Rick Rivet

Rick Rivet
Born Richard James Rivet
1949
Aklavik, Northwest Territories, Canada
Nationality Canadian (SahtuMétis)[1]
Education MFA University of Saskatchewan (1985)[2]
Known for Mixed media, Painting
Awards Eiteljorg Fellowship (1999)[1]
Website http://www.rickrivet.ca/

Rick Rivet (born 1949 in Aklavik, Northwest Territories) is a SahtuMétis painter living in Canada.

Background and education

Rivet's family lived both in the country and in town at Aklavik, which was a Métis trading center. Métis have a specific culture with First Nations and European roots. He began school in Aklavik at age seven.[2]

River earned four degrees: his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Alberta in 1972; his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Victoria in 1980; his Master of Fine Arts from the University of Saskatchewan in 1985, and Bachelor of Education from the University of Saskatchewan in 1986.[2]

Artwork

His art is deeply influenced by ideas of fusion and hybridity of cultures.[3] He works primarily in acrylic on canvas in a style he as referred to as "an expressionist/primitivist approach."[4]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "The Fellows: 1999." Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art. Accessed 4 May 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "About Rick Rivet." Rick Rivet.] 2014. Accessed 4 May 2014.
  3. Contemporary Masters: The Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art, Vol. I. Indianapolis, IN: Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art. 1999. p. 32. ISBN 0-9635492-2-7.
  4. Ostrowitz, Judith (1999). Privileging the Past: Reconstructing History in Northwest Coast Art. University of Washington Press. p. 150.

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