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Born in 1956 in Woonsocket, RI, United States


1984-1985, New York Studio School of Drawing and Painting

1981, M.F.A., Parsons School of Design

1979, B.F.A., Swain School of Design


Read our interview with Mr. LaRiviere.

"My work derives from my love of painting, a love of life, form, and nature, and a love of the silvery light of the Venetians, Veronese and Titian, and of the French masters, Delacroix, Renoir, and Cezanne. I long to paint in the tradition that began with the Greeks, moved to the Italians and the French, and continues to this day in artists such as DeKooning, Gorky, and Guston.

Painting for me is a means of discovering my relationship with the world, of letting my process tell what the relationship means to me. Space, form, and light are the emotive components in my painting. As I grow as an artist and as a person, I gain clarity in how to convey the underlying essences of what really resonates as truth."

Mark LaRiviere, January 2000

  • Solo Exhibitions
  • 1995: The Painting Center, New York, NY

  • 1990: Bowery Gallery, New York, NY

  • 1988: University Press Books, New York, NY


  • Group Exhibitions
  • 1999: The Painting Center, New York, NY, "Group Show"

  • 1997: The Painting Center, New York, NY, "Group Show"

  • 1996: National Arts Club, New York, NY, "Paintings"

  • 1994:
  • Five Points Gallery, E. Chatham, NY, "Group Show"

  • The Painting Center, New York, NY, "Recent Work: Mark LaRiviere and Riley Brewster"

  • 1993: Bill Bace Gallery, New York, New York, "Group Show"

  • 1992: National Academy of Design, New York, NY, "167th Annual Exhibition"

  • 1990: Parsons School of Design, New York, NY, "Homage to Commarque"

  • 1989-1992: Artists Space, New York, NY, "Artists from Studio in a School"

  • 1988, 1990: Bowery Gallery, New York, NY, "Invitational Group Show"

  • 1988: Hotel Planon, Sarlat, France, "Seven North American Artists"

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    Selection of paintings from Mark LaRiviere

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  • Charles H. Revson Fellowship, 1984

  • Helena Rubinstein Award, 1979, 1980


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  • Paintings, by Martica Sawin, 1996.

  • Mindscapes, by Peter Pinchbeck, 1995.

  • Form as Meaning: The Paintings of Mark LaRiviere, by Peter Pinchbeck, 1995.

  • Area No. 3, a portfolio of five woodcuts, 1993.

  • Cover, review by Tom Savage, May 1990.

  • ARTnews, review by Gerrit Henry, April 1988