Christopher Rivera
"Puedes creer en mejor arte o en –m- peor arte *" (2007)
"Puedes creer en mejor arte o en –m- peor arte *" (2007)
Printmaker, illustrator and video artist. In 2007 obtained a bachelor's degree in printmaking and art education from the University of Puerto Rico. Currently lives and works in New York, where he is finalizing his Master of Arts at Hunter College. He is the recipient of several awards for his artistic work, among them the Lexus Grant in 2009, First Prize at Certamen de Arte Joven of Oriental Bank in 2008 and an Honorable Mention in the Print Category at Certamen Nacional from Ateneo Puertorriqueño in 2007. He has participated in an endless number of group exhibitions since 2004 in different parts of the world, including the United States, Uruguay, Poland and Japan. In 2007 he achieved his first solo exhibition at Galería Guatíbiri in Rio Piedras entitled 5 Palabras con “P”.