Rick Rivet (born 1949 in Aklavik, Northwest Territories) is a Sahtu–Métis painter living in Canada.
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Born | Richard James Rivet 1949 Aklavik, Northwest Territories, Canada |
Nationality | Canadian (Sahtu–Métis)[1] |
Education | MFA University of Saskatchewan (1985)[2] |
Known for | Mixed media, Painting |
Awards | Eiteljorg Fellowship (1999)[1] |
Website | http://www.rickrivet.ca/ |
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.[2]
Rivet 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.[2]
His art is deeply influenced by ideas of fusion and hybridity of cultures.[3] He works primarily in acrylic on canvas in a style he has referred to as "an expressionist/primitivist approach."[4]
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