Jade Rivera’s works have been exhibited in more than 15 countries around the world.
Jade Rivera’s works have been exhibited in more than 15 countries around the world.
Jade Rivera (Huancayo, Peru, 1983) is a muralist, painter, and designer whose work defies any attempt at strict classification. Although he is often associated with magical realism, this label barely touches the complexity of a creator who has never abandoned his own symbolic and imaginary universe.
Self-taught since childhood, he began painting at the age of seven. During his adolescence, his visual identity was deeply shaped by hip hop and the Wild Style graffiti movement of the 1990s. That raw, street energy became the first spark of an artistic journey that would later move through cubism, humanism, and ultimately a fully personal visual poetics.
In 2007, his work underwent a decisive transformation: an aesthetic maturity that positioned him as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary Latin American art. Since then, his murals have become symbolic stages where fiction, social critique, and emotion converge—expanding without borders or passports.
Rivera’s work has been exhibited in more than 15 countries, including Germany, Chile, Argentina, Costa Rica, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, Switzerland, Spain, Mexico, Italy, the Dominican Republic, Paraguay, Sweden, and Slovenia.
Despite his global projection, he maintains a profound connection with Peru, especially with Chorrillos, where the artist’s childhood and the art of a child intertwine in a shared identity.
Beyond technique and narrative, Jade Rivera continues to create from an intimate and untransferable place: a space where each piece becomes an open question—an invitation to wonder and introspection.