Elena del Rivero

Biography

Born in Valencia, Spain
Lives and works in New York, NY

Education

1993

Teacher, Studio in a School, New York, NY

1981

Painting and Printmaking, Estudio Arjona and Oscar Manesi Workshop, Madrid, Spain

1977

Music Appreciation, Conservatory of Music, Madrid, Spain

1974

English Literature, Cambridge University, England

Honors

2001

Creative Capitol Foundation Grant (Visual Arts-Installation), New York, NY

New Foundation for the Arts, Works on Paper, New York, NY

1994

Principe de Viano Award (painting), Pamplona, Spain

1991

Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY

1988

Prix de Rome (painting), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Academia de Bellas Artes, Rome, Italy

1985

Seneyera Print Award, City Council, Valencia, Spain

1984

Alfonso Roig Grant, Regional Council, Valencia, Spain

1983

Grant for Young Artists, Spanish Ministry of Culture, Spain

Solo Exhibitions

2001

DOCUMENTACIONES, Centro Fotograf’a, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

Sweet Enea, DV, San Sebastian, Spain

La Perfecta Casada, Galeria Elvira Gonzalez, Madrid, Spain

[Swi:t] Home (One year of my life), Drawing Center, New York, NY

Las Hilanderas (The Spinners), exhibition and performance, Dieu Donne Papermill, New York, NY

Que tenga Rejas de Bronce, Window project. Art in General, New York, NY

2000

Universidad Barcelona, Entredos. Dept. Feminist Studies, Barcelona, Spain

In Love, Galerie Javier Lopez, Madrid, Spain

1998

Five Kept Letters, A Sixth Unfinished, A Seventh sent, plus An Eighth Received, Espacio Uno, Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain

1997

Letters to the Mother, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA

Letter from the Bride, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY

Cartas, Javier Lopez Gallery, Madrid, Spain

1996

Cartas, Espacio Caja-Burgos, Spain

1995

300 Letters to the Mother V, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY

Elena del Rivero, Museo de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

1994

Cartas y Carceles, Espais Centre d'Arte Contemporani, Girona, Spain

1993

Cartas y Diarios, Elba Benitex Gallery, Madrid, Spain

1992

Suite Windows and Passages, Estiarte Gallery, Madrid, Spain

1991

Mincher/Wilcox Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1990

La Aurora, Anselno-Alvarez Gallery, Madrid, Spain

1989

Geometria de la Memoria, Mar Estrada Gallery, Madrid, Spain

Gambito de Dama, Caixa de Pensions Foundation, Valencia, Spain

1988

Miguel Marcos Gallery, Zaragoza, Spain

1987

Temple Gallery, Valencia Estampa Gallery, Madrid, Spain

1986

ARCO '86, Madrid, Spain, with Estampa Gallery, Madrid, Spain

1985

Estampa Gallery, Madrid, Spain

1984

Valdecilla Foundation, University of Madrid, Spain

1982

Ambito Gallery, Madrid, Spain

1980

Tolmo Gallery, Toledo, OH

Los Pajaros del Mal, La Kabala Gallery, Madrid, Spain

Group Exhibitions

2001

By Hand: Patterns, Precision, and Repetition in Contemporary Drawing, University Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA

Between Text and Textiles, 123 Watts Gallery, New York, NY

Spitting Image: Myth and Creation of Feminine Identity, University of Connecticut, Stamford, CT

Rags to Riches: 25 Years of Paper Art from Dieu Donne, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI (travels)

2000

Microwave, two, 123 Watts Gallery, New York, NY

Paper Trail, The Rutgers Summerfest 2000, New Brunswick, NJ

Greater New York, P.S.1 and MoMA. P.S.1, Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY

Mescrius una Carta, Museo Arte Contemporaneo, Girona, Spain

Die Kunst der Linie Moglichkeiten des Graphischen, Landesgalerie Oberosterreich, Linz, Austria

Drawing is another kind of language, The Parrish Museum, Southampton, NY

1999

At the Curve of the World, Track 16, Santa Monica, CA

Drawn to Scale, Wynn Kramarsky & Dieu Donne Papermill, New York, NY

All Dressed in White, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY

Zeichnen ist eine andere Art von Sprache, Neure amerikanische Zeichnungen aus einer New Yorker. Privatsammlung Akadernie der Kunste, Berlin, Germany

Como nos vemos, Imagenes y arquetipos femeninos, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain

1998

Zeichnen ist eine andere Art von Sprache, Neure amerikanische Zeichnungen aus einer New Yorker Privatsammlung Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Germany

Interlacings: The Craft of Contemporary Art, Whitney Museum, Stamford, CT

New Museum’s 21st Anniversary Benefit Gala, New York Gothic Distress, Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, NY

Original Scale, Apex Art, New York, NY

Como nos vemos, Centre Tecla Sala, L’hospitalet, Barcelona, Spain

Drawing is another kind of Language: Recent American Drawings from a New York Private Collection, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1997

Karen Barbour, Mary Beyt, Michael Brennan, Elena del Rivero, Barry Ratoff, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA

New Work: Drawings Today, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA

The Poetics of Obsession, Linda Kirkland Gallery, New York, NY

Text and Identity: 12 Woman/12 Artists, Staller Center for the Arts, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY

Rao I Sensibilita, Fundacio La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain

1996

Margarete Roeder Gallery, New York, NY

25th Anniversary, John Weber Gallery, New York, NY Margarete Roeder Gallery, New York, NY

To Live is to Leave Traces, Instituto Cultural Cabanas, Guadalajara, Mexico

ARCO '96, Madrid, Spain, with Elba Benitze Gallery, Madrid, Spain

Repetition of Form, Margarete Roeder Gallery, New York, NY

1995

Peninsulares, Modulo Cebtro Difusor de Arte, Lisbon, Portugal

ESTAMPA '95, Madrid, Spain, with Oscar Manesi, Madrid, Spain

Gestures and Allegories: Drawing from Experience, Intar, New York, NY

Options: Divergent Visions, John Weber Gallery, New York, NY

The New Museum: Human/Nature Benefit Auction, New York, NY

Parpallo 15/41 (15 Years/40 Artists), Centro Cultural la Beneficenia, Valencia, Spain

Werner Kramarsky, New York, NY

Black Looks, Johannesburg Biennale '95, The African Museum, Johannesburg, South Africa

ARCO '95, Madrid, Spain, with Elba Benitez Gallery, Madrid, Spain

FIAC '95, Paris, France, with Jorge Mara Gallery, Madrid, Spain

Salon de los 16, Museum of Contemporary Art, Madrid, Spain

1994

El color de Los Suenos, Jorge Mara Gallery, Madrid, Spain

ARCO '94, Madrid, Spain, with Elba Benitez Gallery, Madrid, Spain

1993

IV Painting Biennial, Pamplona, Spain

III Monstra Union Fenosa, Coruna, Spain

With Light, Galerie Lelong, New York, NY

1992

America Discovers Spain I, Spanish Institute, New York, NY

Madrid the 80's, Community of Madrid, Spain

Galerie Lelong, New York, NY

A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY

1991

ARCO '91, Madrid, Spain, with Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL

1989

Mar Estrada Gallery, Madrid, Spain

Spanish Movements, Ausstellungeraum Harry Zellweger, Basel, Swizerland

1988

Figure e Forme dell’Immaginario, Reggio Emilia Artistas en Academio, Academia de Bellas Artes, Rome, Italy

Interrarte '88, Miguel Marcos Gallery, Valencia, Spain

1987

Acta, Palacio de Velazquez, Madrid, Spain

Visiones, IX Art National Biennial, Pontevedra, Spain

ARCO '87, Madrid, Spain, with Estampa Gallery, Madrid, Spain

VII Invited Artist Show, Regional Council, Alicante, Spain

1986

Alfonso Roig Grants Show, Parpallo Exhibition Center, Valencia, Spain

1985

Painting Biennial, Logrono XIV Painting Competition, City Council, Mostoles, Spain

Contemporary Spanish Graphics, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Tour Exhibit

Punto 13+2, Lis Exhibition Hall, Salamanca, Spain

Punto, Casa de Reloj Exhibition Hall, Madrid, Spain

Grabados Gran Formato, Valdecilla Foundation, University of Madrid, Spain

1984

Ibizagrafic, Contemporary Art Museum, Island of Ibiza Temple Gallery, Valencia, Spain

Taller Malasana, Buchholz Bookshop, Madrid, Spain

1982

ARTEDER International Drawing Fair, Bilbao Chamber of Commerce, Madrid, Spain

1981

La Ciudad Vista por los Jovenes, Society of Architectural Fellows, Madrid, Spain

1977

Salon de Primavera (Spring Show), Caja de Ahorros de Valencia Literature, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Collections

CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Fogg Art Museum, HarvardUniversity, Cambridge, MA

Dieu Donne PaperMill, New York, NY

American Express, San Francisco, CA

Coleccion Arte Cotmeporaneo, Fundacio La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain

Fundacion Coca Cola, Madrid, Spain

Caja-Burgos, Burgos, Spain

Museo National Centro Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain

Museuo de Pamplona, Navarra, Spain

Collection Nordstern Versichtunsen AG, Koln, Germany

Spanish Academy of Fine Arts, Rome, Italy