Artist Information:
Lisa Rivas
NASHVILLE, TN
United States
Member Since: Apr 2003
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Artist Statement:
Born in America in my mother's
homeland
and raised in Venezuela, the
country of my father,
I am the product of
cross-cultural
influences, experiences and
dualities
which find expression in my
work.
These paintings come from
an internal source of needs
and desires
where ideas arise between
the shadows of sequestered
memory
and the light of conscious
acknowledgment.
Within these images awaken the
dualities
of positive and negative.
These eternal principals
entangle, struggle, and merge
toward resolution.
Color and images,
laden with both verbal
association and sensual
innuendo,
are symbols infused with
feminine nuances.
While beneath the surface of
ambient innocence and vibrant
hue,
dissonance and disjunction
murmur and levitate.
Fragmentation occurs. Disarray
overflows.
Yet, within the unfolding
drama,
where fragility encounters
crudeness,
where anxiety and
vulnerability seek
transcendence,
lies the search for
integration and wholeness,
where beauty and hope strive
for Oneness....
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Artist Exhibitions:
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2001
FLOURISH, Memphis Botanical
Gardens
Memphis, TN
1994
FORGING A VISION, Latino
Institute
Chicago, IL
1993
DUALITIES, Kurts-Bingham
Gallery
Memphis, TN
1990
IMAGENES NUEVOS (New Images),
Latino Arts Gallery
Chicago, IL
NEW PAINTINGS, Alice Bingham
Gallery
Memphis, TN
1988
FRONTERAS DE CRISTAL,
Instituto Cultural de Cabañas
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
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Collections:
Abacus Financial Group,
Chicago, IL
Alisa, S.A., Caracas,
VENEZUELA
Artsouth, Memphis, TN
AutoZone Corporation,
Memphis, TN
Banco Mercántil, C.A.,
Caracas, VENEZUELA
Bank of America Illinois,
Chicago, IL
Editorial Agata,
Guadalajara, MEXICO
Embassy Suites, Memphis, TN
Faviano Oliver Consultants,
Boston, MA
Federal Express, Memphis, TN
Fidelity Investments,
Memphis...
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Commissions:
Various commissioned
paintings:
For private and public
collections.
Banco Mercántil, C.A.,
Caracas, VENEZUELA
Embassy Suites,
Memphis, TN
Faviano Oliver Consultants,
Boston, MA
Holiday Inns,
Several locations in U.S.A.
Latino Institute,
Chicago, IL
Pivensa, S. A.,
Caracas, VENEZUELA
Union Planters National Bank
(Corporate Headquarters),
Memphis, TN...
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Lisa Rivas's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Lisa Rivas's Portfolio. Browse Rivas's body of work: Born in America in my mother's homeland
and raised in Venezuela, the country of my father,
I am the product of cross-cultural
influences, experiences and dualities
which find expression in my work.
These paintings come from
an internal source of needs and desires
where ideas arise between
the shadows of sequestered memory
and the light of conscious acknowledgment.
Within these images awaken the dualities
of positive and negative.
These eternal principals
entangle, struggle, and merge toward resolution.
Color and images,
laden with both verbal association and sensual innuendo,
are symbols infused with feminine nuances.
While beneath the surface ... |
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