Lua Rivera

Lua Rivera was graduated from Morelos State University (UAEM) in 2013, majoring in Visual Arts; completed her M.A. in 2016. While studying in art school, Lua tried different techniques and interdiciplinary creations. In her artworks, she always connects many ancient stories and legends to modern people’s narratives. For example, she started a project – Odd, from 2012, in which she collected people’s missing socks and recorded those socks’ stories through texts and voices. It is said that socks will go finding their paradise for happiness as people desire for a better future.

When Lua was little, she liked to explore everying in the forests, and this helped her develop deep observations on natural environment, especially on birds’ nests. In 2009, she created a work— Bluenest, which is about bird migration and nesting. She provided a wall with holes for birds to rest inside while passing by. After that, Lua did more research into birds’ nesting behaviors through field works including reading news, collecting objects/ documents and taking pictures of real nests. She compared birds’ nests to human beings’ houses, discovering a variety of symbolic meanings of nests. In recent years, she chose weaving as the main technique to make a series of installations in public space, inviting people to go inside and explore. Besides creating installations, she directed and filmed dance performances based on birds’ mating dance. In 2017, she went to artist residency at Watermill Center in New York and Bamboo Curtain Studio in Taiwan. During her residency, she continued the concept of Nature/ Nurture comparison to plan exhibitions. Through observing materials birds used in their nests, visitors could find out some changes in urban area such as the structure of architechture, way of living and the pollution people produced.