george.rivera@colorado.edu
303-492-8374
office: N206
website: stripe.colorado.edu/~riverag

George Rivera is an artist, art critic and curartor. He creates "ethnograms" which consist of text-based art referencing the Chicano experience. He writes about Chicano and Mexican art. He has curated exhibitions Russia, Chile, Peru, Mexico, Spain, and throughout the United States.

Education
Ph.D., State University of New York, 1972
MA, University of Houston, 1968
BA, University of Houston, 1966

Selected Exhibitions
1997 Chicano Retrospective, Corriente Alterna , Lima, Peru
1996 Una Mirada Digital Al Desnudo, Galeria Dulcinea, Mexico City
2001 Muerte Sin Fronteras: Imagenes de Colorado EE.UU./Death Without Borders, Teatro Jose
Peon Contreras/Images from Colorado, USA. Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Curator, Salsa Y Santos, Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts, Glenwood Springs, Colorado
2001 Borderlands, Exhibition Hall of Russian Society of Artists, Khabarovsk, Russia
2000 ARTE Y MUERTE, Sala De Exposiciones, Casa Tlaxcala, Representacion del Gobierno de Tlaxcala, Mexico City
Exposicion Pictoria, Galeria del Restaurante Bananas, Puerto Escondido
1999 Libro Objeto, "Para Mi Madre," Art Book, Galeria Rancho de Comate Cuitolco, Tenango, Mexico
Reflexiones I Del Alma (Reflections Of Soul I), Galeria Rancho de Comate Cuitolco, Tenango, Mexico
Reflexiones II Del Alma (Reflections Of Soul II), Galeria de Arte Jose Clemente Orozco, Escuela Nacional Preparatoria, Mexico City
Millennial Journey, Museo Universidad de Alicante, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain

Selected Regional Exhibitions
2001 Neighborhood Artists Exhibition, Highland Neighborhood SHOWCASE, Rocky Mountain SER Building, Denver, Colorado
The Adventures of Cholo, Vato, and Pano, Tointon Gallery for the Visual Arts, Greeley, Colorado
2000 Days of the Dead: Aztec Adventures of Cholo, Vato, and Pano, CU Heritage Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
Days of the Dead: Aztec Adventures of Cholo, Vato, and Pano, Koshare Indian Museum, La Junta, Colorado (with Tony Ortega)
Days of the Dead: Aztec Adventures of Cholo, Vato, and Pano, Ft. Morgan Museum, Ft. Morgan, Colorado (with Tony Ortega)
Y TU K?, Chicano Humanities and Arts Council, Denver, Colorado
Disability & Art, VSA Arts of Colorado, Arts & Accessibility: Renewing the Challenge of the ADA, Sibel Wolle Fine Arts Building, Boulder, Colorado
1999 The International Chicano/Chicana Art Exhibition, The B Street Gallery, The B Street Pier, San Diego, California
Days of the Dead, Chicano Humanities and Arts Council Gallery (CHAC), Denver, CO
Days of the Dead, Pirate Gallery, Denver, Colorado
New Colors/Nuevos Colores, Chicano Humanities and Arts Center (CHAC), Denver, CO

Selected Curatorial Projects
2001 Curator, Muerte Sin Fronteras: Imagenes de Colorado EE.UU./Death Without Borders, Teatro Jose Peon Contreras/Images from Colorado, USA. Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Curator, Borderlands, Exhibition Hall of Russian Society of Artists, Khabarovsk, Russia
Curator, Salsa Y Santos, Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts, Glenwood Springs, Colorado
2000 Curator, ARTE Y MUERTE, Sala De Exposiciones, Casa Tlaxcala, Representacion del Gobierno de Tlaxcala, Mexico City
Curator, Disability & Art, VSA Arts of Colorado, Arts & Accessibility: Renewing the Challenge of the ADA, Sibel Wolle Fine Arts Building, Boulder, Colorado
1999 Curator, Reflexiones I Del Alma (Reflections Of Soul I), Galeria Rancho de Comate Cuitolco, Tenango, Mexico
Curator, Reflexiones II Del Alma (Reflections Of Soul II), Galeria de Arte Jose Clemente Orozco, Escuela Nacional Preparatoria, Mexico City
Curator, Millennial Journey, Museo Universidad de Alicante, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
Curator, Arte de San Carlos, Fine Art Gallery, Capps Capozzolo Academic Center for the Arts, University of Southern Colorado, Pueblo, Colorado
1999 Curator, Disability: Reclaiming Self Through Art, Arvada Center For The Arts And Humanities, Arvada, Colorado
Curator, Disability: Reclaiming Self Through Art, The University of Southern Colorado Fine Art Gallery, Capps Capozzolo Center for Creative & Performing Arts, Pueblo, Colorado

Selected Publications
ARTICLES IN JOURNALS/CATALOGUES/MAGAZINES/CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Rivera, George. "Arte Chicano en Colorado," DIFUSION de la academia y la cultura, Mexico City, Mexico, forthcoming in December, 2001 journal issue.
Rivera, George. "A Chicano Response to Gauguin," Fiesta! The Art of Mexican Celebration catalogue, Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado, essay in catalogue, 2001.
Rivera, George. "Another View Of Mexican Art,"Mexican Art exhibition, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado, essay forthcoming in 2002 catalogue
Rivera, George. "View From The Other: Chicano Notes On University Museums/Spaces," in Conference Proceedings, II Jornadas De Museos Universitarios(Alicante: Universitat d'Alacanta, 1999), pp. 115-122
Rivera, George. "Millennial Journey," Museo Universidad de Alicante, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain (brochure) 1999.
Rivera, George. "Art And The Ablebodied Gaze," in DISABILITY: RECLAIMING SELF THROUGH ART (Boulder: Dot for Dot, Inc., 1998), p.5.
Rivera, George. "The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: Art as a response to the President's 1998 Initiative on Race," in 1598, 1848, 1898: CONQUEST & CONSEQUENCES (Denver: Museo de las Americas, 1998), p.9.
Rivera, George. "Crisis, Dreams, and the Aesthetic Imagination" in CRISIS, DREAMS, AND THE AESTHETIC IMAGINATION (Boulder: Dot for Dot, Inc., 1998), pp. 5-8.

Selected Honors & Awards
2002 Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts, State of Colorado, Colorado, Council on the Arts
2000 Friendship Certificate, International Education Foundation & China International Culture Exchange Center, Beijing, China
2000 Recognition Award, Cruz Roja Mexicana, Delegacion Puerto Escondido, Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico

Current Projects
"SYNAPSE," exhibition in Lima, Peru, in April, 2002
Planning curatorial projects in China and other countries in South America
Book project on Chicano Art In Colorado