ABOUT
Nina/Nando Rivera
Nina/Nando Rivera (b. 2001) is a Mexican-American artist whose work engages a wide variety of media including drawing, painting, sculpture, installation, and photography. They were born in Saint Paul, MN and currently reside in Minneapolis, MN. Their work explores the relationships between the body, disorder and the absurd in the digital age. They have a BFA Fine Arts degree from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, class of 2025. They are currently working within the NE SCULPTURE | Gallery Factory Emerging Artist Fellowship Residency program and the Graves Foundation Creating Change Gallery Fellowship program with a solo exhibition opening in August, 2025. They were awarded the MCAD Visual Scholarship, MCAD NOW Scholarship, and the MCAD Fine Arts Studio Merit Scholarship Award. They have participated in group exhibitions at the Vine Arts Center (Minneapolis, MN) and Squirrel Haus Arts (Minneapolis, MN), and co-organized a group exhibition, Recordando Nuestra Herencia, Dibujando El Camino (Minneapolis, MN).