About

George Riverón is a Cuban-born, New York–based multidisciplinary artist whose work spans photography, visual arts, literature, theater, and filmmaking. Trained in fine arts in Cuba and later in photography in the United States, his practice blends cinematic sensibility with a deeply poetic visual language, often rooted in dreamlike imagery and personal memory. His photographs emerge from an intuitive process that begins with imagined visions and evolves through drawing, mixed media, and digital refinement, resulting in evocative compositions that explore light, shadow, and the ephemeral nature of form. Alongside his visual work, Riverón has developed a parallel career in poetry and the performing arts, further enriching a body of work defined by its cross-disciplinary depth and emotional resonance.

Last Exhibitions: 

2025
Planet of Zines: Photography Edition #1
The Blank Gallery, Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan

2023
Expo Metro Barcelona
Billboard Art Show at Passeig de Gràcia, Barcelona, Spain.

2013
Landscapes of the Body
RLA Gallery, Coral Gables, Miami. United States.

2013
ArteLia
RLA Gallery, Coral Gables, Miami. United States.

2012
ArteLia
Galería Cuba Ocho, Miami, FL, United States.

2011
Miami’s Independent Thinkers – Art Basel
The Awarehouse, Miami, FL, United States.

2011
Orígenes
Borders Gallery, Miami, FL United States.

2010
Miami’s Independent Thinkers – Art Basel Satellite Fair
Casa Wynwood, Art Basel Miami, FL, United States.

2010
Spraygraphic Photography Show
Phoenicia Association, Phoenix, AZ, United States.

2009
Spraygraphic Black & White Photo show
Conspire Art Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, United States.

2009
Landscapes of Erotic Art
Zu Galeria Fine Art, Miami, FL, USA.

2008
Forbidden Memories (The Fragment)
Photo Art Academy. Miami, Florida, United States.
(Personal Exhibition)

2008
Alter Ego
Chesterfield Hotel, Art Basel Miami, United States.

2008
De fotógrafo a fotógrafo
Galería Ultravioleta, Madrid, España.

George’s exhibitions also include La Literatura en la Plástica (Sala Oscura, Holguín, Cuba – 1994), Académica’94 (Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, La Habana, Cuba – 1994), La Academia Expone (Contemporary Art Center, Holguín, Cuba – 1995),  Salón de la Ciudad (Contemporary Art Center, Holguín, Cuba – 1998), among others.

Publications

  • The Space In Between (Photography Zine), 2026.
  • Silent Blooms (Photography). Bluebird Editions, 2024.
  • Family Portrait (Photography Zine), 2019.
  • Polaroids: photographs by George Riverón (Photography Zine), 2010.
  • Forbidden Memories (Photography Zine), 2008.
  • Contra la soledad de la sombra (Ediciones Holguín, 1994 – National Oscar Lucero Prize 1992). Poetry.
  • El último dios (Ediciones La Luz, 1997 – First Mention, National Adelaida del Mármol Prize 1996). Poetry.
  • Los días del perdón (Runner-up, Encina de la Cañada Prize 1997. Ediciones Encina de la Cañada, Madrid, 1998). Poetry.
  • Extraños seres de la culpa (City Prize 1996; Ediciones Holguín, 1999). Poetry.
  • Escritos invernales (Calendario Prize 2001; Casa Editora Abril, 2003).Poetry.
  • Señal de vida (El Salvaje Refinado, USA, 2005; Bluebird Editions, 2008, 2023). Poetry.

Studies:

  • Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA) (Higher Institute of Arts) in Havana.
  • Photo Art Academy, Miami, FL
  • New York Institute of Photography.