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Curriculum Vitae

Selected exhibitions, credentials, and professional history of George Rivera, Ph.D.

George Rivera, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus, Department of Art & Art History
University of Colorado Boulder · Denver, Colorado

Education

Ph.D. Sociology — Sociology of Art
State University of New York

Roles & Affiliations

  • Professor Emeritus — Dept. of Art & Art History, University of Colorado Boulder
  • Founder & Curator — Artnauts Collective, Denver, U.S.A. — est. 1996
  • Archive — George Rivera Papers, Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas at Austin

Awards & Recognition

  • Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts — State of Colorado
  • Fulbright Scholar
Exhibition History

Selected exhibitions spanning over three decades across the United States, Latin America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Full CV available upon request.

2026

Triangulation

Three-person exhibition with Pamela Beverly-Quigley and Trine Bumiller
Sarajevo Academy of Fine Arts · Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mutations

FooLPRoof Gallery · Denver, Colorado, USA

2025

Shelter

ARK D-O, Tito's Bunker · Konjic, Bosnia i Herzegovina

Dis(place) Lugar y Desplazar

La Galería Arte Contemporáneo · Bogotá, Colombia

Adaptation

Centro de Artes da UFAM – Caua · Manaus, Brazil
FooLPRoof Gallery · Denver, Colorado, USA

Mutaciones

Sala de Exposiciones, Espejo de Agua, Edificio de Posgrados, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Universidad Nacional de Colombia · Bogotá, D.C.
Séptima Bienal de Arte del Departamento del Meta, Casa de la Cultura · Acacias, Meta, Colombia
Casa Comunitaria, Comunidad Indígena · San Francisco, La Chorrera, Amazonas, Colombia

2024

Cultivating Peace

Kigali Genocide Memorial · Kigali, Rwanda

Thus Far

UV Arts · Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Platform Arts · Belfast, Northern Ireland

Resilience

International Burch University & Novi Hram Gallery
Sarajevo Winter International Arts Festival · Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mutaciones

Sala de Exposiciones, Gallería Artificio · Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia

2023

Remains

Historical Museum of Bosnia i Herzegovina · Sarajevo
February 7 – March 21, 2023

Common Nature 2 / Naturaleza Común 2

Artificio Gallery · Villavicencio, Colombia
Alcaldía Galería de Arte (Mayor's Gallery of Art) · Villavicencio, Colombia
Comunidad Uitoto Manuca de la Chorrera Amazonas, Maloca of Uitoto Tribe · Amazon Rainforest, La Chorrera, Colombia

Mutaciones

Sala de Exposiciones, Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas (SINCHI) · Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia

2022

Common Nature / Naturaleza Común

El Centro de Memoria, Paz y Reconciliación · Bogotá, Colombia

(In)divisible

Dar Al-Kalima University Gallery · Bethlehem, Palestine

New Directions

Novi Hram (The New Temple) · Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

2021

Uncanny Times: Looking Back, Looking Forward

Seidel City · Boulder, Colorado

Without Borders

Elysium Gallery · Wales (traveling: Korea, Japan, Norway, USA, Venice, Canada)

2020

The Walls Between Us

The Center for Visual Arts · Denver, Colorado

My Country — An Artnauts Exhibition

History Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina · Sarajevo Winter Festival 2020

My City Show

IV Internacionalni Festival GRAD · Online Art, Sarajevo

Globalocation II

A.D. Gallery, University of North Carolina · Pembroke, NC
Morris Graves Museum of Art · Eureka, CA

2019

Invictus

Global Livingston Institute · Entusi, Uganda
Women's Leadership Conference and Retreat
Makerere University Gallery · Kampala, Uganda

Turning Points

Royal University of Fine Arts · Phnom Penh, Cambodia

(Dis)content

Library of the Universidad de Los Llanos · Villavicencio, Colombia

Connections

Universidad de Los Llanos, Biblioteca Jorge Boshell Manrique · Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia

2018

Liminal Space

DMZ Museum · Tongiljeonmangdae-ro, Hyeonnae-myeon, Gangwon-do, South Korea

American Art in the New Millennium

Artificio Gallery · Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia
Acacias Salón, Departamento de Arte · Acacias, Colombia
Salón, Universidad de los Llanos · Villavicencio, Colombia
Interdición–Ascerción Art Event, 5° Salón Departamental de Artes Visuales del Meta · Villavicencio, Meta
Biblioteca del Municipio de Taraira, Comunidad Indígena Cubeo · Departamento del Vaupés, Colombia
El Barrio La Madrid · Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia

2017

Meta Journey

Art Gallery Bihać (Umjetnička Galerija Bihać) · Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Historical Museum · Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

2016

Globalocation

RedLine · Denver, Colorado

Rally 'Round the Flag of Justice

Curator: Linda Weintraub · RedLine, Denver, Colorado

Zeitgeist

Greatmore Studios · Cape Town, South Africa
Harare Academy of Inspiration · Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa

Soul Drift: Visualizations of a Cultural Phenomenon

Museum of Natural History Sarajevo · Sarajevo Winter Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Visualizing Peace

Evento Cultural Proyecto Comunidad, Barrio la Madrid · Villavicencio, Colombia
Biblioteca Sede Barcelona, Universidad de los Llanos · Villavicencio, Colombia
Museum of Natural History Sarajevo · Sarajevo Winter Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Full CV available upon request — george.rivera@colorado.edu