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R i c k
R i v e t b. 1949, Aklavik, Northwest
Territories
First Nations Affiliation: Métis
Richard James Rivet received a B.A. from the
University of Alberta in Edmonton (1972), a B.F.A. from the University of Victoria (1980),
and an M.F.A and B.Ed. from the University of Saskatchewan (1985, 86). From 1980 to 1981,
he studied at the Banff Centre for the Arts. Throughout, Rivet received innumerable
grants, scholarships, and awards including the Mungo Martin Award twice, in 1978 and 1983.
Rivet is a painter who integrates Western and shamanistic art traditions into
expressionistic depictions of historical events and contemporary issues revolving around
colonialism. He has taught art in Newfoundland and Manitoba, served as a jurist for the
Indian Art Centre, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (1983), the Canada Council (1995),
and is a board member of the Society of Canadian Artists of Native Ancestry (SCANA).
R E C E N T E X H I B I T I O N S
1999 |
Indian Summer.
Musées royaux dart et dhistoire de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Rick Rivet and Jane Ash Poitras.
Canadian Cultural Centre, Department of Foreign Affairs, Paris, France |
1998 |
Journeys / Mounds.
Gallery Gevick, Toronto, Ontario |
1997 |
Group Show.
Gallery Gevick, Toronto, OntarioCanadian
Collection at APEC 97.
Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre; University of BC Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver,
British Columbia
Asia/Pacific Arts Festival.
Department of Asian Studies, University of BC, Vancouver, British Columbia |
1996-97 |
Topographies:
Aspects of Recent British Columbia Art.
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia |
1996 |
Mask Series.
Virginia Christopher Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
The Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon
Gallery Gevick, Toronto, Ontario |
1995 |
The Alcheringa Gallery,
Victoria, British Columbia
Recent Acquisitions.
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa, Ontario
The Great Northern Arts Festival.
Inuvialuit Corporate Centre, Inuvik, Northwest Territories |
1994 |
Axis-North by
Northwest.
Virginia Christopher Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
Prince of Whales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Matter, Space and Time.
Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
Discoveries 94.
Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
Arts From the Arctic (Russia, Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Scandinavian Lapland).
Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia |
1993-94 |
Arts from the Arctic.
Vancouver Inuit Art Society |
1993 |
The Ethics Gesture.
Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, British Columbia
Native American and First Nations Peoples Art.
Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington
Artopolis '93.
The Woodwards Building, Vancouver, British Columbia |
1992 |
INDIGENA.
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Québec (travelling)
Canadas First People: A Celebration of Contemporary Native Visual Arts
(travelling)
National Arts Centre and Indian Art Centre Gallery, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada,
Ottawa, Ontario
Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
New Territories: 350/500 Years After.
Les Maisons de la Culture, Montréal, Québec
The Great Northern Arts Festival.
Inuvialuit Corporate Centre, Inuvik, Northwest Territories
Recent Acquisitions.
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario |
1991-92 |
Directions.
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario |
1991 |
Public-Private
Gatherings: Recent Acquisitions.
Indian and Inuit Art Gallery, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Québec |
1990 |
Houston North Gallery,
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Other Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Great Northern Arts Festival.
Inuvialuit Corporate Centre, Inuvik, Northwest Territories |
S E L E C T E D C O L L E C T I O N S
Alberta Energy Company, Calgary, Alberta
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Québec
Chateau Champlain, Montréal, Québec
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Art Collection, Canadian Embassy,
Moscow, Russia
Government of British Columbia Art Collection, Victoria, British Columbia
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Maltwood Museum and Art Gallery, University of Victoria, British Columbia
Memorial University Art Gallery, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland
Gordon Snelgrove Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario
Vancouver Inuit Art Society, Vancouver, British Columbia
S E L E C T E D B I B L I O G
R A P H Y
Clark, Janet. Directions: Recent Work by Rick
Rivet. Preface by Sharon Godwin. Thunder Bay, Ontario: Thunder Bay Art Gallery, 1992.
Lunn, Dr. John, et al. Canada's First People:
A Celebration of Contemporary Native Visual Arts. Fort McMurray, Alberta: Syncrude
Canada; Alberta Part Art Publications Society, 1992.
MacSwain, Jim, Joyce Chris, and Rick Rivet.
"Other art." Halifax Chronicle Herald, 18 May 1990, p. D3. [Review]
McMaster, Gerald, and Lee-Ann Martin, eds. INDIGENA:
Contemporary Native Perspectives. Vancouver, British Columbia: Douglas & McIntyre,
1992./ INDIGENA: Perspectives autochtones contemporaines. Hull, Québec: Musée
canadien des civilisations, 1992.
Richardson, Joan, Robin Metcalfe, and Charlotte
Townsend-Gault. "Full houses." Canadian Art 14, no. 1 (Spring 1997):
62-71. [Reviews of: Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art '96, London Life
Young Contemporaries '96, and Topographies: Aspects of Recent BC Art]
"Spiritual world grounds Rivet: Métis
painter links role of artist and shaman (Profile)." Halifax Chronicle Herald,
7 June 1990, p. B6.
Tétrault, Pierre-Léon, Dana Alan Williams, Guy
Sioui Durand, Alfred Young Man, et al. New Territories: 350/500 Years After: An
Exhibition of Contemporary Aboriginal Art of Canada. Prefaces by Robert Houle, Tom
Hill. Montréal, Québec: Ateliers Vision planétaire, 1992.
Vancouver Art Gallery. Topographies: Aspects
of Recent British Columbia Art. Vancouver, British Columbia: Douglas & McIntyre,
1996.
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