Name Marcos Rivadeneira-Silva | Role Artist | |
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Marcos Rivadeneira Silva born in 1963, is a Cultural Heritage Conservationist and Museologist, self-taught Plastic Artist, and Poet. In recent years, he has become a renowned poetry representative of Ecuador.
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Biography
Marcos Rivadeneira-Silva was born in Quito, Ecuador, in January 11 to Raul Rivadeneira-Cueva and Blanca Silva-Molina.
In his early years of childhood, Rivadeneira's drawings amazed his tutors, but ignoring his artistic abilities, his parents enrolled him in Medicine School, where he later dropped out. In 1987, while struggling with the traditional studies, and his need for developing his artistic abilities, Rivadeneira enrolled in the Conservation and Museology School at the Equinoctial Technological University in Quito. Years later, he traveled to Italy, Spain, Chile, Brazil, and Japan to specialize in Paper Conservation.
After an earthquake in Quito (March 5, 1987) damaged several cultural heritage buildings of the city, he managed various relevant conservation projects in that city and in Ecuador. One of his most important projects was the conservation of the Historic Library of Convento Maximo de la Merced in Quito (1994-1997), funded by Getty Conservation Institute, along with the coordination of Quito's Caspicara Foundation.
Rivadeneira has been hired by private fine arts collectors to restore and preserve some of the works of Rembrandt, Rubens, Tiziano Vecellio, Raphael, Miguel Angel, Picasso, Dali, Guayasamin, and Wifredo Lam, among others.
While working in the conservation of antique literature books, he developed an interest in poetry. In 2012, he enrolled in literature workshops at Simon Bolivar University in Quito. The dead of his best friend inspired him to write his first poetry book “Hermano Sol, Hermana Muerte” (Brother Sun, Sister Death).