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Artist Statement:
Born in America in my mother's homeland
and raised in Venezuela, the country of my father,
I am the product of cross-cultural
influences, experiences and dualities
which find expression in my work.
These paintings come from
an internal source of needs and desires
where ideas arise between
the shadows of sequestered memory
and the light of conscious acknowledgment.
Within these images awaken the dualities
of positive and negative.
These eternal principals
entangle, struggle, and merge toward resolution.
Color and images,
laden with both verbal association and sensual innuendo,
are symbols infused with feminine nuances.
While beneath the surface of
ambient innocence and vibrant hue,
dissonance and disjunction murmur and levitate.
Fragmentation occurs. Disarray overflows.
Yet, within the unfolding drama,
where fragility encounters crudeness,
where anxiety and vulnerability seek transcendence,
lies the search for integration and wholeness,
where beauty and hope strive
for Oneness....
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Collections:
Abacus Financial Group, Chicago, IL
Alisa, S.A., Caracas, VENEZUELA
Artsouth, Memphis, TN
AutoZone Corporation, Memphis, TN
Banco Mercántil, C.A., Caracas, VENEZUELA
Bank of America Illinois, Chicago, IL
Editorial Agata, Guadalajara, MEXICO
Embassy Suites, Memphis, TN
Faviano Oliver Consultants, Boston, MA
Federal Express, Memphis, TN
Fidelity Investments, Memphis...
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Commissions:
Various commissioned paintings:
For private and public collections.
Banco Mercántil, C.A.,
Caracas, VENEZUELA
Embassy Suites,
Memphis, TN
Faviano Oliver Consultants,
Boston, MA
Holiday Inns,
Several locations in U.S.A.
Latino Institute,
Chicago, IL
Pivensa, S. A.,
Caracas, VENEZUELA
Union Planters National Bank (Corporate Headquarters), Memphis, TN...
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Exhibitions for Lisa Rivas:
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2001
FLOURISH, Memphis Botanical Gardens
Memphis, TN
1994
FORGING A VISION, Latino Institute
Chicago, IL
1993
DUALITIES, Kurts-Bingham Gallery
Memphis, TN
1990
IMAGENES NUEVOS (New Images), Latino Arts Gallery
Chicago, IL
NEW PAINTINGS, Alice Bingham Gallery
Memphis, TN
1988
FRONTERAS DE CRISTAL, Instituto Cultural de Cabañas Guadalajara, MEXICO
CRYSTAL FRONTIERS, Alice Bingham Gallery
Memphis, TN
1987
LISA RIVAS, Ateneo de Los Teques
Los Teques, VENEZUELA
LISA RIVAS, Centro de Arte Euroamericano
Caracas, VENEZUELA
MORTALIDAD, Galería Vértice
Guadalajara, MEXICO
1986
LISA RIVAS: Paintings, Alice Bingham Gallery
Memphis, TN
1984
LISA RIVAS: Wax paintings, Alice Bingham Gallery
Memphis, TN
1981
LISA RIVAS Galería Adler-Castillo
Caracas, VENEZUELA
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