AYAN RIVERA
Sumi-e Artist
Tel Aviv, Israel | studio@ayanrivera.com
CURRENT REPRESENTATION
Kobo Shop Gallery, Seattle, WA (2018–present)
Lawrence & Scott, Seattle, WA (2022-present)
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS & INSTALLATIONS
2022 — Amazon, Seattle, WA (window installation commission)
2019 — Miro Tea, Seattle, WA (public installation)
2016 — Bainbridge Performing Arts, Bainbridge Island, WA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 — Lost Quill, Bainbridge Island, WA
1995 — The Philippine Consulate, New York, NY
1991 — Afrique Caribe Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1997 — Fleischer Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
1995 — First Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
1994 — Art in General, New York, NY (artist talk with slide presentation)
1993 — New York University, New York, NY
1992 — The Puck Building, New York, NY
1992 — Somerstown Gallery, Somers, NY
1991 — Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, NY
1990 — KOHO Gallery, New York, NY
1987 — Georgetown University, Washington, DC
PUBLIC PROGRAMS & DEMONSTRATIONS
2018, 2022, 2023 — Seattle Japanese Garden Fall Festival (sumi-e demonstration)
COLLECTIONS
The Marc (hotel collection), Chicago, IL
Mathis Gallery, Jersey City, NJ (represented artist until gallery closure)
Private collections in the United States and Israel
PUBLICATIONS
1992 — Asian Americans for Equality Annual Journal (cover art: Gibbon, commissioned for Year of the Monkey)
EDUCATION
Study with Koho Yamamoto, New York City (1988–1991)
Three consecutive years of intensive training in traditional sumi-e techniques and philosophy