Lets meet Julia Rivera - a local Freehold visual artist

I met Julia more than a year ago at her studio space 448 Contempo Gallery in New York. She was hosting a collective exhibition for a group of Puerto Rican artists and I was really impressed with the show but especially with several clay figures that happened to be Julia’s work. Today I have several of Julia Rivera’s pieces in my collection (paintings and multimedia sculptures). In fact, Julia’s art pieces are highly collectible and I would say that you can’t resist the temptation to have another one every time you visit her studio.

Julia’s imagery has been described by Manuel Alvarez Lesama (art critic in San Juan Puerto Rico) as “a combination of humor and poetry to conceive well balanced scenarios where the mundane and metaphysical establish dialogue about time and the human condition”.

Julia’s education and experience surely makes her one of the best well rounded and knowledgeable artists that I have met. Here is a list of schools Julia attended.

National school of arts (Puerto Rico) (1992)

S.A.C.I. (M.A. 17th century restoration) Florence, Italy (1994 - 1997)

Art students League, New York, New York (1998)

National School of fine arts, Paris, France (1999)

You can see a sample of her work at:

http://www.pamil.com/newsite/puerto-rico-art-artist/julia-rivera

https://www.facebook.com/julia.rivera.754/photos_albums

http://instagram.com/448contempo

I invite you to visit 448 Contempo Gallery at 2 Main Street West Freehold NJ, 07728 to see more of Julia’s works.

Spread the voice...this is the place to go if you are looking for a collectible art piece for yourself or for a friend.

Javier Padilla