About me
Daniela Rivera is a Chilean artist based in Boston, MA, where she teaches at Wellesley College. Her work looks into cultural migration, labour and identity, and vulnerability as resistance. She is exhibiting mainly in the US and Latin America. Her MFA is from SMFA at Tufts University and she is licenciada en Artes from Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago. She has exhibited widely in Latin American cities including Santiago, Chile, as well as in the United States. She has been awarded residencies at Surf Point, Proyecto ACE in Buenos Aires, Vermont Studio Arts Center, and the Skowhegan School of Paintings and Sculpture. She has been the recipient of notable fellowships and grants including from The Rappaport Prize, Now + There, the Massachusetts Cultural Council Award, VSC, the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, the Berkshire Taconic Foundation, The FONDART in Chile, and the Saint Botolph Club foundation Distinguish Artist Award.
