Lance Rivers
b. 1967, San Francisco ∙ CE artist since 2002
Photo by Nina Menconi
Lance Rivers’ art practice emphasizes the idea, above all others, of the local as monumental. No aspect of the processes that make a city function escapes him, and the attention he gives to the beauty of simple industrial compositions shows an authentic love for the Bay Area. "My work is about landscape, architecture, bridges, tunnels, and transportation. I am inspired by BART, MUNI buses, streetcars, and trains. I like nature, too. These things are interesting to me," Rivers explains.
Rivers was nominated for SFMOMA’s prestigious SECA Art Award in 2016 and his work has been exhibited internationally, including in prominent exhibitions such as the People's Biennial at Museum of Contemporary Art, in Detroit, Michigan, in 2014; and Create, a traveling exhibition that first opened at UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive in 2011.
Select Exhibitions & Projects
2020
The park "a darling walk for the mind", Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Local Lens, Rare Device, San Francisco, CA
2019
Cityscape, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
We The City: Architecture and the City Exhibition, American Institute of Architects, San Francisco, CA
Creativity Explored at Cutting Ball Theatre, San Francisco, CA
2018
Faces and Places in the City, Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Library, San Francisco, CA
Way Bay, UC Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
Transcendent, San Francisco Zen Center, San Francisco, CA
"From" All Over the Place, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, San Francisco, CA
5 and 2 Others, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2017
Secret City Exhibition, AIASF and Center for Architecture + Design Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Lance-scape Architecture, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2016
Tabula Rasa, Creativity Explored , San Francisco, CA
2015
Here, There and Everywhere, Sheffer Gallery, Sydney, Australia
A Beautiful Place To Be, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2014
People's Biennial, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, Michigan
A Curious Menagerie, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Create, Museum of Art at Washington State University, Pullman, WA
2013
Outsider Artists, Oakland International Airport, Oakland, CA
Outside In: The Art of Inclusion, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland
Create, Boca Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
artMRKT, Fort Mason Center - Festival Pavilion, San Francisco, CA
2012
(Pre)Fabricators, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Fabricators, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Spanning the Bay, Oakland International Airport, Oakland, CA
2011
Outlandish, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
SMALL, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Create, University of California Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
The Masters, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Black and White and Read All Over, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2010
Ritual/Habitual, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2009
"Science" Fiction, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
TV and Me, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Legend: Myth and Memory, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Tasty, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2007
Shadowshine, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2006
Sacred Places, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Vessels, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Notables, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2005
Mindful, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Wear to Go, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Aliens: the Green Ones, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2004
You Are Here, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Functionable, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Critters, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Heads n' Tails, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2003
Fired and Wired, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Japanese Rock n' California Roll, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
LIT: Lamps, Lanterns, and Shadow, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
