Curriculum Vitae

Personal Information

Richard James Rivet
Born: November 10, 1949
Aklavik, Northwest Territories, Canada
Canadian Citizen

Academic Credentials/Other

1969-72 BA, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta.
1976-80 B.F.A. (Painting), University of Victoria, Victoria B.C.
1980-81 The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Painting Scholarship.
1983-85 Two year M.F.A. Program (Painting), University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Thesis Title: “Creativity”
1985-86 B. Ed. (A.D.), University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (Art major/English minor). Received Professional “A” Teaching Certificate, August 1986.
1995 Jury member for selection of work for the Canada Council Arts Awards, Short term and Travel Grants, Ottawa, Ontario, Jan.-Feb. 1995.
1993 Jury member for selection of work for the Indian Art Centre, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. April, 1993
1995 Jury member for selection of work for the Canada Council Arts Awards, Short term and Travel Grants, Ottawa, Ontario, Jan.-Feb. 1995
1998 Jury member, Canada Council - Project Assistance for Initiatives in Contemporary Visual Art and Architecture, July 6-7, 1998.
1999 Eiteljorg Fellowship, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A.
2002 Andy Warhol Foundation Fellowship, Fine Arts Residency Program, The Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A. April / May, 2002.
2003 Jury member, Canada Council, Creation / Production Grants, Established Artists, VisualArts, Ottawa, Ontario, Nov. 18 - 21, 2003.
2007 Royal Canadian Academy of Arts — inducted June, 2007.

Awards, Scholarships and Bursaries

1988 Government of Nfld. Arts and Letters Competition Award.
1990 Canadian Native Arts Foundation Grant.
1992 Canada Council Short Term Grant.
1994 Canada Council Short Term Grant and Travel Grant.
1994/2000/03/04/05 Canada Council Travel Grant.
1994/1996/2004 B.C. Arts Council Grant
1999 Canada Council Mid-Career Creation / Production Grant.
1999 Eiteljorg Fellowship, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A.
2002 Andy Warhol Foundation Fellowship, Fine Arts Residency Program, The Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.
2004-05 Canada Council - Creation/Production Grant - Established Artists.
2007 Canada Council - Project Grant - Research/Creation.

Exhibitions (Selected Group and Solo; Commissions)

1985 Graduate Show (M.F.A.), The Gordon Snelgrove Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask., Sept. 2-15, 1985, (solo exhibition).
1991-92 Directions, The Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Dec. 19, ‘91- Feb. 9, ‘92 (solo exhibition).
1992-94 Indigena: Perspectives of Indgenous Peoples on five Hundred Years. The Indian and Inuit Gallery, The Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec, April 15-Nov. 15, 1992 (group exhibition; travelling Canada, USA 1992-94).
1992 New Territories, 350-500 Years After, Les Ateliers Vision Planetaire, Montreal/Quebec City, Quebec, June 18-Oct. 15, 1992 (group exhibition).
1993 The Ethics of Gesture, The Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, B.C., Feb.4 - Mar. 28,
1993 (group exhibition, drawing).
1993-95 Arts from the Arctic, (Russia, Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Scandinavian Lapland), The Vancouver Inuit Art Society (rotating international group exhibition).
1994 ‘Axis-North by Northwest’, The Virginia Christopher Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Apr. 30 - May30, 1994 (solo exhibition).
1994 Painting Exhibition, The Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, NWT, Sept. 1 - Nov. 15, 1994 (solo exhibition).
1994 “Matter, Space and Time” Painting exhibition, Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Nov 12 - Dec 7, 1994 (solo exhibition).
1995 The Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, B.C., May 25 - June 15, 1995 (solo exhibition, painting).
1996-97 “Topographies - Aspects of recent British Columbia Art”, Vancouver Art Gallery,
Vancouver B.C., Sept. 28, 1996 - Jan. 5, 1997 (group exhibition)
1997 “Beothuck Mound and Other Works”, Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., May 8- May31, 1997 (solo exhibition, painting).
1998 “Journeys / Mounds”, Gallery Gevik, Toronto, Ont., May 2 - May 23, 1998, (solo exhibi tion, painting).
1999 “Osopikahikiwak”, Canadian Cultural Centre (Dep’t. of Foreign Affairs Canada), Paris, France, June 3 - Oct. 1, 1999. (dual exhibition, Rick Rivet / Jane Ash Poitras).
1999-2000 “ContemporaryMasters: The EiteljorgFellowship for NativeAmerican Fine Art”,. Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A., Nov. 12, 1999 - Feb. 20, 2000. (group exhibition).
1999-2000 “Osopikahikiwak”, Canadian Embassy, (Department of Foreign Affairs, Canada), Washington, D.C., U.S.A., Nov. 16, 1999 - Feb. 29, 2000. (dual exhibition, Rick Rivet / Jane Ash Poitras).
1999-2000 “Shamanic Images”, Indian and Inuit ArtGallery, Dept. of Indian and Northern Affairs, Ottawa, Ontario; Dec. 9, 1999 - Jan. 28, 2000, (solo exhibition, painting).
2000 “Recent Works”, Gallery Gevik, Toronto, Ontario, May 27 - June 25, 2000. (solo exhibition, painting).)
2001 “Rick Rivet”, Wabash College, Crawsfordsville, Indiana, U.S.A., Jan. 22 - March 2, 2001. (solo exhibition).
2001 “Art Exhibition”, Taiwan Fine Arts Museum, Taichung, Taiwan, July 1 - 31, 2001. (solo exhibition). FNAC, Taipei, Taiwan, Sept. 1 - 30, 2001. (solo exhibition).
2002-03 “8th Native American Fine Arts Invitational”, The Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A., Feb. 16, 2002 - Feb. 7, 2003. (group exhibition).
2002-03 “New by Two 2002”, Rick Rivet / Anita Fields, Andy Warhol Foundation Fellowship Show, The Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A., Oct. 11, 2002 - April 30, 2003.
2003 “Rick Rivet - New Work”, the Gallery Gevik, Toronto, Ontario, May 24 - June 20, 2003. (solo exhibition).
2004 “Rick Rivet - String Games and Other Works”, Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., May 13 - 31, 2004. (solo exhibition).
2005 “Travel Maps”, the Gallery Gevik, Toronto, Ontario, June 4 - 30, 2005. (solo exhibition).
2006-07 “Rick Rivet - Paintings - 2000-2005”, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Mar.17-May 22, 2006. (solo exhibition, painting;travelling to venues across Canada 2006/2007).
2006 “Rick Rivet - Mappings”, the Ruschman Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A., Oct. 6-31,2006. (solo exhibition - painting).
2007 “Rick Rivet - Images in Matter/Space/Time“, The Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, B.C., Sept. 29 - Oct. 31, 2007. (solo exhibition, painting).