My work derives from my love of painting, a love of light, form, and nature; a love of the silvery light of the Venetians, Veronese and Titian, and of the French masters, Delacroix, Renoir and Cézanne.

Painting for me is a means of discovering my relationship with the world, of letting my process tell me what the relationship means. 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.

Collectors


In The collection of:

Lori Bookstein
Michael Romano
Paul Bolles-Beaven
Marc Weiss, Nancy Meyers
Alex Kopelman
Paul Resika
Robert Shapiro
Dorothy Kenan
John Stout
Kryssi Staikidis
Jill Kafka
Donna Senger
Dorothy Keenan
Simon Carr
Matthew Sislowitz
Nicholas Rusenstine
Anthony Uva
Diane Leung
Thierry and Amy Farges
James Spellos
Christine Walter Corgel
Francesca and Bob Cote

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 The Old Schoolhouse Gallery, NYC 1995 The Painting Center, New York City 1990 Bowery Gallery, New York City 1988 University Press Books, New York City

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 OPENING A WORLD 5 Figurative Painters, The Painting Center NYC 2007 CONTEMPORARY FIGURATION, Westbeth Gallery, NYC 2005 GROUP SHOW , Lori Bookstein Gallery 2002 FOUR PAINTERS, Lori Bookstein Gallery, NYC 2002 – 2008 GROUP SHOW, Trainstation Gallery, W. Stockbridge, MA 2000 WATERCOLORS, Lori Bookstein Gallery, NYC 175th ANNUAL EXHIBITION, National Academy of Design 1999 GROUP SHOW, The Painting Center 1998 GROUP SHOW, Ute Stebich Gallery, Lenox, MA THE PERSISTENCE OF PLACE, Dallas PA 1997 LANDSCAPE, VISION, and SPIRIT, Long Island University LANDSCAPE, The Painting Center 1996 PAINTINGS, National Arts Club, New York City 1995 MINDSCAPES, Marine Midland Bank, New York City 1994 DRAWINGS AND PRINTS, Parsons School of Design, NYC GROUP SHOW, Five Points Gallery, E. Chatham NY RECENT WORK: MARK LaRIVIERE AND RILEY BREWSTER, The Painting Center, New York City 1993 A-Z 0-9, E.S. Vandam Gallery, New York City GROUP SHOW, Bill Bace Gallery, New York City PREVIEW SHOW, The Painting Center, New York City 1992 167th ANNUAL EXHIBITION, National Academy of Design, New York City 1991 FOUR ARTISTS , Bill Bace Gallery, New York City 1990 HOMAGE TO COMMARQUE, Parsons School of Design, New York City TEN YEARS LATER, Parsons School of Design New York City 1989 thru1992, ARTISTS FROM STUDIO IN A SCHOOL Artists Space, New York City 1988 SEVEN NORTH AMERICAN ARTISTS, Hotel Planon, Sarlat, France FOUR ARTISTS, Individuals Gallery, New York City 1988,1990, INVITATIONAL GROUP SHOW, Bowery Gallery, New York City 1986 NEW YORK ARTISTS, New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, New Orleans

REVIEWS & PUBLICATIONS
2002 SLOW BURN, by Mario Naves, NY Observer, Oct. 14,2002 1996 PAINTINGS, by Martica Sawin 1995 MINDSCAPES, by Peter Pinchbeck 1995 FORM AS MEANING, THE PAINTINGS OF MARK LaRIVIERE, by Peter Pinchbeck 1993 ALEA NO. 3 a portfolio of five woodcuts 1990 COVER, May issue, review by Tom Savage 1988 ARTnews, April issue, review by Gerrit Henry

AWARDS
1984 Charles H. Revson Fellowship 1979, 1980 Helena Rubinsein Award

EDUCATION & BIOGRAPHY
1984, 1985 New York Studio School of Drawing and Painting 1981 Parsons School of Design, M.F.A. 1979 Swain School of Design, B.F.A. 1956 Born November 23, in Woonsocket, RI

Mark Lariviere is represented by Crowell’s Fine Art Gallery in New Bedford, MA. For further inquiries please contact the gallery at 508.992.5231 or janice@crowellsfineart.com