Exhibitions

Group / Solo / Commissions

• 1979 Graduating Students’Art Show, The Maltwood Museum and Art Gallery, University of Victoria, Nov.1 - 10, 1979, (group exhibition).
• 1980 The Armouries Building Show, Victoria, B.C., Jan. 1 - 15, 1980 (group exhibition).
• 1980 Graduating Students’Art Show, The Maltwood Museum and Art Gallery, University of Victoria, April 1 - 15, 1980, (group exhibition).
• 1980 The Helen Pitt Graduate Awards Show, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, B.C. June 15 - 30, 1980 (juried, group exhibition).
• 1981 Visual Arts Participants Show, The Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, March 15 - 30, 1981 (juried, group exhibition).
• 1983 Faculty Club Show, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Oct. 25 - Dec.13, 1983 (juried, group exhibition).
• 1984 The Saskatchewan Open ‘84, The Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Sept. 14 - Oct. 28, 1984 (juried, group exhibition).
• 1984 University of Saskatchewan Art ‘84 Travelling Group Exhibition (juried)
• 1984 Graduate Students’Group Show, The Gordon Snelgrove Art Gallery, The University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Nov. 19 - Dec. 7, 1984.
• 1985 Graduate Show (M.F.A.), The Gordon Snelgrove Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask., Sept. 2-15, 1985, (solo exhibition).
• 1986 The Saskatchewan Open ‘86, The Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, July 25-Sept. 7, 1986 (juried, group exhibition).
• 1986 Vinish Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Dec. 11 - 24 1986 (group exhibition).
• 1988 Memorial University of Newfoundland Art Gallery, Arts and Culture Centre, St. John’s, Nfld., Sept. 2-25, 1988 (juried, group exhibition)
• 1990 Other Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 26 - June 23, 1990 (group exhibition).
• 1990 Houston North Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 26 - June 23, 1990 ( solo exhibition)
• 1990 The great Northern Arts Festival, The Inuvialuit Corporate Centre, Inuvik, NWT, July 20 - July 27, 1990 (group exhibition)
• 1991 Public-Private Gatherings: Recent Acquistions, Indian and Inuit Art Gallery, The Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec, April 12 - Oct. 20, 1991
• 1991 Roy Thompson Hall, Toronto, Ontario, auction and benefit show, The Toronto Symphony’s Annual President’s Evening in support of the Canadian Native Arts Foundation, April 12, 1991 (group exhibition)
• 1991-92 Directions, The Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Dec. 19, ‘91- Feb. 9, ‘92 (solo exhibition)
• 1992 The Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., April 15 - 30, 1992 (group exhibition)
• 1990Other Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 26 - June 23, 1990 (group exhibition)
• 1990Houston North Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 26 - June 23, 1990 (solo exhibition)
• 1990 The great Northern Arts Festival, The Inuvialuit Corporate Centre, Inuvik, NWT< July 20 - July 27, 1990 (group exhibition)
• 1991 Public - Private Gatherings: Recent Acquistions, Indian and Inuit Art Gallery, The Canadian Museum of Ciilization, Hull, Quebec, April 12 - Oct. 20, 1991
• 1991 Roy Thompson Hall, Toronto, Ontario, auction and benefit show, The Toronto Symphony”s Annual President Evening in support of the Canadian Native Arts Foundation, April 12,1991 (group exhibition)
• 1991-92 Directions, The Tunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Dec. 19, 1991 - Feb. 9, 1992 (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, USA1992-94)
• 1992 New Territories, 350-500 Years After, Les Ateliers Vision Planetaire, Montreal/Quebec City, Quebec, June 18-Oct. 15, 1992 (group exhibition)
• 1992 The great Northern Arts Festival, The Inuvialuit Corporate Centre, Inuvik, NWT, July 17 - Aug. 1, 1992 (group exhibition)
• 1992 Recent Acquisitions, The Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario, July 28 - Aug. 30, 1992 (group exhibition)
• 1992-93 Canada’sFirst People: ACelebration of Contemporary Native Visual Arts, Alberta Part Art Publications Society, (with Syncrude Canada Ltd.), Edmonton, Alberta, Oct. 1, 1992 -Fall, 1993, touring Canada and Japan (group exhibition)
• 1992-93 Drawing Exhibition, The National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ont. Dec 10, 1992 - Jan. 5, 1993. Indian Art Centre Gallery, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Ont. Feb. - Mar., 1993 (group exhibition)
• 1993 The Ethics of Gesture, The Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, B.C., Feb.4 - Mar. 28, 1993 (group exhibition, drawing)
• 1993 Native American Art and First Nations People’s Art. The Western Gallery 5, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, USAMar. 29 - Apr. 30, 1993 (group exhibition).
• 1993-95 Arts from the Arctic, (Russia, Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Scandinavian Lapland), The Vancouver Inuit Art Society (rotating international group exhibition).
• 1993 Artropolis ‘93, The Woodwards Building, Vancouver, B.C. Oct. 22-Nov. 20, 1993 (group exhibition).
• 1994 ‘Axis-North by Northwest’, The Virginia Christopher Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Apr. 30 - May 30, 1994 (solo exhibition).
• 1994 Painting Exhibition, The Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, NWT, Sept. 1 - Nov. 15, 1994 (solo exhibition).
• 1994 “Discoveries, ‘94”, Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Sept. 9 - 25, 1994 (group exhibition, painting/drawing/prints).
• 1994 Arts from the Artic, The Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., Sept. 11 - Nov. 15, 1994 (group exhibition, painting/sculpture)
• 1994 “Matter, Space and Time” Painting exhibition, Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Nov 12 - Dec 7, 1994 (solo exhibition).
• 1995 “Recent Acquisitions”, Dept. of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa, Ontario, Feb. 1-17, 1995 (group exhibition).
• 1995 The Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, B.C., May 25 - June 15, 1995 (solo exhibition, painting).
• 1995 The Great Northern Arts Festival, Inuvik, NWT, July 19 - 28, 1995 (group exhibition).
• 1994 Arts from the Artic, The maltwood Museum and Gallery, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., Sept.11 - Nov. 15, 1994 (group exhibition, painting/sculpture).
• 1994 “Matter, Space and Time” Painting exhibition, Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Nov. 12 - Dec 7 , 1994 (solo exhibition).
• 1995 “Recent Acquisitions” , Dept. of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa, Ontario, Feb. 1-17, 1995 (group exhibition).
• 1995 The Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, B.C., May 25 - June 15, 1995 (solo exhibition, painting).
• 1995 The Great Northern Arts Festival, Inuvik, NWT, July 19 - 28, 1995 (group exhibition).
• 1996 “Mask Series”, Virginia Christopher Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Feb. 27 - Mar. 16, 1996 (solo exhibition, painting).
• 1996 Painting Exhibition, The Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon, June 27-Aug. 4, 1996 (group exhibition, painting).
• 1996 Painting Exhibition, Gallery Gevick, Toronto, Ont., Oct. 17 - Nov. 8, 1996 (group exhibition).
• 1996 “Highlights of the Permanent Collection”, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ont. Oct/Nov. 1996 (group exhibition).
• 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- May 31, 1997 (solo exhibition, painting).
• 1997 “The Asia/Pacific Arts Festival”, Dept. of Asian Studies, U.B.C., Vancouver B.C., Oct 14 - 18, 1997. (group exhibition).
• 1997 “Canadian Collection at APEC ‘97”, Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre, and the Museum of Anthropology, U.B.C., Vancouver B.C., Nov. 19 - 25, 1997 (group exhibition).
• 1998 “Journeys / Mounds”, Gallery Gevik, Toronto, Ont., May 2 - May 23, 1998 (solo exhibition, 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 “Contemporary Masters: The Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American 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 Art Gallery, Dept. of Indian and Northern Affairs, Ottawa, Ontario; Dec. 9, 1999 - Jan. 28, 2000, (solo exhibition, painting).
• 2000 Commission, Victoria Conference Centre, Victoria, B.C. (1 painting).
• 2000 Keyano Art Gallery, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Feb. 4 - March 4, 2000. (dual exhibition, Rick Rivet / Bob Boyer).
• 2000 “Recent Works”, Gallery Gevik, Toronto, Ontario, May 27 - June 25, 2000. (solo exhibition, painting).
• 2001 Commission, University of Victoria, Victoria, B. C. (1 painting).
• 2001 Painting Exhibition, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, U.S.A. Jan. 22 - March 2, 2001. (solo exhibition).
• 2001 “Perpetual Bundle - Selected works from the National Indian Art Collection”, International Tour - Asia/North America/Europe - Opens at the Waikato Museum, Hamilton, New Zealand, September, 2001. (group 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).
• 2002-2003 “8th Native American Fine Arts Invittional” , The Heard Museum, Phenix,Arizona, U.S.A., Feb. 16,2003. (group exhibition).
• 2002 “Recent works - Uvic Visual Arts Alumni (BFA1963-93)” , Maltwood Museum and Art Gallery, April 4 - June 30,2002. (group exhibition).
• 2002 “Stories from the Circle: Science and Native Wisdom”, Dine College, Tsaile, AZ., U.S.A. May 13,2002. Sponsor - Tapestry Instite. (group exhibition).
• 2002 G-8 Economic Summit, Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada. June 2002.
• 2002-2003 “New by the Two 2002” , Rick Rivet / Anita Fields,Andy Wharhol Foundations Fellowship Show, The Heard Museum, Phoenix,Arizona, U.S.A., Oct. 11,2002-April 30,2003.
• 2003 “Rick Rivet - New Work”, Gallery Gevik, Toronto,Ontario, May 24 - June 20, 2003. (solo exhibition). 7
• 2004-2007 “Native Views: Influences of Modern Culture” ‘ Artrain U.S.A., April 2004-December 2007. (traveling group 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, Ont., June 4-30,2005 (solo Exhibition).
• 2006-2007 “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).
• 2011 “Transitional States – New Work“ – Rick Rivet, Gallery Gevik, Toronto, On., May 7 – 27, 2011. (solo exhibition).