Education
2004-2006 MFA, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1991-1996 BFA, School of Fine Arts, Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Residencies
2022 Visiting Artist and critic, Maine College of Art and Design. Portland, ME.
2021 Cohort of the Drawing Center Viewing Program, NYC
2021 Surf Point, Maine, US
2019 Proyecto ACE Pirar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2018 Fellowship at Vermont Studio Center
2017 Visiting Artist at Vermont Studio Center.
2006 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
Solo Exhibitions
2021 Carried in a Whisper Ishibashi Gallery. Concord, MA.
2021 Migrating Landscapes, McCarthy Art Gallery, Saint Michael’s College, VT
2020 Stop exhibition LaMontagne Gallery, Boston, MA
2019 Labored Landscapes (Donde el Cielo Toca la Tierra), Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
2019 summer/fall Sobremesa (Karaoke Politics) Public Art Project, Grove Hall, Boston, MA
2019 En Busca de los Andes/ In Search of the Andes. Proyecto ACE Pirar, Sala Poliglota. Buenos Aires, Argentina
2018-2019 Fragmentos para una Historia del Olvido/ Fragments for a History of Displacement. The Davis Museum, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
2017-2018 The Andes Inverted. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston, MA
2014 Lo Que Pudo Ser, Brant Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art. Boston, MA
2014 Shooting Skies, LaMontagne Gallery South Boston, MA
2012 La Propuesta Petite Growth, Chaco 2012. Santiago Chile
2012 Muros, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo (MAC), Santiago, Chile
2011 Growth, LaMontagne Gallery, South Boston, Boston, MA
2009 Walking a-Long Foster Gallery, Dedham MA
2008 Airing the Dirty Laundry, Munroe Center for the Arts, Lexington, MA.
2006 Folding Sky, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
2005 Cut out for, at the Artists Foundation, South Boston, Boston, MA
1999 Martirologio, Museum of Contemporary Art. Santiago, Chile
Upcoming Solo Exhibition at Mass MoCA curated by Denise Markonsih (2025)
Two-Person Exhibitions and Projects
2020 Miami NADA art fair/ Virtual due to Covid
2008 Dia de Campo, the first stage of a dual project with Alejandra Wolff, The Kane Gallery, Fenn School, Concord, MA
2006 “36” collaborative video exhibition with artist Adam Schecter, Skowhegan, Maine
2002 Skin Matters, a project in collaboration with Macarena Valdez,
Spanish Cultural Center. Santiago, Chile
2001 Pellagra. Cultural Center of Experimental Art “La Perrera,” Santiago, Chile.
2001 Corporal Lessons. Animal Gallery. Santiago, Chile.
1999 Vitrina/ Store Window. Babalu, Santiago, Chile.
Upcoming Women to Watch, Gallery Kayafas, South End Boston. (October 2022)
Group Shows
2021 Untitled, Fair, Miami
2021 Políticas del Espacio, Curated by Cesar Gabler for Matucana 100, Santiago, Chile.
2020 Sin Evidencia for Q20 Faculty Artist, Davis Museum, Wellesley MA
2019 Sin Evidencia for Root Shock, Kniznick Gallery, Brandeis University.
2018 Out of the Closet. La Montagne Gallery, South End, Boston, MA.
2017-18 Sting! XXVI: Body of Light. The Beehive, Boston. Curated by Jeff Perrott.
2017 Colección MAC Post 90. Exhibition of the permanent collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Santiago that used both annexes to exhibit the work the most relevant pieces acquired by the institution since 1990. March 31 2017 to September 2017.
2016 Latinx@mericañaza, Samson Projects. South End, Boston, MA.
2015 Tilted Heritage, Davis Museum, Wellesley, MA
2014 In-Transit, June-July. Galería Machina, Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
2013 Lake Effect/Nor’easter: part 1. Andrew Rafacz. Chicago. USA
2013 Dibujo Analítico, Universidad Finis Terrae, Santiago Chile.
2013 Plantas en una Tormenta Eléctrica. Galería Machina, Santiago Chile. Curated by Christian Silva and Rodrigo Galecio
2012 Linea Continua and Labored Landscape for; Every Day Angles curated by Liz Munsell. Site-specific Installations for Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. Cambridge, MA. Linea Continua and Labored Landscape
2011 Chain letter, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
2011 Artcetera, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2011 75x75 celebrating the 75 years of the ICA. Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.
2011 Fatiga Material as part of Close Distance, Mills Gallery, BAC, Boston, MA.
2010 New American Painters. Northeast Issue.
2010 Walls, project in collaboration with Christine Rogers, Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley, MA
2010 Works on Paper, Site Specific Installation project, for Calculated Risks, The Davis Museum, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
2010 Accidental Memling Gul (oriental rug), ICA, Boston, part of the 2010 Foster Prize exhibition.
2010 Beyond Purview, curated by Ashley Billingsley, New Art Center, Newton, MA.
2008 Lost in your eyes. Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, NYC.
2007 Young Contemporaries. Juried by Kiki Smith, Laura Donaldson, and Gideon Bok, 808 Gallery, Boston University
2005 OVERLAP, MFA Thesis Show, Aidekman Center for the Arts, Tuft University, Medford, MA
2005 Un-occupied Ground, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Courtyard Gallery, co-curated with Courtney Nimura
2001 Fragments N°2- El lugar sin límites. Museum of Arts of Lima. Lima, Peru.
2001 Fragments N°2- El lugar sin límites. Panama City. Panama.
2000 Fragments N°2- El lugar sin límites. Teorética, San José de Costa Rica. Costa Rica.
2000 Fragments N°2- El lugar sin límites. Museum of Arts. Guadalajara, Mexico.
1999 Fragments, Municipal Gallery of Temuco. Temuco, Chile.
1998 Young Art, Valparaíso. Chile
1997 Three Bodies, Concepción, Chile.
1995 Live Art, National Museum of Fine Arts. Santiago Chile.
Honors and Awards
2021 Recipient of the St. Botolph Club Foundation Distinguished Artist Award.
2020 Recipient of the Massachusetts Cultural Award for Painting.
Recipient of the Pinanski Teaching Prize. Wellesley College.
Nominated and a finalist for the Joan Mitchell award.
2019 Recipient of Rappaport Prize
2019 Cohort of the Now + There Accelerator for Public Art
2018 Recipient of VSC Fellowship
2017 Recipient of NALAC (National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures) Grant Award
2017 Recipient of the Artist’s Resource Trust Fund for Individuals. Berkshire Taconic Foundation.
2014 Travelling Fellowship, SMFA Boston
2012 Massachusetts Cultural Council Award
2010 Recipient of Coleman Award.
2010 Finalist for the Foster Prize.
2007 Recipient of the Emerging Artist Award St. Botoloph Club Foundation
2006-7 Awarded 6 Graduate Teaching Fellowships at the SMFA, Boston.
2006 Gund Fellowship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Main
2006 CAA Recognition Award for best work on view at the CAA Regional MFA Exhibition held at the Massachusetts College of Art in connection with the CAA Annual Conference in Boston, USA
2005 Foundation Andes Scholarship for Artists pursuing post-graduate studies abroad.
2004 Foundation Andes Scholarship for Artists pursuing post-graduate studies abroad.
1999 Art project grant. Fragments N°2. Chilean National Fund for the Arts FONDART
1998 Art project grant. Martirologio N°2. Chilean National Fund for the Arts FONDART
1995 Honor distinction Live Art Contest. National Museum of Fine Arts. Santiago, Chile
Publications
2021 Lead in Art, Sharon Hecker and Silvia Botinelli, Bloomsbury Press
2020 Extraction Magazine
2019 Boston Art Review, issue #4
2019 Artscope Magazzine, Issue November/ December. Disoriented Views: Daniela Rivera’s Labored Landscapes
2017 Fray: Art and Textile Politics. Bryan-Wilson, Julia. Chicago University Press. 2017. Essay about my work pg138-141.
2015 Pintura Chilena Contemporánea. Desplazamientos de la pintura desde la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Editors: Carlos Ampuero, Patricia Novoa, Francisco Schwember.
2014 New American Painters North Easter Edition. Open Studio Press.
2013 100 Boston Artists. Chawky Frenn. Schiffer Publishing Inc.
Muros. Exhibition Catalog. Museum of Contemporary Art. Santiago- Chile
2012 Review of Muros in Arte al Limite, independent Art Journal
2012 Review of Muros, Letras en Linea, online journal affiliated with Universidad Andres Bello
2012 M.A.C. Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago, Chile
2011 Review of Growth in Boston Globe. Rethinking History by Themselves by Cate McQuaid.
2011 August Issue, Art Papers
2011 New American Paintings
2010 Calculated Risks. Exhibition Catalogue
2005 Memoria MAC. survey of exhibitions and projects. 1995-2005-Museum of Contemporary Art- Santiago-Chile.
1999 Martirologio. Exhibition catalog. Text by Alejandra Wolff
1996 Cuadernos de Arte Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Art Journal Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Work in Public Collections
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago Chile
Fidelity Collection
Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Visiting Artist, Lectures, and Artist Talks
2022 Glass Department, Rhode Island School of Art and Design, Providence, RI
2021 September 9th Visiting Artist Saint Michaels College, Vermont
2021 February 8th Visiting Artist at Columbia University MFA program
2021 February 24th lecture at Program for Public Humanities at Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University.
2020 Speaking Our Minds: Artists, Racial Divides & Cultural Inclusion, with Maria Magdalena Campos Pons, Sam Durant, and Sonya Clark
2020 Tuesday Night MFA Lecture Series Boston University
2020 Visiting Artist SMFA, Boston
2020 Panel Teaching in Present Tense for Area-code Art Fair (Helina Metaferia, Amy Halliday, Jen Mergel, Anthony Romero, Sarah Stefana Smith)
2020 Visiting Artist Colorado College
2020 Visiting Artist Harvard GSD
2019 Public Talk Fitchburg Art Museum
2019 Rappaport Lecture, DeCordova Museum, and Sculpture Park
2019 Visiting Artist, Harvard University, Drawing
2019 Visiting Artist, Boston University, Painting
2018 Visiting Artist, Vermont Studio Center.
2018 Labored Landscapes, Panel at College of the Holy Cross, Vivian Stockman, Cristi Rinklin, Daina Harvey.
2018 Visiting Artist Boston University, Painting
2018 To Draw a Line: Perspective on Inscription and Erasure. Lecture and Panel discussion at Harvard GSD. Katarina Burin, Shadi Haroui, Lucy Siyao Liu, Daniela Rivera, Keijaun Thomas.
2017 Artist Talk for Andes Inverted, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
2017 Artist Talk for Art history Class, Silvia Bottinelli School of the Museum / Tufts University on Andes Inverted at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
2017 Presenter at Art/ Architecture Panel at Harvard Graduate School of Design. Other Panelist were Cazu Zegers and Ingrid Moye
2017 Artist Talk for Boston University MFA students.
2017 Artist Talk MFA, Boston. How and Why the Andes Inverted.
2017 Visiting Artist, Mass Art. Boston, MA
2016 Visiting Artist, Yale University/ NUS, Singapore.
2016 Visiting Artist, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2015 Visiting Artist lecture, La Plaza de Cultura y Artes, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Visiting Artist talk, Massachusetts College of Arts, Boston, MA
2015 Visiting Artist Escuela de Arte Universidad Católica de
Chile. Santiago, Chile
2012 Visiting Artist, Escuela de Arte Universidad Catolica de Chile. Alejandra Wolff’s Advanced Painting Class. Chile
2012 Visiting Artist, Alumnos de postgrado Estudios de la Imagen Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Santiago, Chile
2011 Visiting Artist for Graduate Program School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Lecture and Critiques for Graduate Students graduate students.
2011 Visiting Artist. SMFA Boston. Lecture in Silvia Bottinelli’s Art History Course.
2010 Foster Prize Panel, ICA, Boston, MA
2010 3x3 at 3 talk, ICA, Boston, MA
2010 Walls: In and Out of the Museum (Wellesley Wednesday Event). Collins Cinema. Wellesley College. Wellesley, MA
2009 Professional Panel, SMFA Boston, MA
2009 Visiting Artist Post-Bach Program SMFA, Boston, MA
2009 Visiting Artist RISD, Providence, RI
2009 Visiting Artist, Nobles School, Dedham, MA
2008 Fate conference- The Problem of Life Drawing. Paper presentation.
Other
2018 Juror Emerging Artist Award St. Botoloph Club Foundation
2016 Pond/Barnet/Cooper/Ward Juror. SMFA, Boston, MA.
2015 Juror for New Genres Fellowship Awards, The Rhode Island State Council for the Arts.
2010 Juror Boits Awards, SMFA, Boston, MA
2006 Organization of Colloquium, “Simulacra: Latin American Divergences in Eurocentric Time and Space”, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2020 BCA Residency Program Advisory Council members
2021 Juror for BCA's new Studio Residency program.