Education
2004-2006 MFA, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1991-1996 BFA, School of Fine Arts, Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Residencies
2020 Upcoming summer 2021, Surf Point, Maine, US
2020 Upcoming visiting artist Vermont Studio Center, Vermont, US
2019 Proyecto ACE Pirar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2018 Fellowship at Vermont Studio Center
2017 Visiting Artist at Vermont Studio Center.
2006 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
Solo Exhibitions
2020 Stop exhibition LaMontagne Gallery, Boston
2019 Labored Landscapes (Donde el Cielo Toca la Tierra), Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
2019 summer/fall Sobremesa (Karaoke Politics) Public Art Project, Grove Hall, Boston, MA
2019 En Busca de los Andes/ In Search of the Andes. Proyecto ACE Pirar, Sala Poliglota. Buenos Aires, Argentina
2018-2019 Fragmentos para una Historia del Olvido/ Fragments for a History of Displacement. The Davis museum, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
2017-2018 The Andes Inverted. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston, MA
2014 Lo Que Pudo Ser, Brant Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art. Boston, MA
2014 Shooting Skies, LaMontagne Gallery South Boston, MA
2012 La Propuesta Petite Growth, Chaco 2012. Santiago Chile
2012 Muros, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo (MAC), Santiago, Chile
2011 Growth, LaMontagne Gallery, South Boston, Boston, MA
2009 Walking a-Long Foster gallery, Dedham MA
2008 Airing the Dirty Laundry, Munroe Center for the Arts, Lexington, MA.
2008 Urban Platform (site-specific installation), Cornelius Ayer Gallery, Middlesex School, Concord, MA
2006 Folding Sky, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
2005 Cut out for, Video Show at the Artists Foundation, South Boston, Boston, MA
1999 Martirologio, Museum of Contemporary Art. Santiago, Chile
Two-Person Exhibitions and Projects
2020 Miami NADA art fair/ Virtual due to Covid
2010 Walls, project in collaboration with Christine Rogers, Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley, MA
2008 Dia de Campo, first stage of dual project with Alejandra Wolff, The Kane Gallery, Fenn School, Concord, MA
2006 “36” collaborative video exhibition with artist Adam Schecter, Skowhegan, Maine
2002 Skin Matters, project in collaboration with Macarena Valdez, Spanish Cultural Center. Santiago, Chile
2001 Pellagra. Cultural Center of Experimental Art “La Perrera,” Santiago, Chile.
2001 Corporal Lessons. Animal Gallery. Santiago, Chile.
1999 Store Window. Babalu, Santiago, Chile.
Group Shows
2020 Sin Evidencia for Q20 Faculty Artist, Davis Museum, Wellesley MA
2019 Sin Evidencia for Root Shock, Kniznick Gallery, Brandeis University.
2018 Out of the Closet. La Montagne Gallery, South End, Boston, MA.
2017-18 Sting! XXVI: Body of Light. The Beehive, Boston. Curated by Jeff Perrott.
2017 Colección MAC Post 90. Exhibition of the permanent collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Santiago that used both annexes to exhibit the work the most relevant pieces acquired by the institution since 1990. March 31 2017 to September 2017.
2016 Latinx@mericañaza. Samson Projects. South End, Boston, MA.
2016 Inaugural Alumni Show. Dean’s Gallery. SMFA, Boston. Boston, MA
2015 Tilted Heritage, Davis Museum, Wellesley, MA
2014 In-Transit, June-July. Galeria Machina, Universidad Catolica Chile, Santiago, Chile
2013 Lake Effect/Nor’easter: part 1. Andrew Rafacz. Chicago. USA
2013 Dibujo Analitico, Universidad Finis Terrae, Santiago Chile.
2013 Plantas en una Tormenta Electrica. Galeria Machina, Santiago Chile. Curated by Christian Silva and Rodrigo Galecio
2012 Every Day Angles. Site specific Installation for Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. Cambridge, MA. Linea Continua. Labored Landscape
2011 Chain letter, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
2011 Collaborates on Mark Cooper’s Artist Book.
2011 Artcetera Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2011 75x75 celebrating the 75 years of the ICA. Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.
2011 Sting! XI: Object Relations. Curated by Jeff Perrott. BEEHIVE Boston.
2011 LaMontagen Gallery in Provincetown. Provincetown.
2011 Fatiga Material as part of Close Distance, Mills Gallery, BAC, Boston, MA.
2010 Walking a-Long #3, Louis Vuitton, Boston, MA
2010 New American Painters. Northeast Issue.
2010 Works on Paper, Site Specific Installation project, for Calculated Risks, The Davis Museum, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
2010 Walls, project in collaboration with Christine Rogers, Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley, MA
2010 Accidental Memling Gul (oriental rug) ICA, Boston, part of the 2010 Foster Prize exhibition.
2010 Beyond Purview, curated by Ashley Billingsley, New Art Center, Newton, MA.
2009 Pulp Jewett Art Center, faculty exhibition, Wellesley College
2008 Lost in your eyes. Neiman gallery, Columbai Universtity, NYC.
2008 Arrivals/departures, Jewett Art Center, Wellesley College
2007 Organization and curatorial project, “ Space”, artists take over studio, South End, Boston.
2007 Young Contemporaries. Juried by Kiki Smith, Laura Donaldson and Gideon Bok, 808 Gallery, Boston University
2006 Represent the Sculpture department at the CAA exhibition, Mass Art College of Arts, Boston, USA
2006 Student Annual, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2005 OVERLAP, MFA Thesis Show, Aidekman Center for the Arts, Tuft University, Medford, MA
2005 Un-occupied ground, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Court yard Gallery, co-curated with Courtney Nimura
2005 The Artist Foundation Fundraiser, Mills Gallery, Boston, MA
2004 Students Annual, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
2004 Juried Graduate Show, School of the Museum of fine Arts, Boston.
2001 Fragments N°2- El lugar sin límites. Museum of Arts of Lima. Lima, Peru Peru.
2001 Fragments N°2- El lugar sin límites. Panama City. Panama.
2000 Fragments N°2- El lugar sin límites. Teorética, San José de Costa Rica. Costa Rica.
2000 Fragments N° 2- El lugar sin límites. Museum of Arts. Guadalajara, Mexico.
1999 Fragments. Municipal Gallery of Temuco. Temuco, Chile.
1998 Young Art. Valparaíso. Chile
1997 Three Bodies Concepción, Chile.
1997 First Biennal UC. Extension Center Catholic University Santiago, Chile.
1996 Selected Artist. Friends of the Arts Organization. Parque Arauco. Santiago Chile.
1995 Live Art. National Museum of Fine Arts. Santiago Chile.
Honors and Awards
2020 Recipient of the Massachusetts Cultural Award for Painting.
Recipient of the Pinanski Teaching Prize. Wellesley College.
Nominated and finalist for the Joan Mitchell award.
2019 Recipient of Rappaport Prize
2019 Cohort of the Now + There Accelerator for Public Art
2018 Recipient of VSC Fellowship
2017 Recipient of NALAC (National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures) Grant Award
2017 Recipient of the Artist’s Resource Trust Fund for Individuals. Berkshire Taconic Foundation.
2016 Wellesley College Faculty Research Award
2015 Wellesley College Faculty Research Award
2014 Travelling Fellowship, SMFA Boston
2014 Wellesley College Faculty Research Award
2013 Wellesley College Faculty Research Award
2012 Wellesley College Faculty Research Award
2012 Massachusetts Cultural Council Award
2011 Wellesley College Faculty Research Award
2010 Recipient of Coleman Award.
2010 Finalist for the Foster Prize.
2009 Wellesley College Faculty Research Award
2008 Wellesley College Faculty Research Award.
The Money was used to produce the piece in-case for the exhibition Lost in Your Eyes that took place at the Neiman Gallery in Columbia University, New York City, NY.
2007 Recipient of the Emerging Artist Award St. Botoloph Club Foundation
2006-7 Awarded 6 Graduate Teaching Fellowships at the SMFA, Boston.
2006 Gund Fellowship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Main
2006 CAA Recognition Award for best work on view at the CAA Regional
MFA Exhibition held at the Massachusetts College of Art in connection with the CAA Annual Conference in Boston, USA
2005 Travel Grant, SMFA, Boston, MA
2005 Foundation Andes Scholarship for Artist pursuing post graduated studies abroad.
2004 Foundation Andes Scholarship for Artist pursuing post graduated studies abroad.
1999 Art project grant. Fragments N°2. Chilean National Fund for the Arts.
FONDART
1998 Art project grant. Martirologio N°2. Chilean National Fund for the Arts. FONDART
1996 Honor distinction Graduated category. First Biennal UC. Catholic University of Chile. Santiago, Chile
1995 Honor distinction Live Art Contest. National Museum of Fine Arts. Santiago, Chile
Publications
Upcoming Publication; Concepts in Contemporary Art, Azama, Dina. Saudi Arabia and, Dubai.
Sharon Hecker and Silvia Botinelli, Lead in Art, Bloomsbury Press, expected February 2021
2019 Boston Arte Review, issue #4
2019 Artscope Magazzine, Issue November/ December. Disoriented Views: Daniela Rivera’s Labored Landscapes
2017 Fray: Art and Textile Politics. Bryan-Wilson, Julia. Chicago University Press. 2017. Essay about my work pg138-141.
2015 Pintura Chilena Contemporánea. Desplazamientos de la pintura desde la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Editors: Carlos Ampuero, Patricia Novoa, Francisco Schwember.
2014 New American Painters North Easter Edition. Open Studio Press.
2013 100 Boston Artists. Chawky Frenn. Schiffer Publishing Inc.
Muros. Exhibition Catalog. Museum of Contemporary Art. Santiago-Chile
2012 Chaco, Art Fair publication
2012 Review of Muros in Arte al Limite, independent Art Journal
2012 Review of Muros, Letras en Linea, on-line journal affiliated with Universidad Andres Bello
2012 Featured Artist in Revista del Sabado, El Mercurio (Main News Paper in Chile)
2012 M.A.C. Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago, Chile
2011 Review of Growth in Boston Globe. Rethinking History by Themselves by Cate McQuaid.
2011 August Issue, Art Papers
2010 Art Papers.
2011 Close Distance. BAC
2011 New American Paintings
2010 Calculated Risks. Exhibition Catalogue
2010 Foster Prize Exhibition brochure.
2008 Lost In Your Eyes. Artists’ book.
2005 Memoria MAC. Survey of exhibitions and projects.
1995-2005- Museum of Contemporary Art- Santiago-Chile.
2005 Overlap. Thesis exhibition Catalog.
2001 Skin Matters. Exhibition catalogue.
1999 Martirologio, Exhibition catalogue. Text by Alejandra Wolff
1996 Cuadernos de Arte Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Art Journal Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Work in Public Collections: Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Santiago Chile
Fidelity Collection
Fitchburg Art Museum
Visiting Artist, Lectures and Artists Talks
2020 Speaking Our Minds: Artists, Racial Divides & Cultural Inclusion, with Maria Magdalena Campos Pons, Sam Durant, and Sonya Clark
2020 Talk for the Public Humanities program at Tisch College at Tufts University
2020 Tuesday Night MFA Lecture Series Boston University
2020 Visiting Artist SMFA, Boston
2020 Visiting Artist Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, VT.
2020 Panel Teaching in Present Tense for Area-code Art Fair
(Helina Metaferia, Amy Halliday, Jen Mergel, Anthony Romero, Sarah Stefana Smith)
2020 Visiting Artist Colorado College
2020 Visiting Artist Harvard GSD
2019 Public Talk Fitchburg Art Museum
2019 Public Talk Trust for Public Land
2019 Rappaport Lecture, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park
2019 Visiting Artist, Harvard University, Drawing
2019 Visiting Artist, Boston University, Painting
2019 Visiting Artist, Nobles and Greenough School
Visiting Artist, Boston University, Painting Studios
2018 Visiting Artist, Vermont Studio Center.
2018 Labored Landscapes, Panel at College of the Holy Cross, Vivian Stockman, Cristi Rinklin, Daina Harvey.
2018 Visiting Artist Boston University, Painting
2018 To Draw a Line: Perspective on Inscription and Erasure. Lecture and Panel discussion at Harvard GSD. Katarina Burin, Shadi Haroui, Lucy Siyao Liu, Daniela Rivera, Keijaun Thomas.
2018 Guest of Honor for Wellesley Public Schools Arts Program
2017 Artist Talk for Senior Associates, MFA, Boston.
2017 Artist Talk for Andes Inverted, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
2017 Artist Talk for Art history Class, Silvia Bottinelli School of the Museum / Tufts University on Andes Inverted at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
2017 Presenter at Art/ Architecture Panel at Harvard Graduate School of Design. Other Panelist were Cazu Zegers and Ingrid Moye
2017 Panel Moderator for Conference on Roberto Bolagno, Wellesley College
2017 Artist Talk for Boston University MFA students.
2017 Artist Talk MFA, Boston. How and Why the Andes Inverted.
2017 Visiting Artist, Mass Art. Boston, MA
2016 Visiting Artist, Yale University/ NUS, Singapore.
2016 Visiting Artist, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2015 Visiting Artist lecture, La Plaza de Cultura y Artes, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Visiting Artist talk, Massachusetts College of Arts, Boston, MA
2015 Visiting Artist Escuela de Arte Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago, Chile
2012 Visiting Artist Escuela de Arte Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago, Chile
2012 Visiting Artist, Escuela de Arte Universidad Catolica de Chile. Alejandra Wolff’s Advanced Painting Class. Chile
2012 Visiting Artist, Alumnos de postgrado Estudios de la Imagen Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Santiago, Chile
2012 Artist Talk Santiago College. Santiago, Chile
2012 Artist Talk Manquehue School. Santiago, Chile
2011 Visiting Artist for Graduate Program School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Lecture and Critiques for Graduate Students graduate students.
2011 Visiting Artist. SMFA Boston. Lecture in Silvia Bottinelli’s Art History Course.
2010 Artist Talk New Art Center, Newton, MA.
2010 Visiting Artist, Spanish Department, Wellesley College
2010 Foster Prize Panel, ICA, Boston, MA
2010 3x3 at 3 talk, ICA, Boston, MA
2010 Walls: In and Out of the Museum (Wellesley Wednesday Event). Collins Cinema. Wellesley College. Wellesley, MA
2010 Gallery Talk Walls and Works on Paper, Davis Museum.
2010 Gallery Talk, Davis Museum.
2009 Professional Panel, SMFA Boston, MA
2009 Visiting Artist Post-Bach Program SMFA, Boston, MA
2009 Visiting Artist RISD, Providence, RI
2009 Visiting Artist, Nobles School, Dedham, MA
2008 Fate conference- The Problem of Life Drawing. Paper presentation.
2007 Visiting Artist, Fenn School, Concord, MA
Other
2018 Juror Emerging Artist Award St. Botoloph Club Foundation
2016 Pond/Barnet/Cooper/Ward Juror. SMFA, Boston, MA.
2015 Juror for New Genres Fellowship Awards, The Rhode Island State Council for the Arts.
2010 Juror Boits Awards, SMFA, Boston, MA
2006 Organization of Colloquium, “Simulacra: Latin American Divergences in Eurocentric Time and Space”, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2004 Project coordinator for the video exhibition Google-ing the Real curated by Mary Ellen Strom and James Nadeau. Judi Rotenberg Gallery Annex, Boston MA, USA