Rick Rivet

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

Rick Rivet
Born
Richard James Rivet

1949
Aklavik, Northwest Territories, Canada
NationalityCanadian (Sahtu–Métis)[1]
EducationMFA University of Saskatchewan (1985)[2]
Known forMixed media, Painting
AwardsEiteljorg Fellowship (1999)[1]
Websitehttp://www.rickrivet.ca/

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]

Rivet 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 has referred to as "an expressionist/primitivist approach."[4]

Notes
  1. "The Fellows: 1999." Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art. Accessed 4 May 2014.
  2. "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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