Douglas Rivera
Douglas Rivera is a Bolivian visual artist. He studied Visual Arts and Design at the Municipal School of Arts EMDA. His artistic work is focused on creating metaphorical, surrealist, and symbolic images that have allowed him to speak about different realities, as real as they are imaginary. His work has been recognized, especially in his homeland, having exhibited in the country's main reference centers.
Financial information
Primary market
7 works
Secondary market
9 works
Artistic career
Solo exhibitions
2025
- “BOLIVIA BICENTENNIAL: TRANSCEND”
Palacio Portales Simón I. Patiño Foundation in Cochabamba
- “TRANSCEND” Simón I. Patiño Foundation Space in La Paz.
2024
- “SYMPHONY OF NATURE” Cecilio Guzmán de Rojas Municipal Hall
- “SUBSTANCE & ESSENCE” EUROCHRONOS Art Gallery.
- “MERAKI” CHROMA Art Gallery.
2023
- “ANTHOLOGY” CHROMA Art Gallery.
- “THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS” Melchor Pinto Heritage House
2022
- “ALICE IN THE ANDES”
Mérida Romero Art Gallery
- “MUSES” Art Gallery of Hotel Los Tajibos
2021
-“MUSES” Art Gallery of Hotel Los Tajibos, Santa Cruz Bolivia.
-“LYRICAL ARCANE” Altamira Art Gallery. La Paz Bolivia
2020
- “NIGHT POETRY” Altamira Art Gallery. La Paz Bolivia
2019
-NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ART OF Bolivia MNA. La Paz Bolivia
-“SEVEN”
Manzana 1, Art Space. Santa Cruz Bolivia
-“LE FANTASTIQUE MONDE” Art Gallery of the Alliance Française de Achumani La Paz Bolivia
- “CLAIR-OBSCUR” Melchor Pinto Heritage House, Santa Cruz Bolivia
2018
- “MELANCHOLY” Sponsored by the “Young Creators” Award 2017
Museum of Contemporary Art MAC of Santa Cruz Bolivia
2015
- “ANAMNESIS” Tambo Quirquincho Art Museum. La Paz Bolivia
Collective exhibitions
2025
- BOLIVIA 200 YEARS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ART OF BOLIVIA MNA.
- MASTERS OF BOLIVIAN ART OF THE 21ST CENTURY, Cecilio Guzmán de Rojas Hall, La Paz Bolivia.
- CASACOR, DECA Art Gallery and Space, CASACOR Bolivia.
2024
- CASACOR DECA Art Gallery and Space, CASACOR Bolivia.
2021
- “10 years of art” collective exhibition Mérida Romero Gallery
2019
- “Encounters” collective exhibition Casa de la Cultura Raúl Otero Reiche of Santa Cruz.
-“Erotica 4.0” Altamira Art Gallery.
- “Lines and Shapes” collective drawing exhibition UPB Art Gallery Cultural Center
2018
- Art Exhibition “Whispers in the Fog” GOITIA Heritage House, Las Torres Mall.
- Exhibition of New Talents of the 21st Century in the Arts Casa de la Cultura Franz Tamayo
2017
- Drawing and printmaking exhibition FICTIONS Gallery of the Ministry of Cultures and Tourism of Bolivia.
2016
- Painting Exhibition “OSMOSIS” Gildardo Antezana Municipal Exhibition Hall, Cochabamba
2015
- Exhibition “Light, Form and Color of the Paceño Carnival”
National Museum of Ethnography and Folklore.
2014
- Exhibition “Forms and Lines at 4,000 meters high” National Museum of Art of Bolivia.
2012-2013
- Traveling Photography Exhibition “Black and White”
Plurinational Cultural Center of Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
2010
- Painting exhibition on the Environment Bolivian Art and Cultures Foundation
2009
- Painting exhibition Andean Iconography Antonio Paredes Candia Art Museum
2008
1st painting, drawing, and printmaking exhibition “Jacha Ajayu Altumarka”
Casa de la Cultura Franz Tamayo
Biennials and festivals
2018
- Graphic Art Biennial Exhibition “Wild Covers” Simón I. Patiño Foundation Space.
Fairs
2023
- MIRÁ Art Fair
Awards, grants and residencies
2025
- Recognition Master of the Arts and Painting in Bolivia of the 21st Century
Municipal Secretariat of Cultures of La Paz
2024
- 1st Prize Monthly Boynes Artist Award
2021
- 1st International Painting Prize Lead like Jesus, United States.
2020
-1st International Art Prize IDEABORN Ideaborn International Foundation, Barcelona, Spain.
2019
- URBAN INTERVENTIONS FUND PIU prize for Art Exhibition
MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
-1st National Experimental Video Art Prize Eduardo Abaroa Plurinational Contest 2013. Conejo Blanco Collective
Ministry of Cultures of the Plurinational State of Bolivia.
2018
-2nd Photography Prize “Freddy Alborta” Professional Artistic Category
Autonomous Municipal Government of La Paz
- 1st National Prize Other Media LXII Municipal Hall of Plastic Arts “Pedro Domingo Murillo”
Autonomous Municipal Government of La Paz and Office of Cultural Affairs.
2017
-1st National Painting Prize “Young Creators”
Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC) Autonomous Government of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
2016
- Grand National Painting Prize “Mother Earth and Technology” Plastic Arts Contest. Ivar Méndez Foundation and Municipal Government of La Paz.
-1st National Photography Prize “Domitila B. de Chungara”
Autonomous Municipal Government of Cochabamba.
2015
- 2nd Photography Prize “In the Footprint of Carbon”
Autonomous Municipal Government of La Paz and German Embassy.
-3rd Prize XVI Freddy Alborta Artistic Photography Contest
Autonomous Municipal Government of La Paz.
2014
- Grand National Prize LXII Municipal Hall of Plastic Arts “Pedro Domingo Murillo”Autonomous Municipal Government of La Paz and Office of Cultural Affairs.
-2nd Prize National Contest “The Value of Drawing Fernando Montes Peñaranda” Solydes Foundation and Alternative Art Gallery.
-2nd National Illustration Prize Eduardo Plurinational Contest
Abaroa
Ministry of Cultures of the Plurinational State of Bolivia.
- Best Video Editing Award XXIV Amalia de Gallardo Film and Video Contest. Municipal Government of La Paz.
2013
-2nd National Painting Prize “Identities” Plastic Arts Contest.
Ivar Méndez Foundation and Municipal Government of La Paz.
-Grand Prize of the Annual Hall of the Plastic Arts and Design program of the
Major University of San Andrés
-1st Prize XIII Freddy Alborta Photography Contest Artistic Category
Amateur, Municipal Government of La Paz.
-1st Prize National Plastic Arts Contest of the National Academy
of Fine Arts ANBA
-Ivar Méndez Foundation and National Academy of Fine Arts ANBA.
2010 -2nd Prize Drawing and Painting Contest on Climate Change and
Food Security and German Cooperation in Bolivia, PROAGRO.
2009
-1st Prize “VI National Photography Contest Heritage Facades of the
Bicentennial” Departmental College of Architects of La Paz
-2nd Prize Contest “National Young Art Exhibition September 14th”
Municipal Government of Cochabamba
-1st Prize “Drawing Contest on Climate Change”
Institut de Recherche Pour Le Développement IRD
-2nd Prize National Plastic Arts Contest “San Lucas Hall”
Municipal Government of Cochabamba
2008
-1st Prize Drawing and Painting Contest “From Gaia to Pachamama”
3s Arte Gallery















