Sculptures » Nestor, Rive
RIVE NESTOR
Rive had the realization that art is very simply an artist's response to his or her world,
influenced by the traditions and responses that have come before them.
The power and poignancy of Rive Nestor's sculptures have been achieved through her
exposure to traditional and contemporary art training and education. Her early years of
study at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts emphasized the importance of anatomy,
design, and the early and modern masters.
After five years of study and an independent art career, she traveled to Europe to study
at the Institute of AmericanUniversities, Aix-en-Provence, France. It was while studying the works of Rodin, Cezanne, Rembrandt, Boudin, Degas and Kokoschka that her work
took on a unique identity.
She had the realization that art is very simply an artist's response to his or her world,
influenced by the traditions and responses that have come before them. Mount Holyoke College, where she subsequently received her Studio Arts degree, afforded her the opportunity for independent study in various sculpture medias.
Rive's art is her response to life, drawn up and given back through delicate, sometimes
harsh, but always truthful renderings of a moment. A feeling encapsulated in bronze,clay, metal, stone or canvas.
Education
1988 - 1990; Mount Holyoke College Studio Art; Cum Laude
Margaret Casey Award for Outstanding Artist
1986 - 1988; Institute for American Universities in France
Leo Marchutz School for Painting and Art History
1985 - 1986; Boston Museum School of Fine Arts
Massachusets School of Fine Arts
1974 - 1978; University of California at Los Angeles
