Miguel Rivera
US-Mexico
lives and works in Kansas City
mi.miguelangel@gmail.com
Curriculum Vitae
Education
1997 MFA Printmaking and Applied Digital Media West Virginia University, WV
1995 BFA Printmaking and Painting Southern Oregon University, OR
1992 Associate’s Degree in Printmaking, University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Grafik i Vest Gallery, Gothenburg, Sweden
2022, Miguel Rivera, Nichols Atlanta Gallery, Atlanta GA
2019, Geo/Matrix, Studios Inc. Kansas City, MO
2019 Davidson Gallery, Seattle WA.
2016 University of Colorado at Boulder, New works
2014 Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Day of the Dead installation featuring Miguel Rivera, Kansas City, MO
2011 Dialogue Between Cities Proyecto ‘ACE, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2009 Miguel Rivera, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Mallin Gallery
2009 Prints by Miguel Rivera, Mexican Cosulate, Kansas City, MO, Works on Paper”, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO.
2008 Large Format Drawings, Museo del Pueblo, Guanajuato, Mexico.
2000 Cyclic Prayers Querétaro Art Museum, Queretaro Mexico
2000 Episcopales Monotypes and Monoprints, Museo del Pueblo de Guanajuato, Mexico
1999 Cyclic Prayers Polivalente Gallery, University of Guanajuato, Mexico
Duo and Trio Shows
2018 Drawn and Etched, Weinberger Fine Art, Kansas City, MO.
2017 Vortex trinity, Todd Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, MO.
2016 “TRIADA - Estampas Híbridas” - Galería Café des Artistes, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
2010 Ritual: New Works on Paper by Miguel Rivera and Soad Kader, Cara and Cabezas Contemporary, Kansas City, MO
2007 Miguel Rivera and Cara Jaye Collaboration Part 1, Crossover/Cruce de Vias, Shift Studio, Seattle, WA
2007 Miguel Rivera and Cara Jaye Collaboration Part 2, Crossover/Cruce de Vias, Gallardo Gallery, Gto, Flying 2006 Miguel Rivera-Prints, Diego Rivera Museum, Guanajuato, Gto. Mexico
2003 Prints by Miguel Rivera, Blanche Gallery, Osaka Japan with Hiyasuki Nomura and Riochi Monobe
Selected Collaborative and Group Exhibitions
2024, Layered Presence, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art
2024 From Metal to Digital_From Matter to Pixel, MACNA Museum of Chaves, Portugal.
2023 Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, “Layered Presence”.
2023 BAAR Art Journey selected artists exhibition, Unapologetic: The Berlin Files
Habitat Contemporary, Kansas City, MO
Nerman Museum, Overland Park, KS
Studios Inc, Kansas City, MO
InterUrban Art House, Overland Park, KS
2023 Douro Biennial Exhibit, Peso do Regua, Portugal
2023 Las Mil y Una Estampas, Campeche, Mexico.
2022, Five Years and Counting, selection from recent acquisitions from the permanent collection. Kemper Museum of American Art, Kansas City, MO
2022, The World in a Handkerchief, IMPACT exhibit, organized by Cecilia Mandrile, Bristol UK.
2022, 5th Global Print 2022 Exhibition, Library of Alijo, Alijo, Portugal
2022, The World in a Handkerchief, Proyecto ACE and Zona Imaginaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2022, First International Digital Printmaking Exhibition, Changsha University, Hunan, China.
2021, Featured Artist, Weinberger Fine Art, Kansas City, MO
2021 Migration Stories, Wilmer Jennings Gallery at Kenkeleba, New York, NY
2021 In Between, Lowell Arts, Lowell, MI
2021 Digital Agora 2021 III, Magyar Elektrográfiai Társaság, Budapest, Hungary
2021 1st. International Digital Print Art Exhibition, Changsha Normal University, Hunan, China
2021 Art For Hope, Series 5: An Initiative by Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi, India
2021, Silvermine Gallery, New Members 21, New Cannan, CT
2020 Gifts of Art: 2019 Acquisitions, Kemper Museum of American Art. KC, MO.
2020 70th A-ONE exhibition, Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan CT
2020 In BEtween Constellation Studios, Lincoln NE
2020 In BEtween/Crossroads KC, Studios Inc, Kansas City, MO
2020 YOU WILL KNOW ME: Migration Stories, Artalive Gallery, New Delhi, India
2019 In BEtween, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA
2019 New Perspectives in Printmaking, Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery at Weber University, Ogden Utah.
2019, Venture into Optics, Johnson County Library, KS
2019 Hispanic Heritage Month Johnson County KS Arts and Heritage Center,
2019 Tribuna Graphic International Printmaking Exhibition, Muzeul de Artã Cluj-Napoca,Rumania
2019 Trayectory and Linear Perspectives, Studios Inc., Kansas City, MO
2019 Lineage + Impact, Haw Contemporary Kansas City, MO
2019, Studios Inc, 2019!, Kansas City, MO
2019 Midwest Print Invitational, Peninsula School of Art Fish Creek WI
2018, Tried, True and Techno, Constellation Studios Lincoln, NE
2018, Signs and Symbols, The Hand Magazine and The Expanded Field, Fraction Studio KC
2018-20, The Kansas City Collection, Kansas City Consortium
2018, 2018 IAPA Exhibition, Taoxichuan Art Museum, Jingdezhen City, Jiangxi Province, China.
2018 Unexpected Encounters, Curated selection from the Permanent Collection, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
2018 Studios Inc. 2018 Artists, Kansas City, MO
2017 Post-Digital Printmaking Exhibition, Redefinition of Print, The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design, Wroclaw, Poland
2017 PaperWest. A National Works on Paper Juried Exhibition, Gittins Gallery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT (Nov. 2017)
2017, Preservation Portfolio, Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence KS
2017 Current States, a Curated Show of Printmaking Faculty from the Midwest region, University of Kansas Art Gallery.
2017 Studios Inc. Artists in Residence
2017, KCAC Auction Show
2016 KCAC 40th Anniversary River Market Regional Exhibition
2016 KCAC Auction Show
2015, Crossover, Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA.
2014 HR Block Art Space Flat File exhibition, Kansas City, MO.
2013, Made in China, Todd Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2014 Crossover II, University of Boulder CO
2014 Traces and Gestures, Richmond Center for Visual Art, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
2013 Traces and Gestures, Fine Arts Center Gallery, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
2013 Traces and Gestures, Proyecto ‘Ace, Dialogo Space/Central Hall, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2013 Traces and Gestures, King Family Exhibition Space, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
2013 Traces and Gestures, Greymatter Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (Part of SGCI International Conference)
2012 The Art of Giving Mattie Rhodes Art Center,.
2011 Self-Portraits, Exhibition Center Raymond-Lasnier of the Culture House of Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada.
2011 Narrow Margins, KCAI faculty biennial, Kansas City, MO
2009 From the Muddy Banks of the Monongahela, WVU Laura Mesaros Gallery, curated by Robert Bridges.
2009 KCAI Art and Design Auction, Kansas City MO, June
2009 IMPRINT,Kansas City Institute Printmaking Faculty, The University of Kansas Art and Design Gallery.
2008 Faculty Review/Preview, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA October-November
2008 HR Block Art Space Flat File exhibition, Kansas City, MO.
2008 New Three HR Block Art Space, Kansas City MO
2008 Between Walls/ Entre Muros, University of Miami, FL, January 25-February 22.
2007 Faculty show, University of Guanajuato,
2007 Tokyu Gallery Hotel, Kyoto, Japan.
2005 Mexico & Japan Printmaking Show, Polivalente Gallery, University of Guanajuato
2005 Day of the Dead Billboard Art Show, Guanajuato
2004 Alumni Invitational, Laura Mesaros Gallery, CAC, WVU
2004 Day of the Dead Billboard Art Show, Guanajuato
2004 Congregating Printmaking, Regional Center for the Arts, Salamanca
2004 Summer Prints, Corazones 19 Gallery, Guanajuato
2003 Planting-Harvesting-Multiplying, Regional Center for the Arts, Prints from Six Mexican States, Salamanca
2003 Prints, Corazones 19 Gallery, Guanajuato
2002 Day of the Dead Billboard Art Show, Guanajuato
2002 Rescuing Roots, IFAI Foundation, San Miguel de Allende
2002 Homage to Art Deco, State Congress Building, Guanajuato
1999 Domestic Mapping, Las Muertas Gallery, Guanajuato
1999 Amistad Show University Gallery, Guanajuato
1998 Prints, Corazones 19 Gallery, Guanajuato
Studio Residencies
2024 KKV Konstnarernas Kollektivverksstad Bohulsan, Gothenbug Sweden
2018 Scuola Internazionale de Grafica, Venice, Italy
2017-19 Studios Inc, Kansas City, MO
2014 Landfall Press Santa Fe, NM
2012, Guanlan Original Printmaking Base, Shenzhen, China
2012 Borderless Studio Visits with Lisette Solarzano and the Cuban Center for Photography, Havana Cuba.
2012 Kansas City Artists Coalition for Crossover Artists summit.
2011 Project ACE, Buenos Aires Argentina.
2003 Hiroshima Junior University and Blanche Gallery, Osaka Japan.
Bibliography:
2019 Tribuna Graphic 2019, International Graphic Art Exhibition catalogue
2018-19 IAPA Works of the Second International Academic Printmaking Alliance Exhibition catalogue
2018 The Hand Magazine featured artist, Issue No.20
Article published in “Anodo y Catodo” (Anhode, Cathode), University of Valencia Spain. 2013
Graphic Impressions :The Newsletter of SGC International Summer 2013, International Focus: CROSSOVER Kansas City-USA and Buenos Aires-Argentina International Project by Alicia Candiani and Miguel Rivera.
Collections:
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Permanent Collection.
Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Permanent Collection.
Muzeul de Artã Cluj-Napoca, Rumania
Guanlan Printmaking Institute, Shenzhen, China
The Anatomy of a Group of International Printmakers,
University of Colorado Special Collections, Boulder ,Colorado.
Permanent Collection of the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, Saint Lawrence University, Canton. NY.
From All Directions: Excellent Printmakers from Everywhere.
University of Colorado Special Collections, Boulder ,Colorado. Permanent Collection of the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, Saint Lawrence University, Canton. NY.
Proyecto ACE Print Collection, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Hand, Eye and Bird:
University of Colorado Special Collections, Boulder ,Colorado.
One more collection University of Nevada at Reno, Reno, NV USA.
University of Colorado Special Collections, Boulder, Colorado
Cork Printmakers Special Collection, Cork, Ireland
Boise State University Printmaking Collection, Boise, Idaho
University of Colorado Special Collection
Proyecto´Ace Print Collection, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Permanent Collection of the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery,
St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
University of North Texas Print Collection.
BKD, LLP Kansas City, MO.
Proyecto ‘ACE Print collection.
Museo del Pueblo, Guanajuato, Mexico
Numerous private collections
Artist Lectures
2023, Esprit De Corps, Guild It, Kansas City, MO
2022, Conversation with Miguel Rivera, Kemper Museum of American Art, Kansas City, MO
2022, Western Wilds, Virtual Conference, UBC, Boulder, CO.
2021 University of Colorado at Boulder, Art Department,
2021 Peer: Share + Tell. Charlotte Street Foundation
2019 Overland Park Art and Heritage Museum, Hispanic Heritage Month
2019 Studios Inc. Geo/Matrix exhibition artist talk.
2019 Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek WI.
2019 Davidson Gallery, Seattle WA
2018 MAACA Mid-American College Art Conference, “Printmaking Technologies: Tried &
True, Techno & New” Lincoln NE
2018, Southern Graphics Council Conference, Las Vegas NE
2015 Visiting Artist, Western Washington University,
2015 Map Making, Path Finding, lecture at University of Colorado Boulder.
2014 Crossover KC-BaAs International Show. Co-curated with Alicia Candiani, Project ACE gallery BA Argentina, Kansas City Artist Coalition forthcoming, Western Washington University Gallery forthcoming.
2014 MO’ Print Symposium Lecture “Collaboration in Print”, University of Colorado at Boulder CO
2014 Southern Graphics Print Council International Lecture Genius Locci, San Francisco CA.
2013 Transgraphic Workshop, Project ACE. Argentina
2013 Peru Printmaking Conference lecture, Center for American-Peruvian Studies, Lima Peru
2013 Transgraphic Workshop, Catholic University of Peru in Lima
2013 Southern Graphic Council International lecture “Voices of Silence”, Milwaukee, WI
2013 Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Third Thursday Lecture Series
2011 Docent training sessions at Nelson Atkins Museum, Impressions and Improvisations: The Print of Romare Bearden Show Special Projects in collaboration with curator Leesa Fanning,
2011 Linda Lighton Panel, Kansas City Artists Coalition
2011 Warwick Society Print workshop, Kansas City, MO
2009 Info-Bahn, Curating the World_Wide Web, Urban Culture Project at La Esquina Gallery, Kansas City MO
2009 College of the Sequoias, Visalia California, Visiting artist and lecturer
2009 The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the Ford Learning Center. Teachers demo,
2007 Museo Dieguino, Guanajuato, “Prints from the Armando Olivares Library”, Lecture.
Honors and Awards
2013 Artist Travel Grant, KCAC-Quakensbush, Kansas City MO.
2012 Cuba Project President Travel Grant
2011 KCAI faculty development grant and Linda Lighton Fund to attend Proyecto ‘ACE artist in residence, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2009. Faculty Development Grant Award Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2012 Guanlan Printmakig Studio, Artist in Residence, Shenzen, China
2008 Mexico Board of Higher Education: Faculty Evaluator representing UG.
2005-08 Mexican Board of Education: Recognition for Academic Excellence
2002-05 Mexican Board of Education: Recognition for Academic Excellence
2003 Exhibition Travel Grant , Osaka Japan
2002-08 University of Guanajuato, Promotion and Tenure Committee arts faculty member.
2002-08 University of Guanajuato, Academic Grievance Committee arts faculty representative.
2000 Lecture Travel Grant , Southern Graphics Council Conference, Miami Florida.
1995-97 MFA Mesaros Scholarship WVU.
1996 Travel Grant to attend Critics and Curators Conference at the Carnegie International Biennial Pittsburgh PA
1995-97 Swiger Grant to Academic Achievement.
Academic Appointments
2008-current Associate Professor Printmaking Department, Kansas City Art Institute
2008-current Department Chair Printmaking Department, Kansas City Art Institute
2005-2008 Chair, Art Department, University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato Mexico
2004-2008 Associate Professor, Art Department, University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato Mexico
1998-2005 Academic Chair, Art Department, University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato Mexico
1998-2004 Assistant Professor Art Department, University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato Mexico
1996-97 Instructor of record, Introduction to Drawing, WVU
Curatorial Work
2015, Crossover Summit and retrospective, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
2014 FLTP, Memory and Place, KCAI students at KCAC, Oct. 2014
2014 Crossover BsAs Chapter at KCAC
2014, Latino Artists Now, Guadalupe Arts Center, Kansas City MO
2014 Exchange Portfolio KCAI Print Dept. and Peru Catholic University Art Dept. Lima, Peru
2013 Crossover at Project ACE, International Chapter, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2012 Self-Portraits, KCAI chapter with Students and faculty, exhibited in Trois River, Montreal, Spain and Argentina
2011 Crossover at KCAC with Cara Jaye, Patricia Villalobos, Melanie Yazzie and Michael Schonhoff.
2011 KCAI Print Dept. student show, University of Guanajuato, Mexico
Academic Conferences Attended
2018 MAACA, Lincoln NE
2018, Altered Landscapes, SGCI, Las Vegas.
2016 Flux, SGCI Portland, OT
2014 Crossing Paths, Boulder CO
2014 Bridges, Southern Graphics Council, San Francisco, CA
2013 Print MKE, Southern Graphics Council, Milwaukee, WI
2012 Alliance of Artist Communities, Kansas City, MO
2010 Philagrafika, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Global Implications, Southern Graphics Council, Chicago, IL
2008 College Art Association Conference, Dallas, TX
2006 College Art Association Conference, Boston MA
2000 Southern Graphics Council Conference, Miami, FL
1998 Southern Graphics Council, Athens OH
1996 Southern Graphics Council WVU, West Virginia, WV
Professional Organizations
ArtsKC, current (Board of Directors)
Kansas City Artist Coalition, 2010-2017 (Board of Directors)
Mattie Rhodes Art Center, 2009-2010 (Board of Directors)
Southern Graphics Council International. (Member)
Service to the Community
2020, Arts Joco Shooting Stars, Scholarships Awards Juror
2014, Charlotte Street Foundation Assessment Focus Group
2014, Nelson Atkins and Hyde Park Cultural District Focus Group
2010-present Kansas City Artists Coalition events volunteer
2009-17 Kansas City Mattie Rhodes Art Center volunteer
2009-present Arts Inc, Steering Committee Member
2010 Arts INC artist Juror, Kansas City MO.
Other Responsibilities to the Institute
Participated actively to host the following artists to lecture and work at KCAI:
Alicia Candiani with KCAC and VAWG
Luis Camnitzer with VAWG
Pepon Osorio with VAWG and Nelson Atkins
Betsabe Romero with Nelson Atkins
Emilio Said with the Mexican Cosulate and HR Block Art Space
Pablo Helguera with VAWG and Nelson Atkins
Lisette Solorzano with HR Block Art Space and Cara and Cabezas Gallery
Taught workshops for the Warwick Society
Worked with Advancement to bring donations to the school auction such as two prints by Visiting Artist John Buck in 2011 and 2012
Worked with Advancement to bring equipment donations to the department, ie. Furniture, a proofing press, lithography stones, type cabinets and paper cutters.
Helped Advancement to plan 2013 Patron Preview.
Facilitated the donation of a studio space and residency opportunities for Printmaking students with Adam Jones from the Hobbs Building and The Kansas City Ink and Paper Arts Center.
Committees and Services to school
2024 Mobility Committee.
2019-20 Diversity and Inclusion Working Group
2019-20 Visiting Artist Working Group
2019-20 Educational Policy Committee
2018-19 Educational Policy Committee
2009-19 Visiting Artist Working Group
2019 Diversity Working Group
2014 Strategic Plan (Architectural Plan)
2014 Fullbright KCAI Student Nomination Committee
2011 Faculty Development Grant Committee
2010-14 Budget Remuneration and Benefits Committee
2010 Graphic Design Faculty Search Committee
2008 Educational Mobility Committee,
2009-14 Lecture Series Committee.
Masters in Business and Fine Art Focus Group, adhoc committee
Admissions Portfolio Reviews, 2008-13.
Institutional Service at KCAI
2024 KCAI Printmaking Department “Night Shift” event organized at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art
2022 Collaboration with designer Anne Willoughby from willoughbydesign for Design week at KCAI
2014 Created internship opportunities for the Day of the Dead Festival for KCAI students at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art.
2009-14 Transfer students portfolios reviews with Admissions and welcoming sessions.
Yearly KCAI Parents Day,
National Portfolio Review
2011-2014
LOCAL faculty advisor, Latino Organization Creative Arts and Culture
KCAI Latino Artist Now Show advisor at Guadalupe Center.
”Argentina: Place and Memory” Students Show, curated by Reed Anderson and
KCAI Design Workshop to envision its master plan 2012-2013
Faculty mentorship for Charika Billie, Illustration,
2011-14 CASL faculty advisor.
2011 Facilitated John Buck print Macy’s on the Kaw for KCAI auction
2010 Facilitated John Buck print The Choir for 2011 for KCAI 2013 auction
2009-10,11,13-14 Foundation Department presentation
Facilitator, Foundation Orientation in Printmaking Department