Curriculum Vitae – Rick Rivet

PERSONAL

Born: 1949
Aklavik, Northwest Territories, Canada

ACADEMIC / OTHER CREDENTIALS

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.
1993 Jury member for selection of work for the Indian and Inuit 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, Ottawa, Ontario, July 6-7, 1998.
1999 Eiteljorg Fellowship, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. November, 1999.
2002 Andy Warhol Foundation Fellowship, Fine Arts Residency Program, The Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, April / May, 2002.
2003 Jury member, Canada Council, Creation / Production Grants, Visual Arts, Established Artists, Ottawa, Ontario, Nov. 18 – 21, 2003.
2007 Royal Canadian Academy of Arts – inducted June, 2007.
2009 Jury member, Canada Council, Creation/Production Grants, Visual Arts, Ottawa, Ontario. March 7 – 13, 2009.

AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS, BURSARIES

1980 The Banff Centre School of Fine Arts scholarship, Banff Centre Winter program.
1983/84 Graduate Student Scholarship, University of Saskatchewan.
1984/85 Graduate Student Scholarship, University of Saskatchewan.
!986 Saskatchewan Arts Board Grant.
1988 Government of Nfld. Arts and Letters Competition Award.
1990 Canadian Native Arts Foundation Grant.
1992/1994 Canada Council Short Term Grant.
1994/2000/03/04/05/07 Canada Council Travel Grant.
1994/96-2004/13/14 B.C. Cultural Services Grant.
1999 Canada Council Mid-Career Creation/Production Grant
1999 Eiteljorg Fellowship, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, In., USA.
2002 Andy Warhol Foundation Fellowship, Fine Arts Residency Program, The Heard Museum, Phoenix, Az., USA.
2004/2005 Canada Council – Creation /Production Grant – Established Artists.
2007/2014/2015/2019/2021 Canada Council – Project Grant – Research/Creation.
2017/2019/2021 Ontario Arts Council – Visual Arts Creation Project.

EXHIBITIONS (Selected group and solo; Commissions)

2023 – Rick Rivet – Journeys, Mounds and the Metaphysical’, IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, NM, USA. Feb. 10 – July 16, 2023. (solo).
2023 – ‘Native Art History Made Here’, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN, USA. April 1, 2023 – March 31, 2024. (group).
2019 – ‘Tracks Through the Firmament’, Gallery Gevik, Toronto, ON. May 25 – June 30, 2019. (solo).
2018 – ‘Rick Rivet’, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC. April 7 – 30, 2018. (solo).
2016-2017 ‘Across the Turtle’s Back’, The Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK. Oct. 2016-April 2017.
2014-15 ‘Beautiful Games: American Indian Sport and Art’ The Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ. USA. Dec. 18, 2014 – Nov. 29, 2015. (group exhibition)
2011 ‘Transitional States – New Work’ – Rick Rivet, Gallery Gevik, Toronto, On., May 7 – 27, 2011. (solo exhibition)
2007 ‘Rick Rivet – Images in Matter/Space/Time’, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC, Sept.30 – Oct. 31,
2007. (solo exhibition )
2006 ‘Rick Rivet – Mappings’, Ruschman Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, Oct..6 – 31, 2006. (solo exhibition)
2006/2007 ‘Rick Rivet – Paintings – 2000 – 2005’, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, March 17 – May 22, 2006. (solo painting exhibition travelling to venues across Canada 2006/2007.
2005 ‘Travel Maps’, Gallery Gevik, Toronto, Ontario, June 4 – 30, 2005. (solo exhibition)
2004 ‘Rick Rivet – String Games and Other Works’, Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver, BC, May 13 – 31,
2004. (solo exhibition)
2003 ‘Rick Rivet – New Work’, Gallery Gevik, Toronto, Ontario, May 24 – June 20, 2003. (solo exhibition)
2002-2003 ‘New by Two – 2002’, Rick Rivet / Anita Fields, Andy Warhol Foundation Fellowship Show,
The Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Oct. 11, 2002 – April 30, 2003. (dual exhibition)
2002 – 2003 ‘8th Native American Fine Arts Invitational’, The Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, USA,
Feb. 16, 2002 – Feb. 7, 2003. (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)
2001 ‘Rick Rivet’, Wabash College, Crawsfordsville, Indiana, USA, Jan. 22 – March 2, 2001. (solo exhibition)
2000 ‘Recent Works’, Gallery Gevik, Toronto, Ontario, May 27 – June 25, 2000. (solo exhibition)
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)
1999-2000 ‘Osopikahikiwak’, Canadian Embassy, (Department of Foreign Affairs, Canada), Washington, D.C., USA, Nov. 16, 1999 – Feb. 29, 2000. (dual exhibition – Rick Rivet / Jane Ash Poitras)
1999-2000 ‘Contemporary Masters: The Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art’, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, Nov. 12, 1999 – Feb. 20, 2000. (group exhibition)
1999 ‘Osopikahikiwak’, Canadian Cultural Centre, (Dep’t of Foreign Affairs Canada), Paris, France. June 3 – Oct. 1, 1999. ( dual painting exhibition, Rick Rivet/Jane Ash Poitras).
1998 ‘Journeys / Mounds’, Gallery Gevik, Toronto, Ont., May 2 – May 23, 1998. (solo exhibition)
1997 ‘Beothuck Mound and Other Works’, Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., May 8- May 31, 1997. (solo exhibition)
1996 – 97 ‘Topographies – Aspects of Recent British Columbia Art’, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Sept. 28, 1996 – Jan. 5, 1997. (group exhibition)
1995 ‘Journey Images – New Works’, The Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC, May 25 – June 15, 1995. (solo exhibition)
1994 ‘Matter, Space and Time’, Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Nov. 12 – Dec. 7, 1994. (solo exhibition)
1994 ‘Rick Rivet- Paintings’, The Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre,
Yellowknife, NWT, Sept. 1 – Nov. 15, 1994. (solo exhibition)
1994 ‘Axis – North by Northwest’, The Virginia Christopher Gallery, Calgary, Alberta,Apr. 30 – May
30,1994. (solo exhibition)
1993-95 ‘Arts from the Arctic – (Russia, Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Scandinavian Lapland)’, The Vancouver Inuit Art Society. (rotating international group exhibition)
1993 ‘The Ethics of Gesture’, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC, Feb. 4 – March 28, 1993. (group exhibition – drawing )
1992 ‘New Territories – 350/500 Years After’, Les Atelier Vision Planetaire, Montreal/Quebec City, Quebec,
June 18 – Oct. 15, 1992. (group exhibition)
1992 – 94 ‘Indigena : Perspectives of Indigenous Peoples on Five Hundred Years’, The Indian and Inuit Gallery, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec, April 15 – Nov. 15, 1992. (group exhibition travelling Canada/USA 1992 – 94)
1991 – 92 ‘Directions’, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay , On., Dec. 19/91 – Feb. 9/92. (solo exhibition)
1985 Graduate Show (MFA), Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, University of Sakatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Sept. 2 – 15, 1985. (solo exhibition)

COLLECTIONS

Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
Government House, Victoria, BC
Maltwood Museum and Art Gallery, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
Gordon Snelgrove Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Indian and Inuit Art Centre, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario
Government of British Columbia Art Collection, Victoria, BC
Dept. of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Art Collection, Ottawa, ON and (Canadian Embassy, Moscow, Russia).
Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, St.John’s, Nfld
Victoria Conference Centre, Victoria, BC
Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Peabody – Essex Museum, Salem, MA, USA
Wabash College, Crawfordville, Indiana, USA
Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, NM, USA
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA
Art Gallery of Ontario,Toronto, ON