Artist Feature

Iris
Kufert-Rivo

Geometric paintings shaped by urban observation, pattern, repetition, and the physical process of paint.

About the artist

Iris Kufert-Rivo
Iris Kufert-Rivo

Iris Kufert-Rivo is a geometric painter with a studio at Mana Contemporary in Jersey City, New Jersey. She received a Bachelor of Science from Skidmore College and a Master of Fine Arts from Bard College.

Her Structure Series explores pattern and repetition through forms inspired by the urban community in which she lives. Made without a brush, the paintings develop through palette knives and straight edges, with process guiding each composition forward.

Kufert-Rivo has been painting for more than three decades. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and art fairs across the United States, including New York, Los Angeles, Miami, San Francisco, Atlanta, Charlotte, and Palm Beach. She is represented by L’Space Gallery in New York City and Billis Williams Gallery in Los Angeles.

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Selected works

Color, structure, and line shift from layered atmospheres to graphic architectural forms.

Artwork 02 by Iris Kufert-Rivo, a geometric painting of black linear forms over a pink and grey ground

Artwork by Iris Kufert-Rivo

Artwork 02

Artwork 05 by Iris Kufert-Rivo, a layered geometric painting in muted pink, blue, grey, and ochre

Artwork by Iris Kufert-Rivo

Artwork 05

Artwork 09 by Iris Kufert-Rivo, a graphic spiral painting with bright geometric accents on a dark ground

Artwork by Iris Kufert-Rivo

Artwork 09

Artwork 13 by Iris Kufert-Rivo, a vertical composition of interlocking geometric forms on black

Artwork by Iris Kufert-Rivo

Artwork 13

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