Virginia Christopher Fine Art

 

Rick Rivet

Artist Biography

 

Born
Aklavik, NWT, 1949
 
Education
Bachelor of Education, U of Sask., 1986
Master of Fine Arts, U of Sask., 1985
Painting Scholarship, Banff Centre, 1981
Bachelor of Fine Arts, U of Victoria, 1980
Bachelor of Arts, U of Alberta, 1970
 
Awards
1983  Mungo Martin Award
1978  Mungo Martin Award
 
Recent Exhibitions
1999  Indian Summer, Musées royaux d'art et d'histoire de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
1999  Rick Rivet and Jane Ash Poitras, Canadian Cultural Centre, Department of Foreign Affairs, Paris, France
1998  Journeys / Mounds, Gallery Gevick, Toronto, Ontario
1997  Group Show, Gallery Gevick, Toronto, Ontario
1997  Canadian Collection at APEC '97, Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre and University of BC Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, British Columbia
1997  Asia/Pacific Arts Festival, Department of Asian Studies, University of BC, Vancouver, British Columbia
1996-97  Topographies: Aspects of Recent British Columbia Art, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
1996  Mask Series, Virginia Christopher Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1996  The Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon
1996  Gallery Gevick, Toronto, Ontario
1995  The Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
1995  Recent Acquisitions, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa, Ontario
1995  The Great Northern Arts Festival, Inuvialuit Corporate Centre, Inuvik, Northwest Territories
1994  Axis-North by Northwest, Virginia Christopher Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1994  Prince of Whales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
1994  Matter, Space and Time, Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
1994  Discoveries '94, Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
1994  Arts From the Arctic, Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia (Russia, Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Scandinavian Lapland)
1993-94  Arts from the Arctic, Vancouver Inuit Art Society
1993  The Ethics Gesture, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, British Columbia
1993  Native American and First Nations Peoples Art, Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington
1993  Artopolis '93, The Woodwards Building, Vancouver, British Columbia
1992  INDIGENA, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Québec (travelling)
1992  Canada's First People: A Celebration of Contemporary Native Visual Arts (travelling)
1992  National Arts Centre and Indian Art Centre Gallery, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
1992  Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
1992  New Territories: 350/500 Years After, Les Maisons de la Culture, Montréal, Québec
1992  The Great Northern Arts Festival, Inuvialuit Corporate Centre, Inuvik, Northwest Territories
1992  Recent Acquisitions, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario
1991-92  Directions, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario
1991  Public-Private Gatherings: Recent Acquisitions, Indian and Inuit Art Gallery, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Québec
1990  Houston North Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1990  Other Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1990  Great Northern Arts Festival, Inuvialuit Corporate Centre, Inuvik, Northwest Territories
 
Selected Collections
Alberta Energy Company, Calgary, Alberta
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Québec
Chateau Champlain, Montréal, Québec
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Art Collection, Canadian Embassy, Moscow, Russia
Government of British Columbia Art Collection, Victoria, British Columbia
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Maltwood Museum and Art Gallery, University of Victoria, British Columbia
Memorial University Art Gallery, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland
Gordon Snelgrove Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario
Vancouver Inuit Art Society, Vancouver, British Columbia
 
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