Rubén Rivera Aponte
Bayamón, PR, 1931
Biography Details
Painter, graphic artist, printmaker and silk-screen printer. He did his art apprenticeship at the Center of Puerto Rican Art with painter and professor Félix Bonilla Norat. He is part of what is known as the Generation of the ‘50s. He has participated in various group exhibitions and a few solo exhibitions. His work can be found in important institutional and museum collections in Puerto Rico.
Artist Statement
Poetic in his visual presentation a well as the treatment of the theme, Rivera Aponte claims that, “it is a matter of concept, because I communicate with the mountain, I communicate with the trees, with the sky, with everything”. The artist remains immersed in nature, turning himself into a part of it, so that he can paint it.
Source: Catalog “Rubén Rivera Aponte: Desde mi ventana” by Myrna E. Rodríguez Vega, 2001
Formation
Education
- Centro de Arte Puertorriqueño, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Exhibitions
Solo Shows
2001
- From my window, Galería La Pintadera, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1970s
- Galería Santiago, Puerto Rico
Group Shows
2012
- Interconexiones: lecturas curatoriales de la colección permanente del MAPR, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2008
- De colección 2 Pinturas y creaciones artísticas en el arte de Puerto Rico del siglo XX, Galería La Pintadera, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1990
- El Paisaje Puertorriqueño: 4 Generaciones, Galería Latinoamericana, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1985
- Pintura y Gráfica de los Años 50, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1977-1978
- Muestra de Pintura y Escultura, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1962
- Exposición Talleres, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1957
- Dos Siglos de Pintura Puertorriqueña, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Collections
- Compañía de Turismo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bibliography
Catalogues
Interconexiones: lecturas curatoriales de la colección permanente del MAPR, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2012.
Rubén Rivera Aponte: Desde mi ventana, Galería La Pintadera, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2001.
Newspapers
Pérez Rivera, Tatiana. “Mirada al siglo XX”. Cultura, El Nuevo Día (San Juan, PR), 1 de mayo de 2008, p. 8.