SOLO SHOWS
2011 Crowells Fine Art, New Bedford, MA
2007 The Old Schoolhouse Gallery, NYC
1995 The Painting Center, NYC
1990 Bowery Gallery, NYC
1988 University Press Books, NYC

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2012 Simon Carr, Mark LaRiviere, Thaddeus Radell
Salena Gallery, LIU , Brooklyn NY

2010 New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA

2010 EAST MEETS MIDWEST
Andrews Gallery, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Westbeth Gallery, NYC
Hoffman LaChancer contemporary, St. Louis, MO
The Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL

2010 The Painting Center, NYC
2010 Prince Street Gallery, NYC
2007 CONTEMPORARY FIGURATION, Westbeth Galley, NYC
2007 Lori Bookstein Gallery, NYC
2002 FOUR PAINTERS, Lori Bookstein Gallery, NYC
2002 - 2007 Trainstation Gallery, West Stockbridge, MA
2000 WATERCOLORS, Lori Bookstein Gallery, NYC
2000 175th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, NYC
1999 GROUP SHOW, The Painting Center, NYC
1988 GROUP SHOW, Ute Stebich Gallery, Lenox, MA
1988 THE PERSISTENCE of PLACE, Dallas, PA
1997 LANDSCAPE, VISION and SPIRIT, LIU, NYC
1997 LANDSCAPE, The Painting Center, NYC
1996 PAINTING, The National Arts Club, NYC
1995 MINDSCAPES, Marine Midland Bank, NYC
1994 GROUP SHOW, Five Points Gallery, East Chatham, NY
1994 RECENT WORK, Mark LaRiviere & Riley Brewster, The Painting Center, NYC
1994 DRAWINGS & PRINTS, Parsons School of Design, NYC
1993 PREVIEW SHOW, The Painting Center, NYC
1993 GROUP SHOW, Bill Bace Gallery, NYC
1993 A-Z, 0-9, E S Vandam Gallery, NYC
1992 167th Annual Exhibition, Nation Academy of Design, NYC
1991 FOUR ARTISTS, Bill Bace Gallery, NYC
1990 TEN YEARS LATER, Parsons School of Design, NYC

REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
2012 Salena Gallery Catalog, by Xico Greenwald
1996 PAINTINGS, by Martica Sawin
1995 MINDSCAPES, by Peter Pinchbeck
1995 FORM AS MEANING, The Paintings of Mark LaRiviere, by Peter Pinchbeck
1993 ALEA Number 3, A Portfolio of five woodcuts
1990 COVER, May issue, Review by Tom Savage
1988 ARTnews, April issue, Review by Gerrit Henry


Salena Gallery Catalog,
By Xico Greenwald

A few years ago Mark LaRiviere, who had for decades focused on colorful, multiple-figure paintings, surprised even himself by turning his attention to sculpture. In his recent work, LaRiviere gives three-dimensional volume to the figures that have been the subjects of his paintings. With no formal training in sculpture, LaRiviere has embraced the physical and technical challenges of making three-dimensional form with newfound freedom, energy and playfulness. Using wood he finds around his upstate property, making molds from terracotta and wax, or sculpting directly with plaster, LaRiviere has introduced an element of surprise to his work, where cracks and blemishes in the materials become part of the final image, giving emotional depth to his figures, reminding us of Rumi's saying: "The wound is the place where the light enters you."