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
Selected exhibitions spanning over three decades across the United States, Latin America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Full CV available upon request.
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
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
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
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
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
Uncanny Times: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Seidel City · Boulder, Colorado
Without Borders
Elysium Gallery · Wales (traveling: Korea, Japan, Norway, USA, Venice, Canada)
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
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
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
Meta Journey
Art Gallery Bihać (Umjetnička Galerija Bihać) · Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Historical Museum · Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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