Visual and conceptual artist.
Born in 1955 and works and lives in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Lourdes began her art studies with life-drawing, painting, and sculpture workshops in 1992, and in 1998 she started her path into conceptual art.
Lourdes de la Riva has participated in five international biennales: XII Havana Biennal 2019; II Bienal Centroamericana in San José Costa Rica, 2000; IV Bienal Centroamericana Panamá, 2004; X Bienal Centroamericana Costa Rica, 2016; and she represented Guatemala in the 57th. Biennale di Venezia in 2017. In addition, her work was part of the “Máquinas exhibition,” curated by Alfons Hug, collateral to the 6th Bienal de Curitiba Oi Futuro Rio de Janeiro e Belo Horizonte. She has also participated in nine editions of the Bienal de Arte Paiz in Guatemala.
Her awards include Bienal de Arte Paiz in Guatemala City (2000, 2002, 2004, and 2014), International Award Sport Et Art IOC in Geneva, Switzerland, in 2013, and Honorific Mention at the 1st. International Triennial Internacional of the Caribbean and Centroamérica in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Her work was presented at twelve solo shows and multiple group exhibitions spanning private galleries, universities, public spaces, national and international. She has performed interventions in public spaces and installations at institutions.
Her piece “Untitled” from the Los Creadores Series was part of FIVA (Festival Internacional de Video Arte) 2012 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her photographs from Los Creadores Series were part of the Guatephoto International Festival in 2015, Foto 30 in 2011 with “Dulce Proceso,” and 2012 with Los Creadores Series.
CIFO nominated her in the 2014-2015 edition.
Currently, she has two monumental sculptures, one at a public space in Guatemala City’s National Stadium Doroteo Guamuch Flores roundabout and a private university, Francisco Marroquín.
Her work is part of the permanent collection of the Carlos Mérida National Museum of Modern Art in Guatemala and private collections.
Lourdes de la Riva is represented by Sol del Río Arte Conterporáneo since 2012.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
“Caligrafía de la destrucción”
Sol del Rio Arte Contemporáneo, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2018
“Y érase una vez un 2017…”
Galería de Arte, Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2017
“Celadores Ocultos”
Galería Sol del Rio Arte Contemporáneo, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2012
“Artificios”
Galería Sol del Río Arte Contemporáneo, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2010
“Horizonte”
Galería Sol del Río Arte Contemporáneo, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2008
“Códigos”
Galería El Ático, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
“Encajes”
Sala Quiróa, Paseo de los Museos, Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala.
2006
2003
“Variations”
Mark K. Wheeler Gallery, The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, United States.
2002
“Pasado, Presente, Futuro”
Universidad del Istmo, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
“Pasado, Presente, Futuro”
Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2001
“Lourdes de la Riva… un itinerario a través de la Bienal de arte Paiz”
La Frágua, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2000
“Pasado, Presente, Futuro”
Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC), Guatemala City, Guatemala.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
Artificio 006
”La Merge”
Guatemala Pabillion, Palazzo Albrizi Capello.
57ª Venice Art Biennale, Venice, Italy.
“Celadores Ocultos”
Galería La Erre, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
El discreto encanto, “Ready to tape”
Galería de Arte Contemporáneo Sol del Rio, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
“Y érase una vez...página 1”
Coleccionable Benetton/Rosas-Botrán Galería de Arte Rosas Botrán. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
“Impresión sin palabras”
XIX Festival del Centro Histórico, Casa Municipal, Tipografía Sanchez & De Guise. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
“Creadores”
X Bienal Centroamericana, San José, Costa Rica.
“Güirigüiri”
Galería Sol del Río Arte Contemporáneo, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
“Mujeres de cambio en las bienales”
Alianza Francesa. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
“Por-tales”
Universidad del Istmo, Guatemala City, Guatemala
2016
“Guatephoto, Festival Internacional de Fotografía”
Museo de Arte Moderno. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
“Sueño interrumpido”
Fundación G&T, Centro Cultural. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2015
“Dependencia in Dependencia”
Galería Sol del Río Arte Contemporáneo. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
“Creadores”
XIX Bienal de arte Paiz, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2014
2013
“Dulce Proceso”
Festival Internacional de Arte Visual Contemporáneo. Quito, Ecuador.
2012
“Aquí y Ahora”
Blanca Soto Gallery Art, Madrid, España.
“Sin título 00”, FIVA, II Festival Internacional de Video Arte.
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
“Artificios”
El Ojo Salvaje, Museo del Barro, Asunción, Paraguay.
“Creadores”
Exhibition Tribute to Central America, within the framework of the International Book Fair.
Museo de Arte Moderno (MAM), Santo Domingo, República Dominicana.
“Foto 30”
Galería del Banco G&T Continental. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2011
“Bloque 59, Made for Korea”
II Bienal, Salón de grabado. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
“Made for china”.
Installation. Alianza Francesa. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
“Dulce Proceso”
Foto 30, Cantón Exposición. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
“Dulce Proceso”
Máquinas, Collateral exhibition at the 6th Curitiba Biennial Oi Futuro Río de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte, Brasil.
2010
“Vincular”
Public intervention at Parque Central. Festival del Centro Histórico. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
“De lo privado a lo público”
(Ex) Céntrico, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
“Y un ovillo de 150 libras”
Escultura guatemalteca, Museo de Arte Moderno Carlos Mérida. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
“Mensajeros”
Alteraciones cotidianas urbanas, (Ex) Céntrico. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
“Dulce Proceso”
II Trienal del Caribe y Centroamérica, Museo de Arte Moderno (MAM). Santo Domingo, República Dominicana.
“Espacio frágil variación II”
XVII Bienal de arte Paiz, Fundación Paiz. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2009
“Códigos #4 y #5”, Memoria Percibida.
Museo de Arte Moderno. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
“Códigos #4 y #5”
Centro Cultural de España. Miami, Florida, USA.
”Ignis, is”
“Progreso”, Centro Cultural de España. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
“Paisajes mentales”
“Nuestro paisaje”, Centro Cultural Metropolitano. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2008
“Made for china”
II Bienal del salón de grabado. Museo de Arte Moderno. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
“Cabal”
Centro Cultural Metropolitano. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
“Dulce proceso”
XVI Bienal de arte Paiz, Universidad San Carlos (USAC), Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2007
Cien flores para Frida, “Centenario del natalicio de Frida Kahlo”.
Paseo de los Museos, Sala Marco Augusto Quiroa. Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala.
412 secciones, “Ejercicios de lo efímero”
Centro Cultural de España en Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Atando Cabos
Galería Carlos Woods. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2006
”Y llegó la muerte, llegó 90,000 veces la muerte”
20 años después recordando a Manuel José Arce. Sala Quiroa, Paseo de los Museos. Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala.
”Caleidoscopio”
Re-Structured reality. Edge Zones, Contemporary Art. Miami, Florida, USA.
”Caleidoscopio”
Annual exhibition, Sol del Río Arte Contemporáneo. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
”Mapas Blancos”
XV Bienal de Arte Paiz. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2005
Beyond all of that. Edge Zones, Contemporary Art. Florida, USA.
2004
“Viento”
Index Miami. Edge Zones, Contemporary Art. Miami, Florida, USA.
“Huellas”,
Miami Now. Edge Zones, Contemporary Art. Miami, Florida, USA.
“Dos árboles”, Cuenta regresiva.
IV Bienal del Istmo Centroamericano. Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá.
“Presencia anónima”
Intervención en la ciudad. Festival del Centro Histórico. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
“Millenium”
XIV Bienal de Arte Paiz, Awarded First and Second prize (Glifo de Oro y Glifo de Plata). Museo de Arte Moderno. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
GuateRica. Museo del Niño. San José, Costa Rica.
2002
“Un espacio”
Grupo comunicarte. Edificio de Correos. Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala.
“La puerta”
XIII Bienal de Arte Paiz, Mention (reconocimiento). Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2001
Arte hoy. Grupo Comunicarte. Convento de las Capuchinas. Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala.
Muestra inaugural. Galería DS2. Guatemala City, Guatemala
2000
“Coordenadas I y II”
II Bienal del Istmo Centroamericano. San José, Costa Rica.
“Ventana abierta”
Centro Cultural Miguel Ángel Asturias. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
“Pasado, presente, futuro”.
XII Bienal de arte Paiz, First prize (Glifo de Oro). Parque de la Industria, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
1998
“Quahuthemallan”
XI Bienal de arte Paiz. Guatemala City, Guatemala. “Año Internacional de la cultura de paz y la no violencia”, UNESCO. París, Francia.
1996
“Vestigios I y II”
X Bienal de arte Paiz. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
1994
“Lo oculto del agua y el ocaso”
IX Bienal de arte Paiz. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
PUBLIC WORKS
2013
Monumento “Plaza al Espíritu Ganador”, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
1998
“Relaciones Infinitas”.
Campus Universidad Francisco Marroquín. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
2014
International Trofee SPORT ET ART. CIO-IOC. Geneva, Switzerland.
2013
Nominated by CIFO, 2014–2015, Florida, USA.
2012
First Prize, Olympic Art and Sport Competition, Sculpture. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2011
First Prize Sculpture Competition, INMACO. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2010
Mention. I Trienal del Caribe y Centroamérica. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
2004
First Prize (Glifo de Oro), Installation. XIV Bienal de Arte Paiz. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Second Prize (Glifo de Plata), Photography. XIV Bienal de Arte Paiz. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2002
Mention, Installation, XIII Bienal de arte Paiz. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2000
First Prize (Glifo de Oro), Installation. XII Bienal de arte Paiz. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2017
Revista Rara #13, pp 37. Guatemala City, Guatemala,
2011
Nagari magazine #1, pp 78-79. Miami, USA.
2004
Williams, Arthur. The Sculpture Reference, by Sculpture Books Publishing, pp. 478, USA.