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<< back to artist listing Rick Rivet Rick Rivet was born in Aklavik, Northwest Territories in 1949. He left the region to pursue art and art related studies at the University of Alberta, University of Victoria and University of Saskatchewan. He holds a BA, BFA, MFA, and BEd and is the recipient of extensive and impressive scholarships and awards. In addition to his art practice, Rivet has taught art in many parts of Canada. His current residence is Terrace, British Columbia. The thoughtful and sophisticated canvasses Rivet creates bridge more than the spaces he has travelled in Canada or those that link Native and Canadian realities. He employs images from the space-time continuum of human existence. Shamanistic imagery from ancient peoples across the globe is interwoven with themes and concerns of our modern Western culture. Rivet’s paintings and drawings form parts of major collections such as: the Museum of Civilization, Hull, Québec; the Province of British Columbia Art Collection, Victoria, BC; the Maltwood Museum and Art Gallery, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC; the Gordon Snelgrove Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, and Memorial University Art Gallery, St. John’s, Nfld. His work is also represented in numerous private collections worldwide. In July 2006, Rivet was elected to membership in the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA). SELECTED RECENT EXHIBITIONS 1990 Houston North Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia Other Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia Great Northern Arts Festival. Inuvialuit Corporate Centre, Inuvik, Northwest Territories 1991 Public – Private Gatherings: Recent Acquisitions, Indian and Inuit Art Gallery, The Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Québec 1991-92 Directions, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario (solo) 1992 Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, BC 1992-94 Indigena: Perspectives of Indigenous Peoples on Five Hundred Years. The Indian and Inuit Gallery, The Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Québec 1992-93 Canada’s First People: A Celebrations of Contemporary Native Visual Arts, Alberta Part Art Publications Society (with Syncrude Canada Ltd.) Edmonton, and subsequent tour of Canada and Japan. 1992-93 Drawing Exhibition, The National Art Centre, Ottawa, Ontario and Indian art Centre Gallery, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Ontario 1993 Native American art and First Nations People’s Art, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington 1994 Axis – North by Northwest, the Virginia Christopher Gallery, Calgary, Alberta (solo) 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 1994 Painting Exhibition, the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, NWT (solo) 1995 Arts from the Arctic, rotating international group (93 & 94) exhibition Recent Acquisitions. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa, Ontario The Great Northern Arts Festival. Inuvialuit Corporate Centre, Inuvik, Northwest Territories 1995 Journey Images, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC (solo) 1996 Mask Series. Virginia Christopher Gallery, Calgary, Alberta The Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon Gallery Gevick, Toronto, Ontario 1996-97 Topographies: Aspects of Recent British Columbia Art. Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia 1997 Group Show. Gallery Gevick, Toronto, Ontario Canadian 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 1998 Journeys / Mounds. Gallery Gevick, Toronto, Ontario 1999 Indian Summer. Musées royaux d’art et d’histoire de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium Rick Rivet and Jane Ash Poitras. Canadian Cultural Centre, Department of Foreign Affairs, Paris, France 2003 Rick Rivet: New Work, Gallery Gevik, Toronto, Ontario SELECTED COLLECTIONS 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, BC Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Maltwood Museum and Art Gallery, University of Victoria, BC 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, BC Pieces by Rick Rivet: Landscape/Figure 3 2007 view details Mound 19 2007 view details Arctic Moon 2 2007 view details String Game 12 2007 view details Mound 17 2007 view details Metaphysic 7 2007 view details Earth Figure #2 2007 view details Metaphysic 6 2007 view details Landscape/Figure 2 2007 view details Shining Path 2006 view details Adrift 6 2005 view details Mound 12 2005 view details Abstract 5 2004 view details String Game #11 - Closed Door 2003 view details Beothuk Mound [green] 2002 view details Beothuk Mound [brown] 2002 view details Beothuk Mound [b&w 9] 2002 view details Beothuk Mound [b&w 8] 2002 view details Beothuk Mound [b&w 7] 2002 view details Beothuk Mound [b&w 5] 2002 view details Beothuk Mound [b&w 4] 2002 view details Beothuk Mound [b&w 3] 2002 view details Beothuk Mound [b&w 2] 2002 view details Mound 3 1999 view details Roadmap #2 1998 view details Beothuk Mound #3 1996 view details Shamanic Figure #5 1996 view details Beothuk Mound #2 1996 view details Beothuk Mound # 4 1996 view details Bison Mask Series 9 1995 view details Caribou Mask Series 1995 view details Journey #24 1995 view details North Shift #1 1995 view details Bison Mask Series 10 1995 view details Dumont #2 1994 view details Matter Image # 2 (proof # 2) 1994 view details Journey #12 1994 view details Matter Image # 2 (proof # 1) 1994 view details Matter Image # 2 (proof # 4) 1994 view details Matter Image # 2 (proof # 3) 1994 view details Here to There #38 1994 view details Journey #8 1993 view details Journey #7 1993 view details Journey #11 1993 view details Beaver Skull Mask 1993 view details The End of the Game #2 1992 view details Firekeepers #2 1992 view details Landscape/Figure 2006 SOLD view details Beothuk Mound [b&w 1] 2002 SOLD view details Beothuk Mound [b&w 6] 2002 SOLD view details

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