Ricardo Olvera
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Ricardo Olvera is an interdisciplinary artist and writer from Mexico City.
The "Bone Tarot", his newest body of work in assemblage, was exhibited in 2011 at the Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery in Reno, Nevada. In 2010 his collaborative assemblage work with sculpture artist Arla K. Foster and visual artist Viola Moriarty, "Making Our Bones", was exhibited in the Bennington Arts Guild in Bennington, Vermont. That same year a selection of his painting series "Viva la Muerte" and his collaborative work with visual artist Trelaine Lewis, "Danza Macabra" was shown in a group exhibition at Nada Dada in Reno, Nevada. In 2009 he published "Beast & Babalon, Love songs from hell a pictorial journey" a selection of digital works and poetry translated to English language and "To Mega Therion, the dark art of Ricardo Olvera" selected digital photo-manipulation works from 2008 - 2009. His poetry has been featured in several anthologies, among them "Palabras sin Piel" 2007 and "Inombrable FantasÃa" 2008 from Editorial Shamra. His early writings in Spanish from 2006 to 2008 can be found online on his self-published websites; "Gavilla de Haigas", "El Nido del Gato", "Colectivo Aldea", "Los Idus", "El Laberinto Azul", "Deja la luz encendida" y "Gorgona y Quimera". Ricardo enjoys collaborting with artists that relate to his vision. He currently resides in Reno, Nevada with his wife Andrea Juillerat - Olvera.