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QUINTÍN RIVERA TORO

BUSINESS AS USUAL

BUSINESS AS USUAL is an exhibition of various works

including site-specific installations, live performance, video

simulcast, photography and sculpture by Latin American

Contemporary artist Quintín Rivera-Toro.

“Recent social phenomenon in the housing markets have estranged

people from their former homes, but also the trauma that stems from

the loss of their previous positions in society,” Rivera-Toro notes.

“With BUSINESS AS USUAL, I hope to use Yellow Peril’s new façade

as a platform for socially critical observations and articulate my

outsider point-of-view as an artist from a foreign land while engaging

with the general public about experiencing an

economically-challenged community like Olneyville.”

Rivera-Toro is known for his site-specific art installations and

performances. As an artist with an activist slant, he creates work that

communicates and engages with its audience. His most recent

site-specific installation was SUMMER GRID: A RELATIONAL PROJECT,

which was comprised of a large arrangement of over two dozen

“kiddie pools” and “backyard waterworks” in The Plant Courtyard

adjacent to Yellow Peril Gallery.

SUMMER GRID was recently chosen as the first 3-D work of art to

promote the “I BUY ART” initiative in Providence. The jury included

Mayor Angel Taveras and arts professionals assembled by the City of

Providence Arts, Culture + Tourism.

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QUINTÍN RIVERA TORO

(b. 1978) Caguas, Puerto Rico

Quintín Rivera Toro was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico in

1978. He holds a B.F.A. in Sculpture from Hunter College,

New York - 2001 and a B.A. in Communications and Film

Studies, from the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras -

2007. He currently pursues his M.F.A. Degree in the

Sculpture Department at the Rhode Island School of Design

in Providence, Rhode Island.

In his native Puerto Rico, Quintín was awarded The Lexus Grant for artists. His public art project “Un espacio libre,” originally shown in his hometown of Caguas, was invited to travel to El Museo del Barrio for the S-Files biennial and the art fair PINTA, both in NYC; it was also shown in the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico and with F.I.S.T. ART in Dorado. His photographic work received an Honorable Mention from Puerto Rico’s Museum of Contemporary Art and a First Prize award from the University of Sagrado Corazón’s Contemporary Photography Contest, in San Juan. He co-founded and worked as the Director of ÁREA, lugar de proyectos in Caguas.

Quintín has been awarded with the DAAD German Academic Exchange Travel Grant, with which he travelled to Cologne and Berlin in Germany. He has received full

fellowships for residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, in Johnson Vermont and the National Academy of Design in New York City; he has also been an artist in residence at the Ox Bow School of Art, S.A.I.C. in Saugatuck, Michigan. Quintín also worked as an intern at the Chinati Museum in Marfa, Texas, and he studied with the Escuela Internacional de Teatro de América Latina y el Caribe (E.I.T.A.L.C.) in Cuernavaca, Mexico. His work was selected by Zona MACO art fair as a focused work and

displayed his “Weak Paintings” in a solo booth sponsored by VH1. He was awarded an Achievement Scholarship from Transart Institute and completed their summer

residency program in Berlin, Germany.

Quintín is a R.I.S.C.A. (N.E.A.) Individual Artist Grant Recipient, and has received a Sylvia Leslie Young Herman Scholarship Award as well as Academic Honors from the Rhode Island School of Design.

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EDUCATION

2013 M.F.A. Sculpture. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, R.I. 2007 B.A. Communications, Film studies. University of Puerto Rico, R.P., P.R. 2001 B.F.A. Sculpture. Hunter College, NYC

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012 Business As Usual - Yellow Peril Gallery, Providence, RI

Summer Grid - Yellow Peril Gallery, Providence, RI

2011 The Bridge - Public art project - Dexter Field, Providence, RI

Allafuera - Espacio La Metro, San Juan, PR

2010 Sobre el miedo y otros problemas del inconsciente colectivo - Museo de las Américas, Cuartel de Ballajá, San Juan, PR 2008 Performing a vivir: el soundtrack aleatorio - Galería de Arte,

Universidad Sagrado Corazón, San Juan, PR

2006 Quintín Rivera Toro: Atmospherics - 280 Cubic Feet Gallery, M.S.U., MN 2005 Un espacio libre - Public art project - MuAC/Caguas, PR

2001 Área - Museo de Arte de Caguas, PR

2000 Buscando la figura - Museo de Arte de Caguas, PR

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012 Operating System - Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Gallery, NYC

Concrete Illusions - Villa Victoria Arts Center, Boston, MA

Show Me Your Glands - N.A.R.S. Foundation, Brooklyn, NY

Trienal Poligráfica - Instituto de Cultura, San Juan, PR

IV Semana de Vídeo Iberoamericano - Filmoteca de Andalucía, Spain

Personal Culture - Gelman Gallery, RISD Museum, RI

Come Here, I Need You - Gelman Gallery, RISD Museum, RI

Artistas Boricuas Contemporáneos - Trailer Park Projects. San Juan, PR 2011 Muestra Nacional 11ʼ - Arte en el medio - Instituto de Cultura, PR

Signos Vitales - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, PR

Historia Urbanas - Centro Cultural Casa Tejas Verdes, La Habana, Cuba

Preámbulo - M.C.E.H., Universidad del Turabo, Gurabo, PR

Diversity Exhibit - Warwick Art Museum, Warwick, RI

Egofilia: Narcicismos y Bizarrerías - cART WATCH, San Juan, PR

Dallas Art Fair - Dean Project Gallery, Dallas, TX 2010 Recent Acquisitions of the Latin American Collection -

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Everyone Has a Different View - Nottingham Play House, London, UK

Mobile Spaces - University of Madison, Wisconsin

Hair Tactics - Jersey City Museum, NJ

ZONA MACO - Dean Project Gallery, Centro Banamex, D.F., MX

CIRCA 10 - Walter Otero Gallery, San Juan Convention Center, PR

Serie Regional Liga Pampers - I.C.P., San Juan, PR

Geografía Humana - M.A.P.R., San Juan, PR

2009 Puerto Rico: Human Geography - Smithsonian Museum, Washigton D.C.

Nostalgia Futuro/Homenaje Renau - Centre del Carme, Valencia, Spain

Facing Locality - C.M.C.A. , St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

Muestra Nacional 09ʼ- Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, PR

Publica 3 - Trienal Poligráfica, Arsenal de la Puntilla, San Juan, PR

PINTA 09 - Dean Project Gallery, Met Pavilion, Altman Building, NY, NY

CIRCA 09 - Walter Otero Gallery, San Juan Convention Center , PR 2008 Garden of Delights/Yeosu International Arts Festival - South Korea

III Ciclo de video arte Latinoamericano, I.V.A.M. - Valencia, Spain

Cataño DC: Distrito Cultural - Cataño, P.R.

Art of Democracy - ÁREA, lugar de proyectos, Caguas, PR

Colectivo Angora - Municipio Autónomo de Caguas, PR

Terruño y paraíso perdido - Museo de arte de Caguas, PR

PINTA 08 - Metropolitan Pavilion, Altman Building, NY, NY

CIRCA 08 - Walter Otero Gallery, San Juan Convention Center , PR 2007 The Building Show - Exit Art, NYC

II Ciclo de video arte Latinoamericano - I.V.A.M., Valencia, Spain

America's Paradise and Isla Del Encanto - SMFA, Boston, MA

Sonotube(r) - Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, CA

Enfrentamientos - M.A.A.C., Guayaquil, Ecuador

VI Salon de dibujo - Museo de Arte Moderno de Santo Domingo, RD

Introspectiva/Awilda Sterling, Teatro Arriví, Santurce, PR

Terruño y paraíso perdido - Cuartel de Ballajá, San Juan, PR

Sucio Difícil: Los 70 - performance, Teatro Yerbabruja, Río Piedras, PR

En tiempos de video - Galería 356, San Juan, PR

Optika 2 -Symposium, R.U.M., Mayagüez, PR

CIRCA 07 - Walter Otero Gallery, San Juan Convention Center , PR 2006 More or less 3,480 Seconds - Gallery 3175, San Francisco, CA

Muestra Nacional 06ʼ- Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, PR

Becas Lexus para artistas - M.A.C., San Juan, PR

05982:01 Montevideo Digital - F. A.C., Montevideo, Uruguay

Polverío - El polvorín, Parque Luis Muñoz Rivera, San Juan, PR

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The S-Files - Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, Santurce, PR

La gran feria de marzo - =DESTO, Santurce, PR

CIRCA 06 - Walter Otero Gallery, San Juan Convention Center , PR 2005 The (S) Files Bienial - El Museo del Barrio, NYC

Pantalla Breve - video experimental, San Juan Cinemafest, PR

Nuevas voces en el arte video - M.A.C., San Juan, PR

Flow: Navigating the Super Paradigm - Bulldog Studios, Beacon, NY

The Happiest Peeps - public installation, 303 Tetuán, San Juan, PR

Windows on Main Street - Beacon, NY

No Man is an Island - Open Gallery, Art School, NJ

The Fourth Floor - Western Exhibitions Gallery, Chicago, IL

Now Playing -The Iron Fish Trading Company, Beacon, NY

AWARDS

2012 • Honors - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI • W.B.N.A. Community Development Award, Providence, RI • Selection - Buy Art Providence Button, Providence, RI 2011 • Sylvia Leslie Young Herman Scholarship Award

Rhode Island School of Design

• Individual Artist Project Grant - R.I.S.C.A. (N.E.A.) - Providence, RI • First Prize - Certamen de Fotografía Contemporánea -

UBS/Galería de Arte, U.S.C. San Juan, PR

• Honorable Mention - Foto MAC competition, San Juan, PR 2010 • Achievement Scholarship - Transart Institute, Berlin, Germany 2009 • Ox Bow School of Art Residency - Saugatauck, Michigan

• Special Mention - Oriental Bank Art Contest of Puerto Rico 2007 • Art Person of the Year, El Nuevo Día, Puerto Rico

2006 • AICA Prize, AICA Chapters in Puerto Rico 2005 • E.I.T.A.L.C. residency, Cuernavaca, MX

• Lexus Grant for Artists, Fundación Comunitaria de PR, San Juan, PR • Nomination: Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant

2004 • Public Art Comission, Villas Miantojo / Municipio de Caguas, PR 2003 • Chinati Foundation Internship, Marfa, TX

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2002 • DAAD Travel Grant, German Academic Exchange Service, Germany • Artist Full Fellowship Award, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT • Scholarship Welfare Fund Alumni Award, Hunter College, NYC • Richard M. Kaye Scholarship Award, Hunter College, NYC 2001 • Edwin Austin Abbey Grant, National Academy of Design, NYC

Quintín Rivera Toro has been a visiting artist and speaker at:

University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI The SMFA in Boston, MA

Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, San Juan , PR Universidad de Puerto Rico en Río Piedras, PR Universidad de Puerto Rico en Mayagüez, PR CIRCA 05ʼ art fair, San Juan Convention Center, PR

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QUINTÍN RIVERA TORO

BUSINESS AS USUAL

> PRICE LIST

This PRICE LIST includes all BUSINESS AS USUAL artwork exhibited

at Yellow Peril from October 18 to November 11, 2012.

The Gallery will provide collectors with an Authentication Certificate for

each original work of art sold and signed by the Artist, in addition to a

CD-ROM with relevant exhibition documents. All artwork sold at Yellow Peril

Gallery is tax-free. Prices do not include Shipping and Handling costs,

which vary by location.

Business As Usual 2012 Found Lumber, Door and Work Lights

24’ x 16’

Price Upon Request

My Agenda is Not Their Agenda 2012 Digital C-Print 10” x 8”, Unframed Edition of 3 – $575 19” x 15”, Matted + Framed Edition of 3 - $700 60” x 40”, Unframed Edition of 1 - $1,475

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My Agenda is Not Their Agenda 2012 Digital C-Print 8” x 10”, Unframed Edition of 3 – $575 15” x 19”, Matted + Framed Edition of 3 - $700 40” x 60”, Unframed Edition of 1 - $1,475

My Agenda is Not Their Agenda 2012 Digital C-Print 8” x 10”, Unframed Edition of 3 – $575 15” x 19”, Matted + Framed Edition of 3 - $700 40” x 60”, Unframed Edition of 1 - $1,475 El Campeón 2012 Poplar + Maple, Plexiglas

15.25” x 6.5” x 3” $650

Activism 2012 Silicone Rubber Cast

10” Diameter, 53” Length Rubber - $700

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About Speech (Purple) 2012 Plastic Cast 3.25” x 2.6” x 1” $425 Boule 2012 Wood 11” x 9” x 5” $625

Occupy Your Desk 2012 Cast Mold 6” x 5” x 3” Various Colors - $99 Business As Usual 2012 HD Video Edition of 3 $250 - $350

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A portion of the proceeds from BUSINESS AS USUAL sales will

be donated to Wild Child Care, a childcare collective based in

Providence at Libertalia.

Wild Child is a group of parents and parent allies working to share the

joys and burdens of caring for the next generation.

As parents we work together to create a community of support for

ourselves and our children; valuing the slow process of building

relationships between our children and between our children and

other adults.

By rotating care, parents get a scheduled break and our young

children get the chance to build friendships with other children and

other adults.

Parents who feels their child is ready for childcare has the opportunity

to sign up for a monthly shift as a caregiver and in exchange, use the

Wild Child sessions as childcare.

Currently Wild Child meets two mornings a week, and consists of

children aged 18 months to 4 years (exceptions are considered on a

case-by-case basis). We meet at

Libertalia

, 280 Broadway Rm 200, in

Providence.

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P R E S S R E L E A S E

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > September 01, 2012

BUSINESS AS USUAL

Quintín Rivera-Toro

October 18 – November 11, 2012

Opening Reception:

Thursday, October 18, 2012, 5PM – 9PM

at Yellow Peril Gallery, 60 Valley St #5, Providence, RI

Gallery Hours:

Thursday + Friday, 3PM – 8PM Saturday + Sunday, 12PM – 5PM

Other days by appointment

Yellow Peril Gallery

60 Valley Street #5 Providence, RI 02909

Media Contact: V Souvannasane Tel: +1 401 861 1535

E/M: van@yellowperilgallery.com

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Yellow Peril Gallery is pleased to present BUSINESS AS USUAL, an exhibition of various works including site-specific installations, live performance, video

simulcast, photography and sculpture by Latin American Contemporary artist Quintín Rivera-Toro.

In the first installation, Rivera-Toro will layer the façade of Yellow Peril Gallery with 4’x8’ plywood panels and juxtapose the space’s temporary veneer with provocative text, which is intended to be an architectural interplay of words between the gallery and its neighbor, Cuban Revolution.

“Recent social phenomenon in the housing markets have estranged people from their former homes, but also the trauma that stems from the loss of their previous positions in society,” Rivera-Toro notes. “With BUSINESS AS USUAL, I hope to use Yellow Peril’s new façade as a platform for socially critical observations and articulate my outsider point-of-view as an artist from a foreign land while engaging with the general public about experiencing an economically-challenged community like Olneyville.” Inside the gallery exhibition space, an installation will feature a framed door welcoming opening night visitors to watch Rivera-Toro as he performs a sound piece that will be streamed live online and broadcasted simultaneously in the adjacent Studio, where new works from the artist will be on display.

Rivera-Toro is known for his site-specific art installations and performances. As an artist with an activist slant, Rivera-Toro creates work that communicates and engages with its audience. His most recent site-specific installation was SUMMER GRID: A RELATIONAL PROJECT, which was comprised of a large arrangement of over two dozen "kiddie pools" and "backyard waterworks" in The Plant Courtyard adjacent to Yellow Peril Gallery. At Dexter Training Ground on the West Side of Providence, RI, Rivera-Toro’s permanent public art installation “The Bridge” also connects people and is a place for gathering and interacting.

BUSINESS AS USUAL will be streamed live on Yellow Peril Gallery’s Facebook page (http://facebook.com/yellowperilgallery) during the opening reception on Thursday, October 18, 2012 from 5PM to 9PM.

About Quintín Rivera-Toro

Quintín Rivera Toro was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico in 1978. He holds a B.F.A. in Sculpture from Hunter College, New York - 2001 and a B.A. in Communications and Film Studies, from the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras - 2007. He currently pursues his M.F.A. Degree in the Sculpture Department at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island.

In his native Puerto Rico, Quintín was awarded The Lexus Grant for artists. His public art project “Un espacio libre,” originally shown in his hometown of Caguas, was invited to travel to El Museo del Barrio for the S-Files biennial and the art fair PINTA, both in NYC; it was also shown in the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico and with F.I.S.T. ART in Dorado. His photographic work received an Honorable Mention from Puerto Rico's Museum of Contemporary Art and a First Prize award from the University of Sagrado

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Corazón's Contemporary Photography Contest, in San Juan. He co-founded and worked as the Director of ÁREA, lugar de proyectos in Caguas.

Quintín has been awarded with the DAAD German Academic Exchange Travel Grant, with which he travelled to Cologne and Berlin in Germany. He has received full fellowships for residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, in Johnson Vermont and the National Academy of Design in New York City; he has also been an artist in residence at the Ox Bow School of Art, S.A.I.C. in Saugatuck, Michigan. Quintín also worked as an intern at the Chinati Museum in Marfa, Texas, and he studied with the Escuela Internacional de Teatro de América Latina y el Caribe (E.I.T.A.L.C.) in Cuernavaca, Mexico. His work was selected by Zona MACO art fair as a focused work and displayed his "Weak Paintings" in a solo booth sponsored by VH1. He was awarded an Achievement Scholarship from Transart Institute and completed their summer residency program in Berlin, Germany.

Quintín is a R.I.S.C.A. (N.E.A.) Individual Artist Grant Recipient, and has received a Sylvia Leslie Young Herman Scholarship Award as well as Academic Honors from the Rhode Island School of Design. For more info about Quintín Rivera Toro, visit: http://quintinriveratoro.com.

About Yellow Peril Gallery

YELLOW PERIL GALLERYis located at The Plant, a historic mill complex in the Olneyville neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island. The Gallery strives to foster modern art critiques on popular culture and society from established and emerging artists in the United States and abroad. We aspire to exhibit provocative and visually arresting artwork created specifically to ignite conversations long after viewers have left the building. Artists that we represent share our commitment to social responsibility, and a percentage from the sale of all artwork is donated to a charitable organization of the Artists’ choice. For more info about future exhibitions, visit www.yellowperilgallery.com.

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If you’d like more information about this press release, or to schedule an interview with Quintín Rivera Toro, please contact V Souvannasane at +1 401 861 1535 or e-mail at [email protected].