dulce maria rivas home galleries contact
Paseo de los Chopos 88-11
Pulgas Pandas
20138 Aguascalientes, Ags.
MEXICO.
Teléfono: 52 (449) 122-0532
e-mail: dulce@dulcemariarivas.com
BIOGRAPHY:
DULCE MARIA RIVAS GODOY was born in Aguascalientes, México on June 15th, 1955.
She was initiated in arts, specially in painting, since her childhood.
STUDIES:
Art Center, College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, MN.
Electronics and Communications Engineering, Tchnological Institute of Aguascalientes.
Art Workshop: Mtro. Alberto Martínez, San Luis Potosí, S.L.P.
Contemporary Painting, Cultural Center “El Nigromante”, San Miguel de Allende, Gto.
Drawing and Painting, Mtro. Juan Castañeda, ICA, Ags.
Art History Diplomat: The Nationalisms and Artistic Production in México.
Art History Diplomat: Thinking about Postmodernity.
Keys to Visual Experience: Autonomous University of Aguascalientes.
Art History Diplomat: Masters of Occidental Painting, by Jorge Juanes.
Etching Workshop: Nunik Sauret
Drawing Course: Per Anderson
Art History Diplomat: Mexican Art on 20th Century, Luis Carlos Emmerich
Modern and Contemporary Art, Tate Gallery, London, UK
Having worked and belonged to several experimental workshops with different artists, she has developed a personal style and technique, using oil, acrylics, asphalt, bee wax, and metallic enamels. In the creative work of Dulce María Rivas, it is perceptible the contribution of experience based in the senses, as well as in intellect, making use of visual seduction as mean and purpose of her art. She feels a great predilection for Tauromaquia, and has dedicated several of her pieces to bullfighting art. Part of her artistic work is also conformed by excellent portraits of numerous society and politics personalities.
Has participated in 18 individual exhibitions, being the following the most important:
2003 Mas Pi Art, Girona, Catalunya, España
2002 “Evocaciones”, Dpto. de Cultura del ISSSTE, exposición itinerante por varios Estados.
2001 Gora Galerie, Montreal QC, Canada
2001 “Ventanas” Centro Cultural de Hong Kong, China
2001 “Durante el Día”, Galería S. Menache, México, D.F.
1997 “Dentro y Fuera del Ruedo”, Torre Domecq, Coyoacán, Méx.
1994 “Textura de Piel”, Galería de la Ciudad, ICA, Ags.
1993 “Textura de Piel”, Palacio de San Lázaro, México, D.F.
And in 39 collective shows, being the most recent:
2004 "Artistas Graficos de Aguascalientes" Museo Jose Guadalupe Posada, Aguascalientes, Ags.
2004 1a. Bienal Nacional de Pintura "Miradas 2004", Centro Cultural de Baja California, Tijuana, BC
2004 "Autorretrato" Centro Cultural Los Arquitos, Aguascalientes, Ags.
2004 "Apertura" Bolivar 31, Semana Cultural del Centro Historico, Mexico, DF
2003 "Actitudes Concretas", Centro Cultural Libanes, Ciudad de Mexico.
2003 "Magical Ritual", La Llorona Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
2003 Castell Peralada, Girona, Cataluña, España
2003 “De Bestias y Bestiarios” Los Arquitos, Aguascalientes, Ags.
2002 Museo de Arte Moderno Sucre, Cuenca, Ecuador.
2000 “Art Sisters”, Cultural Activities Center, Temple, TX, USA.
2000 Galería del Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Ags
1998 “30 Artistas de Ags.” Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Ags
Has been awarded with Honorific Mentions in the Olga Costa-Chávez Morado Museum Biennial, in the city of Guanajuato; in the Day of the Death Contest, in the Instituto Potosino of Fine Arts in San Luis Potosí, in the Tauromaquia Painting Contest Troesma 2, in Madrid, Spain, and received an Honorific Mention in the 5th National Painting and Engraving Biennial "Alfredo Zalce".