Ernesto Rivera (Santo Domingo) is an artist based in Brooklyn. Ernesto has been selected as a participant artist in the Interdisciplinary Art and Theory Program (2020-2021). He holds a BFA from Parsons-The New School (2019). He had an internship at Coleccion Patricia Phelps Cisneros (NYC, 2018) and later worked as a collection management assistant at The Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (NYC, 2019-2020). He studied for the MFA Theory and History of Design at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico in Mexico City (2015) conducting research on editorial processes of design critique writings.

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Art Awards and Achievements

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2020: Artist participant in The Interdisciplinary Art and Theory Program for the year 2020-2021

 

2020: Finalist, 28 Concurso de Arte Eduardo León Jimenes

"Ensayo” (2020) Installation

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2018: Finalist, 27 Concurso de Arte Eduardo León Jimenes

“Contra Uno” (2018) Installation
 

2017: Finalist, Concurso Diario Libre Arte Contemporáneo, 2017. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

“Archivo” (2017) Sculpture

“Testigos” (2017) Sculpture

 

2016: Honorable Mention, Concurso Diario Libre Arte Contemporáneo, 2016. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

“80-20” (2016) Sculpture

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Exhibitions

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May, 2018: ‘Parsons Festival 2019’. Group Show. Parsons, New York.

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May, 2018: ‘Parsons Fine Arts Thesis Show’. Group Show. Parsons, New York.

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Oct, 2018- April 28, 2019: ‘27 Concurso de Arte Centro Leon’. Group Show. Centro Leon. Santiago. Dominican Republic.

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Oct, 2018: ‘Parsons Fine Arts Open Studio’. Group Show. Parsons, New York.

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April 2018: ‘Fire in the Web Lab’. Group Show. 25 East Gallery. Parsons, New York.  

      

Dec 2017: ‘Urban Emptiness’. Group Show. Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels, Belgium.

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Dec 2017: ‘Hybrid Projects: Images-Texts’. Group Show.  Parsons + The New School, New York.

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Reviews

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2018: Interview for Centro Leon. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZdNaa2LYsU&list=PLHmLozy0rg-E95xY7yPFMqDjMBPCLMFXI&index=2 

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2017: Interview for Diario Libre. Retrieved from http://dlartecontemporaneo.com/finalista/62 

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2016, May 23: Interview for Diario Libre. Retrieved from https://www.diariolibre.com/revista/ernesto-rivera-IH3779956

 

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Publications

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"Eufemia" 2018, Revista ONTO, N.1, Estudio L7, Santo Domingo

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