Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 11:00 am

Kenny Rivero was born and raised in Washington Heights, New York City. He earned a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in 2006 and an MFA from Yale School of Art in 2012. Through painting, drawing, sculpture, and installation, he states, “My work addresses themes of Dominican-American identity, socio-geographic solidarity, cultural and familial expectations, race, and masculinity.” “I produce work that offers viewers a chance to reflect on hope, loss, and memory.”

Kenny’s work has been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums in the US and abroad, including: Pera Museum, Turkey; Stedelijk Museum, Netherlands; The Contemporary Art Museum St Louis; Pérez Art Museum, Miami; Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling, New York; El Museo del Barrio, New York; The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington; and MASS MoCA, North Adams. He has been a guest lecturer and visiting artist at El Museo del Barrio, Bennington College, Middlebury College, NYU, Williams College, and Cooper Union.

A recipient of many awards, Kenny received a Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant and a Visiting Scholar position at NYU. He has been awarded residencies at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace Program, the Roswell Artist in Residence Program, The Fountainhead Residency, The Skowhegan School for Painting and Sculpture, and The Macedonia Institute. Kenny is currently a Lecturer at Yale School of Art and a Teaching Artist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

https://www.kennyrivero.com/