Jorge Rivera, (A Coruña, Spain, 1973)
Jorge Rivera is a Spanish born artist, he spent his formative years in London where he received his MA and Ph.D. in Fine Arts/ Sculpture from the prestigious Royal College of Art. Since then he has been granted with many awards and residencies which lead him to live in other major towns such as Los Angeles, Tokyo, Berlin or Vienna. His work has been internationally recognised and showed in leading contemporary galleries, museums and Art fairs being auctioned by Sotheby’s and taking part in relevant private and public collections.
Throughout his life Jorge has worked in a variety of medias and materials, ranging from casting bronze, carving marble, printing on inflatable vinyls and plastics, film, performance, drawing and painting. He has used these diversity of materials and methods as a way to explore, reflect on and share his relationship with the different contexts and cultures he has lived on.
Throughout these experiences he has developed a personal sensitivity and form of perception, that of a contemplative observer who sees Art making as a two-folded inward journey which forms and is itself formed by outward everyday experience.
Jorge’s practice is rooted in self-reflection, an act of self/discovery where different layers of subjectivity unveil themselves within the process. With his work he constantly strives to encounter moments of total connectivity with the materials, meaningful moments charged with deep emotion. Unsustainable brief gestures experienced as suspended fragments of time which are somehow miss-perceived or perhaps truly perceived as eternal.
Jorge is currently based in Taipei where he is developing his latest project, a combination of oil painting, glass sculpture and moving images aimed to explore concepts of emptiness in Eastern aesthetics from a Western contemporary framework.
Throughout his life Jorge has worked in a variety of medias and materials, ranging from casting bronze, carving marble, printing on inflatable vinyls and plastics, film, performance, drawing and painting. He has used these diversity of materials and methods as a way to explore, reflect on and share his relationship with the different contexts and cultures he has lived on.
Throughout these experiences he has developed a personal sensitivity and form of perception, that of a contemplative observer who sees Art making as a two-folded inward journey which forms and is itself formed by outward everyday experience.
Jorge’s practice is rooted in self-reflection, an act of self/discovery where different layers of subjectivity unveil themselves within the process. With his work he constantly strives to encounter moments of total connectivity with the materials, meaningful moments charged with deep emotion. Unsustainable brief gestures experienced as suspended fragments of time which are somehow miss-perceived or perhaps truly perceived as eternal.
Jorge is currently based in Taipei where he is developing his latest project, a combination of oil painting, glass sculpture and moving images aimed to explore concepts of emptiness in Eastern aesthetics from a Western contemporary framework.
Selected CV
Academic Studies
2010 Ph.D. Sculpture, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2000 M.A. Fine Arts, Royal College of Art, London, UK
1997 BA(Hons) Fine Arts, Sculpture, Facultad de Bellas Artes Pontevedra, Vigo, Spain
Solo Shows
2022 “Rivera in Riviera Ponte Verita” Ten Haaf Projects, Cannero Riviera, Italy
2022 “Decoding Light through Shapes and Textures” ArtDoor Gallery Taipei, Taiwan
2022 ‘Jorge Rivera’ Art Solo, Taipei Expo Park, 333Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2022 “Eudamemonia & It’s Vicissitudes” 333Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2021 “Grace/Fool Love” 333Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
2020 “DFC Art Month” PallasArts, Doha Festival City, Doha, Qatar
2015 “The Dream” Art Vietnam Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam
2012 “Bodies of Light” Blood Orange East, Berlin, Germany
2010 “Minarete” with Franz Ehmann, The Schwartz Gallery, London, UK
2009 “In the Skin of the Bull” Gulbenkian Gallery, London, UK
2005 “Juego Revuelto II” Galeria Caracol, Valladolid, Spain
2004 “Erotogenicity, Gneme del Narcisismo Primario” Galeria SCQ, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2003 “La Piscina”, Art Unknown ARCO’03, Madrid, Spain
2003 “You Thought they were Dreams” with Annabel Emson, The Fraser Gallery, London, UK
2003 “Juego Revuelto” Galería 57, Madrid, Spain
2002 “Archetypes” Fifty Bucks Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2001 “The Noble Path” Space TAG, Tokyo, Japan
2001 “Sumun/Sumo” World Design City, Takumi M, Nagoya, Japan
Group Shows
2022 Art Taipei, Stand ArtDoor Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2022 Celebrity Museum, OLA Art Association, Shanzhi, Taipei, Taiwan
2021 Art Taipei, Stand 333Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2021”The Path From the Mountain to the Sea” Oh Life and Art Association, Taipei, Taiwan
2020 “KatArt Global Art Fair” Doha, Qatar
2020 “Selections” Art Vietnam Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam
2019 “PallasArts Gala” Mondrian Hotel, Doha, Qatar
2019 “Aquinted” Katara Art Centre B18, Doha, Qatar
2018 “East Meets West” AcXoss Borders Art Exhibition, Sanya EDITION, Sanya, China
2017 “Bold Strokes, Celebration of Life and Art” Art Vietnam Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam
2016 “Suzzane’s Sublime Selections” Art Vietnam Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam
2014 “Art Roulette” Elsa Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2013 “An Unnatural Theatre” Aid&Abet Gallery, Cambridge, UK
2012 “Metaflux” Bronze Sculpture Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2011 “Summer Show” Royal Academy of Art, London, UK
2009 “Show 2009” Royal College of Art, London, UK
2007 “New Life and the Dream Garden” Fieldgate Gallery, London, UK
2006 “Self-space” Airvideo@airspace Gallery, Stoke on Trent, London, UK
2006 “Research Show” The Cafe Gallery, Southwark Park Galleries, London, UK
2006 “The Museum of Sorrow” Union Chapel, London, UK
2006 “Os Invisibles” Parlamento de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2005 “FAL‘05’ Stand Galeria SCQ, Lisboa, Portugal
2005 “Treason” The Cafe Gallery, Southwark Park Galleries, London, UK
2004 “Feria Internacional de Arte ARCO‘04” Stand Galeria Fernando Serrano, Huelva, Spain
2004 ”Tercer Ciclo de Bellas Artes” Auditorio de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2004 “Where are you from?” Galeria Fernando Serrano, Huelva, Spain
2003 “Summer Show” Royal Academy of Art, London, UK
2003 “Segundo Ciclo de Bellas Artes” Auditorio de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2003 “Feria Internacional de Arte ARCO‘03” Stand Galeria 57, Madrid, Spain
2003 “Bienal Premio Purificación Garcia”, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
2002 ”Archetypes” Modern Multiples, Los Angeles, USA
2000 “The Show” Royal College of Art, London, UK
2000 “Artlink Sotheby’s Young Artists” Shows and Auctions in Sotheby’s Chicago, Vienna and Tel-Aviv
1999 “Young Blood” Ammirati Puris Lintas @ SoHo Square, London, UK
1999 “Interim Show” Royal College of Art, London, UK
1999 “Royal Society of British Artists Show” The Mall Galleries, London, UK
1998 “RCA Secret” Darwin Building, RCA, London, UK
1998 “Circuitos” Centro de Arte Joven, Madrid, Spain
1997 “Huovo Nuovo” Teatro Principal de Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain
1996 “Novos Valores” Museo Provincial Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain
1996 “Primer Salón de Otoño de Pintura” Diputación de A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
1995 “Centenario Primera Exposición Pablo Picasso ” Sala de Exposiciones Palacio Municipal de A Coruña, Spain
1993 “X Certamen Pintura Concello de Cambre” Biblioteca Municipal de Cambre, A Coruña, Spain
Prizes, Grants and Residencies
2022 Ten Haaf Artist in Residency, Cannero Riviera, Italy
2022 Guest Artist, Walzwerk Art residency, Basel, Switzerland
2016 Artist in Residency, 435 International Art Village, Taipei, Taiwan
2013 Guest Artist, The Dog House, Tokyo, Japan
2012 Guest Artist, Blood Orange East, Berlin, Germany
2006 Ph.D. Research Transfer Grant, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2004 Finalist III Ciclo de Bellas Artes, Auditorio de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2004 Research Grant, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2003 Finalist Premio Bienal Purificación Garcia, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
2002 Artist in Residency, Modern Multiples, Los Angeles, California, USA
2001 Artist on Residency, RCA/Gifu Pref, World Design City, Nagoya, Japan
2000 Alistair Grant Award, Mixed-media on Paper, London, UK
2000 Honorable Mention, Madame Tussaud’s Award for Sculpture, London, UK
2000 Summer Studio, Akademie der Bildenden Kunste Wien, Vienna, Austria
1999 Summer Studio, Akademie der Kunste, Berlin, Germany
1999 Dawler-Rooney Prize for Drawing, London, UK
1998 Selected by the Royal Society of British Artists to show at The Mall Galleries, London, UK
1998 Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza & British Council Grants for Postgraduate Studies, A Coruña, Spain
1995 Socrates-Erasmus, Kingston University, Southampton, London
Collections and Archives
Sotheby’s, London, UK
BBC, London UK
Royal College of Art, London, UK
Katara Cultural Centre, Doha, Qatar
Pallas Arts, Vienna and Doha
World Design City, Takumi M, Nagoya, Japan
Stanford University, San Francisco, USA
Modern Multiples, Los Angeles, USA
CGAG, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Facultad de Bellas Artes, Pontevedra, Spain
Fundación D. Pedro Barrié de la Maza, A Coruña, Spain
Private Collections
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2010 Ph.D. Sculpture, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2000 M.A. Fine Arts, Royal College of Art, London, UK
1997 BA(Hons) Fine Arts, Sculpture, Facultad de Bellas Artes Pontevedra, Vigo, Spain
Solo Shows
2022 “Rivera in Riviera Ponte Verita” Ten Haaf Projects, Cannero Riviera, Italy
2022 “Decoding Light through Shapes and Textures” ArtDoor Gallery Taipei, Taiwan
2022 ‘Jorge Rivera’ Art Solo, Taipei Expo Park, 333Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2022 “Eudamemonia & It’s Vicissitudes” 333Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2021 “Grace/Fool Love” 333Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
2020 “DFC Art Month” PallasArts, Doha Festival City, Doha, Qatar
2015 “The Dream” Art Vietnam Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam
2012 “Bodies of Light” Blood Orange East, Berlin, Germany
2010 “Minarete” with Franz Ehmann, The Schwartz Gallery, London, UK
2009 “In the Skin of the Bull” Gulbenkian Gallery, London, UK
2005 “Juego Revuelto II” Galeria Caracol, Valladolid, Spain
2004 “Erotogenicity, Gneme del Narcisismo Primario” Galeria SCQ, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2003 “La Piscina”, Art Unknown ARCO’03, Madrid, Spain
2003 “You Thought they were Dreams” with Annabel Emson, The Fraser Gallery, London, UK
2003 “Juego Revuelto” Galería 57, Madrid, Spain
2002 “Archetypes” Fifty Bucks Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2001 “The Noble Path” Space TAG, Tokyo, Japan
2001 “Sumun/Sumo” World Design City, Takumi M, Nagoya, Japan
Group Shows
2022 Art Taipei, Stand ArtDoor Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2022 Celebrity Museum, OLA Art Association, Shanzhi, Taipei, Taiwan
2021 Art Taipei, Stand 333Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2021”The Path From the Mountain to the Sea” Oh Life and Art Association, Taipei, Taiwan
2020 “KatArt Global Art Fair” Doha, Qatar
2020 “Selections” Art Vietnam Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam
2019 “PallasArts Gala” Mondrian Hotel, Doha, Qatar
2019 “Aquinted” Katara Art Centre B18, Doha, Qatar
2018 “East Meets West” AcXoss Borders Art Exhibition, Sanya EDITION, Sanya, China
2017 “Bold Strokes, Celebration of Life and Art” Art Vietnam Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam
2016 “Suzzane’s Sublime Selections” Art Vietnam Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam
2014 “Art Roulette” Elsa Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2013 “An Unnatural Theatre” Aid&Abet Gallery, Cambridge, UK
2012 “Metaflux” Bronze Sculpture Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2011 “Summer Show” Royal Academy of Art, London, UK
2009 “Show 2009” Royal College of Art, London, UK
2007 “New Life and the Dream Garden” Fieldgate Gallery, London, UK
2006 “Self-space” Airvideo@airspace Gallery, Stoke on Trent, London, UK
2006 “Research Show” The Cafe Gallery, Southwark Park Galleries, London, UK
2006 “The Museum of Sorrow” Union Chapel, London, UK
2006 “Os Invisibles” Parlamento de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2005 “FAL‘05’ Stand Galeria SCQ, Lisboa, Portugal
2005 “Treason” The Cafe Gallery, Southwark Park Galleries, London, UK
2004 “Feria Internacional de Arte ARCO‘04” Stand Galeria Fernando Serrano, Huelva, Spain
2004 ”Tercer Ciclo de Bellas Artes” Auditorio de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2004 “Where are you from?” Galeria Fernando Serrano, Huelva, Spain
2003 “Summer Show” Royal Academy of Art, London, UK
2003 “Segundo Ciclo de Bellas Artes” Auditorio de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2003 “Feria Internacional de Arte ARCO‘03” Stand Galeria 57, Madrid, Spain
2003 “Bienal Premio Purificación Garcia”, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
2002 ”Archetypes” Modern Multiples, Los Angeles, USA
2000 “The Show” Royal College of Art, London, UK
2000 “Artlink Sotheby’s Young Artists” Shows and Auctions in Sotheby’s Chicago, Vienna and Tel-Aviv
1999 “Young Blood” Ammirati Puris Lintas @ SoHo Square, London, UK
1999 “Interim Show” Royal College of Art, London, UK
1999 “Royal Society of British Artists Show” The Mall Galleries, London, UK
1998 “RCA Secret” Darwin Building, RCA, London, UK
1998 “Circuitos” Centro de Arte Joven, Madrid, Spain
1997 “Huovo Nuovo” Teatro Principal de Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain
1996 “Novos Valores” Museo Provincial Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain
1996 “Primer Salón de Otoño de Pintura” Diputación de A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
1995 “Centenario Primera Exposición Pablo Picasso ” Sala de Exposiciones Palacio Municipal de A Coruña, Spain
1993 “X Certamen Pintura Concello de Cambre” Biblioteca Municipal de Cambre, A Coruña, Spain
Prizes, Grants and Residencies
2022 Ten Haaf Artist in Residency, Cannero Riviera, Italy
2022 Guest Artist, Walzwerk Art residency, Basel, Switzerland
2016 Artist in Residency, 435 International Art Village, Taipei, Taiwan
2013 Guest Artist, The Dog House, Tokyo, Japan
2012 Guest Artist, Blood Orange East, Berlin, Germany
2006 Ph.D. Research Transfer Grant, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2004 Finalist III Ciclo de Bellas Artes, Auditorio de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2004 Research Grant, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2003 Finalist Premio Bienal Purificación Garcia, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
2002 Artist in Residency, Modern Multiples, Los Angeles, California, USA
2001 Artist on Residency, RCA/Gifu Pref, World Design City, Nagoya, Japan
2000 Alistair Grant Award, Mixed-media on Paper, London, UK
2000 Honorable Mention, Madame Tussaud’s Award for Sculpture, London, UK
2000 Summer Studio, Akademie der Bildenden Kunste Wien, Vienna, Austria
1999 Summer Studio, Akademie der Kunste, Berlin, Germany
1999 Dawler-Rooney Prize for Drawing, London, UK
1998 Selected by the Royal Society of British Artists to show at The Mall Galleries, London, UK
1998 Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza & British Council Grants for Postgraduate Studies, A Coruña, Spain
1995 Socrates-Erasmus, Kingston University, Southampton, London
Collections and Archives
Sotheby’s, London, UK
BBC, London UK
Royal College of Art, London, UK
Katara Cultural Centre, Doha, Qatar
Pallas Arts, Vienna and Doha
World Design City, Takumi M, Nagoya, Japan
Stanford University, San Francisco, USA
Modern Multiples, Los Angeles, USA
CGAG, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Facultad de Bellas Artes, Pontevedra, Spain
Fundación D. Pedro Barrié de la Maza, A Coruña, Spain
Private Collections
.