LUISA RIVERA
Born in 1987, Santiago, Chile
Lives and works in London, UK
EDUCATION
2013 – 2015 / Master of Fine Arts (MFA) / Beneficiary of the Fulbright scholarship, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN, USA
2007 – 2011 / Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), UC University, Santiago, Chile
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 / Cien Años de Soledad / Teatro Solís, Montevideo, Uruguay
2014 / Things Behind The Sun / MCAD Library Gallery, Minneapolis, USA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 / IN/BETWEEN/NESS: Women Tales from Latin America / Somers Gallery, London, UK
2023 / Rituals / Lea Bridge Library Pavilion, London, UK
2023 / Tart Factory / Tart Gallery, London, UK
2023 / RBA Rising Stars / ROSL Arts, London, UK
2023 / La Constitución entre líneas / Centro Cultural La Moneda, Santiago, Chile
2022 / ILUSTRAD/AS Manchester: A Look at Female Creation in Contemporary Illustration / Instituto Cervantes, Manchester, UK
2021 / ILUSTRAD/AS New York: A Look at Female Creation in Contemporary Illustration / Instituto Cervantes, NY, USA
2020 / Herbarium Vagans / Asilo Bianco, Orta San Giulio, Italy
2019 / MiiC: International Exhibition of Contemporary Illustration / Afundación Santiago, Galicia, Spain
2018 / Come Together / The Print Space, London, UK
2018 / Arboretum / Light Grey Art Lab, Minneapolis, MN, USA
2016 / Botanica / Light Grey Art Lab, Minneapolis, MN, USA
2015 / MFA Thesis Exhibition / Public Functionary, Minneapolis, MN, USA
2014 / Chrysalis Stage / Whittier Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, USA
2014 / 9th 100 Artists Exhibition — Ouchi Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2014 / Made at MCAD / MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, USA
2013 / 6 degrees / Light Grey Art Lab, Minneapolis, MN, USA
2013 / Thirty-Six: Open Studio / MCAD Whittier Studios, MN, USA
2013 / Stockholm Syndrome / Whittier Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, USA
2011 / Umbrales / Art Gallery Centro de Extensión UC, Santiago, Chile
2010 / Operación Novela / National Library of Chile, Chile
2009 / Re-Des Armar / Art Gallery Guillermo Núñez, Santiago, Chile
GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS
2014 / MCAD Merit Scholarship Award, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN, USA
2014 / FONDART (National Fund for the Development of Culture and the Arts), Santiago, Chile
2013 / MFA Trustees Scholarship, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN, USA
2013 / Fulbright Postgraduate Scholarship, USA/Chile
2010 / Art Funds, Art Faculty UC University, Santiago Chile
AWARDS & HONOURS
2023 / MyMA Artist Grant October 2023 / Honorable Mention
2020 / Colibrí Medal 2020 IBBY (Chile) / Category: Best Picture Book
2015 / 3×3 The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration (USA) / Winner
2013 / Creative Quarterly #34, Winner, USA
TALKS & LECTURES
2021 / Visiting Lecturer, University of Westminster, London, UK
2019 / Newnham MCR Speaker Series, Newnham College MCR, Cambridge, UK
2018 / Virtual Visiting Artist, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN, USA
PUBLICATIONS
Catalogues
2021 / ILUSTRAD/AS / Text by curator Matilde Rodríguez, published by Instituto Cervantes
Picture Books
2021 / Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada, Pablo Neruda; Alma Ediciones, Spain
2020 / Azul, Rubén Darío; Alma Ediciones, Spain
2019 / Cuentos de amor de locura y de muerte, Horacio Quiroga; Alma Ediciones, Spain
2019 / En aquel faro, Luisa Rivera; Liberalia Ediciones, Chile
2019 / El amor en los tiempos del cólera, G. G. Márquez; Penguin Random House GE, Spain
2017 / Cien Años de Soledad, G. García Márquez; Penguin Random House GE, Spain
SELECTED PRESS
Artists Responding To…, ‘Luisa Rivera’, print, October 2023
Creative Boom, ‘Folklore and mystical nature weave their way into Luisa Rivera’s dreamy illustrations’, online, 26 August, 2016
Modern Midwest, ‘Luisa Rivera Illustrates The Surreal’, online, December 2014
COMMISSIONS & CLIENTS
National Geographic, The New York Times, Lush, Penguin Random House, Bloomsbury Publishing, Savanna Books, Rebel Girls, Google, Yale Environment 360, House Notes