patricia Sweetow Gallery, and Intimate Nature -- a collaborative work -- at the Berkeley Art Center. In addition Rivera is a member of the the Ice on High collective, and currently working in collaboration with Jose Navarrete, and Violeta Luna on their landmark work Atlacualo, which premieres at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco in March of 2011. Awards, and Residencies include the Visions from the New California Award, Exploratorium Museum of Science art and Human Perception residency. Centre de Réflexion sur l'Image et ses contextes, Ecole cantonale d’art du Valais, Sierre Switzerland. Rivera received his B.F.A and M.F.A from the San Francisco Art Institute.