Soy Arquitecto y Artista Visual, como arquitecto siento que la vida es una construcción, y como artista vívo mí vida como un performance.... I am an architect and a visual artist. As an architect, I feel life is a construction and as an artist, I live my life as a performance.
THE INTEREST I HAVE IN THE EVERYDAY IS TO REINVENT IT AND THUS PRODUCE NEW MEANING IN IT. IT IS MY WAY OF CHALLENGING THE SYSTEM IN POWER AND TO QUESTION THE ROLES THAT THIS SYSTEM INSTILLS IN US.
Nombre: Eduardo Ribera Salvatierra
Nacimiento: 24 08 1974
Nacionalidad: Boliviano
Nativo: Santa Cruz de
Mail: boliviabluebox@hotmail.com
Cellular: 73157300
My name is Eduardo Ribera Salvatierra, I am an architect and a self-taught visual artist.As an architect I feel my life is a construction and, as an artist, I live my life as a performance.I did not study at a fine arts academy, I was not friends with established artists and I did not have sex with curators or gallery owners. I was a outsider.I did not have access to the official art scene in my country so I expressed myself in the streets. Since 2000, and for three years, my work took over the city; it was intense and controversial. I attracted curators' attention but they did not know to whom the work belonged because I sign it with a pseudonym: BlueBox.My work moved to galleries, biennials, and competitions. It grew over time until my pseudonym became my first name. I hate that.Now curators, gallerists, and artists are interested in my work and I now work with them. Some times I hate them.One of my most controversial pieces was a performance entitled:“Till Death Do Us Part” in which I married another artist named Daniela Meneses as a performance for the international biennial SIART 07. Curator Cecilia Baya Botti give me away at the altar and the reception was held at the National Museum of Art. The priest who married us and the Catholic Church were not aware that this marriage was a performance piece for a biennial and they did not know that Daniela and I are gay.Controversy and reflection are the ingredients for most of my work. I try to build a strong tie between artists, curators, and institutions and present works of art that convey reflections on taboo subjects.
Actualmente radica en Santa Cruz y es el Director del proyecto CAJAZUL y trabaja en coordinación con la Dirección De Cultura Patrimonio y Turismo del Gobierno Municipal Autónomo de Santa Cruz en el proyecto Muestra Itinerante De Las Nuevas Artes, proyecto que tiene como objetivo utilizar el arte contemporáneo como herramienta de inclusión social.
Eduardo Ribera Salvatierra (BlueBox), was born on 24 August
Visual self-taught artist. He graduated in Architecture and Construction Universidad Nuestra Señora de
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Twice participated in the Salon Pedro Domingo Murillo where he earned Honorable Mention for the work ¨Mi primera Cita"
In 2003 won Honorable Mention in the context of the SIART for the work "Por una Gota De Tu Mar"
A year later was FOMEA award winner with the work in CONART04 "Permiso"
The 2005 presents "Marcha T" with the concept of antiartshow in Oxygen Fine Arts gallery.
The 2007 registers its name as Grand Prize Winner of the Twenty Fifth Municipal Hall Pedro Domingo Murillo, with the installation "Dos Tercios 2 / 3" highest award given by the Bolivian state.
The same year he participated in the SIART07 International Salon with his work
"Until death do us part" controversial performance where the artist marries art in a real ceremony in Santa Rosa Chapel and ends with the celebration of their nuptials in the National Museum of Art.
In 2008 won one of three prizes awarded by the World Bank in the framework of the fair emigrant remittances and the play "Me Voy Pero Me Quedo" and that same year gets mention in the Biennial of Visual Arts in
In 2009 was selected by the curator Rachel Schwartz to participate as a resident i Kiosko Program, sharing 2 months with the Venezuelan artist Ramses Larzabal.
Currently resides in
