C.V. :: Rick Rivet :: Gallery Gevik

Rick Rivet

b. November 10, 1949, Aklavik, Northwest Territories

Academic Credentials

1969-72 B.A., University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
1976-80 B.F.A. [painting], University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C.
1980-81 Painting scholarship, The Banff Centre, School of Fine Arts
1983-85 M.F.A. [painting], University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.
1985-86 B.Ed., art and English
1993 Jury member for selection of work for the Indian Art Centre, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. April, 1993
1993-1995 Board member for the Society of Canadian Artists of Native Ancestry, (S.C.A.N.A).
1995 Jury member for selection of work for the Canada Council Arts Awards, Short term and Travel Grants, Ottawa, Ontario, Jan.-Feb. 1995
1996 Visiting Artist, "Boreal Institute of Indigenous Art", Keyano College, Fort McMurray, Alberta. November 26- December 8, 1996.
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, USA
2002 Andy Warhol Foundation Fellowship, Fine Arts Residence Program, The Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
2003 Jury Member, Canada Council, Creation/Production Grants, Established Artists, Visual Arts, Ottawa, Ontario

Awards, Scholarships, Bursaries

1986 Saskatchewan Arts Board Grant
1988 Government of Newfoundland Arts and Letters Competition Award
1990 Canadian Native Arts Foundation Grant
1992 Canada Council Short Term Grant
1994 B.C. Cultural Services Grant
Canada Council Short Term & Travel Grants
1994 Canada Council Travel Grant
1994/96/97/98/99 B.C. Arts Council Grant
1996 B.C. Cultural Services Grant
1999 Canada Council Mid-Career Creation/Production Grant
1999 Eitljorg Fellowship, from Eitljorg Museum , Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A
2002 Andy Warhol Foundation Fellowship, Fine Arts Residency Program, The Heard Museum, Pheonix, Arizona, USA
2004 Canada Council - Creation/Production Grant - Established Artists

Exhibitions

1979 Graduating Students Art Show, The Maltwood Museum and Art Gallery, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., Nov. 1-10
1980 The Armouries Building Show, Victoria, B.C., Jan. 1-15 [group]
Graduating Students Art Show, The Maltwood Museum and Art
Gallery, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., April 1-15
The Helen Pitt Graduate Awards Show, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, B.C., June 15-30 [group]
1981 Visual Arts Participants Show, The Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, March 15-30 [juried, group]
1983 Faculty Club Show, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask., Oct. 25- Dec. 13 [juried, group]
1984 University of Saskatchewan Art '84, Travelling Group Exhibition [juried]
Graduate Students Group Show, The Gordon Snelgrove Art
Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask., Nov. 19 -Dec. 7
1985 Graduate Show [M.F.A.], The Gordon Snelgrove Art Gallery,
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask., Sept. 2-15 [solo]
1986 The Saskatchewan Open '86, The Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask., July 25 - Sept. 7 [juried, group]
Vinish Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask., Dec. 11-24 [group]
1988 Memorial University of Newfoundland Art Gallery, Arts and Culture Centre, St. John's, Nfld., Sept. 2-25 [juried, group]
1990 Other Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 1-31 [group]
Houston North Gallery, Halifax, N.S., May 26-June 23 [solo]
The Great Northern Arts Festival, The Inuvialuit Corporate Centre, Inuvik, N.W.T., July 20-Aug. 20 [group]
1991 Public-Private Gatherings: Recent Acquisitions, Indian and Inuit Art Gallery, The Museum of Civilization, Hull, P.Q., April 12 - Oct. 20
The Toronto Symphony's Annual President's Evening in support of the Canadian Native Arts Foundation, auction and benefit show, Roy Thompson Hall, Toronto, Ont.,
1991-92 Directions, The Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ont., Dec. 19 - Feb. 9 [solo]
1992 The Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., April 15 - 30 [group]
1992-94 Indigena: Perspectives of Indigenous Peoples on Five HundredYears, Indian and Inuit Art Gallery, The Museum of Civilization, Hull, P.Q., April 15 - Nov. 15 [group exhibition - travelled Canada/US]
1992 New Territories: 350/500 Years After, Les Ateliers Vision Planetaire, Montreal and Quebec City, P.Q., June 18 - Oct. 15 [group]
The Great Northern Arts Festival, The Inuvialuit Corporate Centre, Inuvik, N.W.T., July 17 - Aug. 1 [group]
Recent Acquisitions, The Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ont., July 28 - Aug. 30
1992-93 Canada's First People: A Celebration of Contemporary Native Visual Arts, Alberta Part Art Publications Society, Edmonton, Alta., toured Canada and Japan for a year, beginning Oct. 1, 1992 [group]
Drawing Exhibition, The National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ont., Dec.10- Jan.15
1993 Drawing Exhibition, Indian Art Centre Gallery, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Feb. - March
The Ethics of Gesture [exhibition of drawings], The Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, B.C., Feb. 4 - March 28 [group]
Native American Art and First Nations Peoples' Art, The Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, US, March 29 - April 30 [group]
1993-95 Arts from the Arctic: Russia, Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Scandinavian Lapland, The Vancouver Inuit Art Society [touring international group exhibition]
1993 Artropolis '93, The Woodwards Building, Vancouver, B.C., Oct 22 - Nov. 20 [group]
1994 Axis - North by Northwest, The Virginia Christopher Gallery, Calgary, Alta., April 30 - May 30 [solo]
The Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Center, Yellowknife, NWT, Sept. 1 - Nov. 15 [solo]
Discoveries '94, Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Sept. 9 - 25 [group]
Arts from the Arctic, The Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery, University of Victoria, B.C., Sept. 11 - Nov. 15
Matter, Space and Time, Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Nov.12 - Dec. 7 [solo]
1995 Recent Acquisitions, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa, Ont., Feb. 1 - 17 [group]
The Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, B.C., May 25 - June 15 [solo]
The Great Northern Arts Festival, Inuvik, NWT, July 19 - 28 [group]
1996 Mask Series, Virginia Christopher Gallery, Calgary, Alta., Feb. 27 - March 16 [solo]
Painting Exhibition, The Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon, June 27 - Aug. 4 [solo]
Painting Exhibition, Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., September [solo]
1996-97 Topographies - Aspects of Recent British Columbia Art, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Sept. 28 - Jan. 12 [group]
1999 Osopikahikiwak, Rick Rivet & Jane Ash Poitras, Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris (Canadian Embassy), Paris, France, June 04- Oct. 1, 1999 [two person show]
1999-2000 "Contemporary Masters: The Eitljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art," Eitljorg Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana, November 12- Jan. 23rd of 2000. [group show showcasing the 1999 Eitljorg Fellowship recipients].
1999-2000 "Shamanic Images," Indian and Inuit Art Gallery, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Ottawa, ON, Dec 1999 - Jan 2000
2000 Commission, Victoria Conference Centre, Victoria, B.C. (1 painting)
2000 Keyano Art Gallery, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Feb 2000 (dual exhibition - Rick Rivet / Bob Boyer
2000 "Recent Work," Gallery Gevik, Toronto, ON May 2000 (solo exhibition, painting)
2001 "Rick Rivet," Wabash Gallery, Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA, Jan 2001
2001 Commission, University of Victoria, B.C. (1 painting)
2001 "Art Exhibition," Taiwan Fine Arts Museum, Taichung, Taiwan, July 2001 (solo exhibition), FNAC, Taipei, Taiwan, Sept 2001 (solo)
2002-03 "8th Native American Fine Arts Invitational," The Heard Museum, Pheonix, Arizona, USA, Feb 2003 (group exhibition)
2002-03 "New by Two 2002," Rick Rivet / Anita Fields, Andy Warhol Foundation Fellowship Show, The Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
2003 "Rick Rivet - New Work," Gallery Gevik, Toronto (solo)
2004 "Rick Rivet - String Games and Other Works," Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. (solo)
2005 "Rick Rivet - Travel Maps," Gallery Geivk, Toronto (solo)

Collections

Eitljorg Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana
Alberta Energy Co., Calgary, Alta.
The Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau, QC
The Chateau Champlain, Montreal, P.Q.
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Art Collection [Canadian Embassy, Moscow]
The Gordon Snelgrove Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.
The Government of British Columbia Art Collection, Victoria, B.C.
The Indian Art Centre, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Ont.
The Maltwood Museum and Art Gallery, University of Victoria, B.C.
The Memorial University Art Gallery, Memorial University, St. John's, Nfld.
Mocal Energy, Ltd. [subsidiary of Mistubishi Corp., Japan) Fort McMurray, Alta.
The Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto
The Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ont.
The Vancouver Inuit Art Society, Vancouver, B.C.
Mocal Energy Ltd., Fort McMurray, Alberta, (subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corp., Japan
Canadian Pioneer Ltd., Calgary Alberta
Carmanah Resources Ltd., Calgary, Alberta
Pan-Canadian Petroleum Ltd., Calgary, Alberta
Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's, Nfld.
Victoria Conference Centre, Victoria, B.C.
Peabody-Essex Museum, Salem, MA., U.S.A.
Canadian Pacific Hotels, Toronto, Ontario
The University Colleciton, University of Victoria, B.C.
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, ON
Connacher Oil and Gas, Calgary Alberta
The University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
The Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA
Krebs Revocable Trust, Santa Fe, N.M., USA
Numerous private collections