QUINTIN RIVERA TORO

Quintín Rivera Toro, was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico in 1978. He has a B.F.A. in Sculpture from Hunter College in New York, USA (2001); a B.A. in Communications and cinema, from the U.P.R., Río Piedras campus (2007); an M.F.A. in Sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design, in Providence, Rhode Island, USA (2013); and a Ph.D. in Art Production and Research from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, in Spain (2019). He has been an artist in residence at the Vermont Studio. Center, in Johnson, Vermont; the National Academy of Design in New York City; the Ox Bow School of Art, S.A.I.C., in Saugatuck, Michigan; the U.A.G.M., Gurabo Campus; the Mass MoCA Studios and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. The New York Times has called Quintín’s work “Impressive contemporary art”, and he was named by Refinery 29 as part of the “Top 10 list of rising NYC art stars”, in a selection by curator Casey Fremont. In the 2023, his “Strong Painting – Future” was awarded the Acquisition Prize of the Bassat Foundation in Barcelona, ​​Spain. In 2024 he was invited by the University of Kentucky as a “Visiting Artist” at the College of Arts and Visual Studies; and exhibited at the MECA Fair in the Dominican Republic, presenting his performance titled “Ámérica”, along with his Strong Paintings.

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