Name Rick Rivet | ||
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Full Name Richard James Rivet Awards Eiteljorg Fellowship (1999) Website | ||
Rick Rivet (born 1949 in Aklavik, Northwest Territories) is a Sahtu–Métis painter living in Canada.
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- Background and education
- Artwork
- References
Corpse grinders guessing games please come home rick rivets
Background and education
Rivet's family lived both in the country and in town at Aklavik, which was a Métis trading center. Métis have a specific culture with First Nations and European roots. He began school in Aklavik at age seven.
River earned four degrees: his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Alberta in 1972; his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Victoria in 1980; his Master of Fine Arts from the University of Saskatchewan in 1985, and Bachelor of Education from the University of Saskatchewan in 1986.
Artwork
His art is deeply influenced by ideas of fusion and hybridity of cultures. He works primarily in acrylic on canvas in a style he as referred to as "an expressionist/primitivist approach."
