In this McKinney Visiting Artist Series lecture, artist and educator Miguel Rivera shares the evolution of his artistic practice as it has intersected with his identity as a cultural outsider. Using manipulated photos and vector drawings, Rivera’s creative process involves continuous editing that he likens to the process of self-revision and rebirth.
Miguel Rivera is Associate Professor and Chair of Printmaking at the Kansas City Art Institute, where he has taught since 2008. A practicing artist as well as an experienced educator, Rivera has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in Argentina, Poland, Mexico, Japan, China and the United States. Formerly he was chair of the art department at the University of Guanajuato in Mexico and served as an associate professor of printmaking and computers in art.
Prior to joining the University of Guanajuato in 1998, Rivera was an associate artist at Inkling Studio in Portland, Ore., and instructor at West Virginia University in Morgantown, where he completed his M.F.A. degree in printmaking and applied digital media in 1997. He earned a B.F.A. degree in printmaking and painting in 1995 from Southern Oregon University in Ashland and an associate degree in printmaking in 1992 from the University of Guanajuato.
Rivera has given visiting artist lectures in Mexico, Peru, Argentina and the US, including at the conferences of the Southern Graphics Council. He is a co-director with artist Cara Jaye of "Crossover," an artists' collaboration project that started in Guanajuato, Mexico in 2006 and has continued to develop in the US, Mexico, China, and Argentina. Lately he has held artist residencies in Sweden, Argentina, Peru, Mexico, Japan, Italy, and China. His work has been featured at the Napoca Museum in Romania, and the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art and Kemper Museum of American Art, both in Kansas City, and belongs to other museums, universities, galleries, and private collections.
For more information about the artist, please see: https://www.miguelriveraartstudio.com/
