ARTIST PROFILE

Quintin Rivera-Toro

  • Puerto Rico (b. 1978 in Caguas)
  • Currently in Caguas, Puerto Rico.
  • Quintín Rivera Toro lives and works in Caguas, Puerto Rico. He holds an M.F.A. in Sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design 2013

REPRESENTATION

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2014

  • Manda Podere, AS 220 Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
  • This Is My Island, Bottle Rocket Gallery, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States.

2013

  • Percussions Repercussions, Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, Boston, Massachussetts, United States.
  • Summer Grid, Institute for Puertorrican Arts and Culture, Chicago, Illinois, United States.

2012

  • Business As Usual, Yellow Peril Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

2011

  • Allafuera, Espacio La Metro, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  • The Bridge, Dexter Gounds Public Park (permanent installation), Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

LOCATION

  • Born 1978 in Caguas, Puerto Rico.
  • Lives and works in Caguas, Puerto Rico.

EDUCATION

  • 2011 - 2013
    Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
    MFA in Sculpture
  • 1998 - 2001
    Hunter College, New York, New York, United States
    BFA in Sculpture
  • 1996 - 2007
    University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
    BA in Film

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2013
    Merit Grant in New Generes
    Rhode Island State Council for the Arts, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
  • 2011
    Top 10 Rising NYC Artist
    Refinery 29, New York, New York, United States
  • 2011
    First Prize - Certamen de Fotografía Contemporánea
    UBS/Galería de Arte, Universidad del Sagrado Corazón , San Juan, Puerto Rico

RESIDENCIES

  • 2010
    Transart Institute, Transart Institute, Berlin, Germany
  • 2009
    Ox Bow School of Art, School of the Art Institute, Michigan, United States
  • 2001
    Vermont Studio Center, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, United States

COLLECTIONS

  • Dorado Ritz Reserve Hotel - Mi Casa Restaurant, San Juan , Puerto Rico