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Rick RivetGrizzly in Ursa Major - bear, indigenous, figurative, acrylic on canvas2024
2024
$6,700
£5,134.74
€5,901.48
CA$9,410.48
A$10,532.06
CHF 5,513.16
MX$127,945.46
NOK 70,003.10
SEK 66,059.88
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About the Item
As a Métis artist, Rick Rivet first attracted national attention when his paintings were included in the prestigious Canadian Museum of Civilization’s national exhibition featuring Indigenous work. Known for his striking, colourful and imaginative imagery, Rivet’s contemporary artwork offers a spiritual and historically relevant view of indigenous cultures.
This powerful portrait of a grizzly’s face—an animal revered for its strength and leadership -- is rendered in bright orange-red and white against an indigo-black backdrop. Ursa Major is the name of a northern constellation also called The Great Bear. The background of Rivet’s bold painting appears as a night sky peppered with white star-like dots.
"When I was growing up in the North, I thought that animals were no less important than other life forms in the cosmos." Rick Rivet
Richard James Rivet was born in Aklavik in the Northwest Territories in a Métis family. He grew up on the land and his family lived by trapping, hunting and fishing. Rivet has four degrees from three universities. He completed his MFA at the U. of Saskatchewan in 1989 and began creating art full-time. Rivet has been the recipient of more than twenty awards, scholarships and bursaries including a Fellowship from the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis, and the Andy Warhol Foundation Fellowship Residency Program for the Heard Museum in Phoenix. His work is held in private, corporate, and public collections in Canada and the US. He was celebrated in an exceptional solo show in 2023 at the Institute of American Indian Arts Museum of Contemporary Native Arts. A video interview of his conversation with MoCNA's Chief Curator, Manuela Well-Off-Man is available online.
- Creator:Rick Rivet (1949, Canadian)
- Creation Year:2024
- Dimensions:Height: 42 in (106.68 cm)Width: 48 in (121.92 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Bloomfield, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU29114612322
Rick Rivet
Rick Rivet is Metis, born in Aklavik, Northwest Territories. His family lived by trapping, hunting and fishing. Rivet completed his MFA at the University of Saskatchewan in 1989 and began painting full time. His influences are varied and derive from shamanistic imagery of people the world over, including North American Indigenous, Inuit, Australian Aborigine, Norse, Oceanic and Siberian. Rivet has been the recipient of more than 20 awards, scholarships and bursaries, including a Fellowship from the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis and the Andy Warhol Foundation Fellowship Residency Program for the Heard Museum in Phoenix. His work is in private, corporate and public collections in Canada and the U.S.
(Biography provided by OENO Gallery)
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