Rose de la Riva

Through intuitive associations, Rose de la Riva engages with mythical and symbolic figures. Her performance-based practice unfolds through the production of videos, drawings and installations that are largely rooted in embodied improvisations, gleaned theories and in situ explorations. Interested in agriculture, work and the metaphorical ties between their processes and human existence, she studies representations formed by labour (whether in horticultural, agricultural, medical or domestic activities). She draws out movements and apparatus and integrates them into her research. These gestures of maintenance and care are then transposed into performative language that mixes with occult knowledge, ancient rural beliefs as well as their material historicity.

Rose de la Riva is a visual artist and cultural worker born in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montréal. She holds a BFA in Visual and Media Arts from UQAM (2018). Since 2016, her work has taken the form of both solo and collaborative presentations at artist-run centers (Verticale, Skol), festivals (VIVA! Art Action, Termites, RIPA, FAPTR), residencies (LA SERRE – arts vivants, L’Atelier de l’Observatoire de Casablanca), apartments and vacant lots. She has also been actively involved in the auto-workshops collective and Tas Invisible, and in the organization of several DIY performance events.

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Rose de la Riva, Burnout Brooms, 2022. Installation. Collection of found worn brooms. Photo: Kyle Tryhorn.

Rose de la Riva, Pain noir ll, 2023. Performance. Photo: Nicolas Biaux.