Works
  • Kenny Rivero, Apprentice, 2025
    Kenny Rivero
    Apprentice, 2025
    Oil on canvas
    18 x 16 inches (45.7 x 40.6 cm)
  • Kenny Rivero, Blue Vault, 2025
    Kenny Rivero
    Blue Vault, 2025
    Oil on linen over panel
    8 x 8 inches (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
  • Kenny Rivero, Copy Papi Capi, 2025
    Kenny Rivero
    Copy Papi Capi, 2025
    Oil on linen over panel
    8 x 8 inches (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
  • Kenny Rivero, Delivery, 2025
    Kenny Rivero
    Delivery, 2025
    Oil on linen over panel
    8 x 8 inches (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
  • Kenny Rivero, Handball Court, 2025
    Kenny Rivero
    Handball Court, 2025
    Oil on linen over panel
    8 x 8 inches (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
  • Kenny Rivero, Hot Coco, 2025
    Kenny Rivero
    Hot Coco, 2025
    Oil on canvas
    60 x 60 inches (152.4 x 152.4 cm)
  • Kenny Rivero, Light Work (Ebo), 2025
    Kenny Rivero
    Light Work (Ebo), 2025
    Oil on linen over panel
    8 x 8 inches (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
  • Kenny Rivero, Morning Shift, 2025
    Kenny Rivero
    Morning Shift, 2025
    Oil on linen over panel
    8 x 8 inches (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
  • Kenny Rivero, Navigator, 2025
    Kenny Rivero
    Navigator, 2025
    Oil on linen
    70 x 70 inches (177.8 x 177.8 cm)
  • Kenny Rivero, No Ice, 2025
    Kenny Rivero
    No Ice, 2025
    Oil on canvas
    72 x 108 inches (182.9 x 274.3 cm)
  • Kenny Rivero, Note Shed, 2025
    Kenny Rivero
    Note Shed, 2025
    Oil on canvas
    16 x 18 inches (40.6 x 45.7 cm)
  • Kenny Rivero, Offering, 2025
    Kenny Rivero
    Offering, 2025
    Oil on canvas
    10 x 10 inches (25.4 x 25.4 cm)
  • Kenny Rivero, Red Rarri With a Baddie, 2025
    Kenny Rivero
    Red Rarri With a Baddie, 2025
    Oil on linen over panel
    8 x 8 inches (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
  • Kenny Rivero, Shadow Mirror, 2025
    Kenny Rivero
    Shadow Mirror, 2025
    Oil on linen
    70 x 70 inches (177.8 x 177.8 cm)
  • Kenny Rivero, Sock Planter, 2025
    Kenny Rivero
    Sock Planter, 2025
    Oil on canvas
    10 x 10 inches (25.4 x 25.4 cm)
  • Kenny Rivero, Sub Maintenance (red shadow), 2025
    Kenny Rivero
    Sub Maintenance (red shadow), 2025
    Oil on canvas
    60 x 70 inches (152.4 x 177.8 cm)
  • Kenny Rivero, Torch Dealer, 2025
    Kenny Rivero
    Torch Dealer, 2025
    Oil on linen over panel
    8 x 8 inches (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
  • Kenny Rivero, Ya Se, 2025
    Kenny Rivero
    Ya Se, 2025
    Oil on linen over panel
    8 x 8 inches (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
  • Kenny Rivero, Zoo Bridge, 2025
    Kenny Rivero
    Zoo Bridge, 2025
    Oil on canvas
    10 x 10 inches (25.4 x 25.4 cm)
  • Kenny Rivero, Loip (Lunar Map), 2022
    Kenny Rivero
    Loip (Lunar Map), 2022
    Oil on linen
    70 x 70 inches (177.8 x 177.8 cm)
  • Kenny Rivero, "Two Drawings" (Yeshua and the Dinosaur and Almanaque), 2021
    Kenny Rivero
    "Two Drawings" (Yeshua and the Dinosaur and Almanaque), 2021
    Oil, acrylic, flashe, graphite and colored pencil on canvas
    48 x 36 inches (121.9 x 91.4 cm)
  • Kenny Rivero, 8 Albums (The Hymns We Love), 2020
    Kenny Rivero
    8 Albums (The Hymns We Love), 2020
    Graphite on reclaimed record sleeve
    Framed: 12 ¾ by 12 ¼ by 1 ½ inches (32.4 by 31.1 by 3.8 cm)
  • Kenny Rivero, Don't Look for Me, 2020
    Kenny Rivero
    Don't Look for Me, 2020
    Color pencil and graphite on reclaimed paper from a record sleeve
    Framed: 14 1/2 x x 14 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches (36.8 x 36.8 x 3.8 cm)
  • Kenny Rivero, Hussein, 2020
    Kenny Rivero
    Hussein, 2020
    Graphite on paper
    Framed: 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches (21.6 x 21.6 x 3.8 cm)
  • Kenny Rivero, Mano Poderosa, 2019- 2020
    Kenny Rivero
    Mano Poderosa, 2019- 2020
    Graphite on record sleeve liner
    Framed: 14 by 14 by 1 ½ inches (35.6 by 35.6 by 3.8 cm)
  • Kenny Rivero, Untitled, 2018-2020
    Kenny Rivero
    Untitled, 2018-2020
    Graphite on paper.
    10 7/8 x 8 1/2 in (27.6 x 21.6 cm)
  • Kenny Rivero, No One, On One, 2017-2020
    Kenny Rivero
    No One, On One, 2017-2020
    Graphite and ballpoint on paper.
    11 x 13 7/8 in (27.9 x 35.3 cm)
  • Kenny Rivero, Robber Radio, 2016-2020
    Kenny Rivero
    Robber Radio, 2016-2020
    Watercolor on paper.
    14 1/2 x 11 1/8 inches (36.8 x 28.3 cm)
  • Kenny Rivero, Unexplainable Hazardous (Recto) Time (Verso), 2016-2020
    Kenny Rivero
    Unexplainable Hazardous (Recto) Time (Verso), 2016-2020
    Watercolor on paper (recto), collage, oil pastel, oil paint, india ink, watercolor, and gouache, color pencil, ballpoint on paper (verso))
    Framed: 14 3/4 x 11 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches (37.5 x 28.6 x 3.8 cm)
  • Kenny Rivero, Women in a Bedroom (R) Accordion Player (Blue Hand) (L), 2016-2020
    Kenny Rivero
    Women in a Bedroom (R) Accordion Player (Blue Hand) (L), 2016-2020
    Watercolor on paper.
    11 1/2 x 16 1/4 in (29.2 x 41.3 cm)
  • Kenny Rivero, Hand in Field, 2015-2020
    Kenny Rivero
    Hand in Field, 2015-2020
    Oil, graphite on paper.
    11 1/8 x 10 3/4 in (28.3 x 27.3 cm)
  • Kenny Rivero, AHA, 2015
    Kenny Rivero
    AHA, 2015
    Graphite on reclaimed book cover.
    7 x 5.625 in. (17.8 x 14.3 cm)
    Framed: 10.5 x 10.75 in. (26.7 x 27.3 cm)
  • Kenny Rivero, Whistler, 2014-2020
    Kenny Rivero
    Whistler, 2014-2020
    Oil, acrylic, latex paint and graphite on paper
    Framed: 15 ¾ by 17 by 1 ½ inches (40 by 43.2 by 3.8 cm)
  • Kenny Rivero, Plant Mask, 2012-2020
    Kenny Rivero
    Plant Mask, 2012-2020
    Marker, graphite, watercolor and India ink on paper
    Paper: 7" x 6-5/8" (17.7 x 15.2 cm)
    Framed: 9" x 9" x 1 ½" (25.4 x 21.9 x 3.8 cm)
  • Kenny Rivero, Pleasant Nurturing and Demure
    Kenny Rivero
    Pleasant Nurturing and Demure
    Graphite on reclaimed book paper
    14 × 11 1/2 × 1 1/2 in (35.6 × 29.2 × 3.8
    cm)
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Biography
Kenny Rivero (b. 1981, New York; works in New York. MFA Yale 2012, BFA SVA 2006.) Rivero's work, which spans paintings, collage, drawings, and sculpture, explores the complexity of identity through narrative images, language, and symbolism. His aim is to deconstruct the histories and identities he has been raised to understand as absolute and to re-engineer them into new wholes, with new functions. His creative process allows him to explore what he perceives as the broken narrative of Dominican American identity, socio-geographic solidarity, familial expectations, race, and gender roles. Rivero cites the hybrid qualities of salsa, hip-hop, house music, jazz, and merengue-as well as Vodun and Santeria, which were present in his daily life growing up-as core influences on his decision-making in the studio. Kenny Rivero's work is represented in notable public collections including The Baltimore Museum of Art; The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY; El Museo del Barrio, New York. NY; The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; Collection of Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; The Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, NC; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR; and Pérez Art Museum Miami, FL.
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