Bat-Ami Rivlin is a New York-based sculptor working primarily in found and surplus objects. Notable exhibitions include Boat, Plastic, Tire, L21, Spain (2023-24); Simple Sabotage, Kunsthal NORD, Denmark (2023-24); The Socrates Annual, Socrates Sculpture Park, NY (2023- 24); COLAPSO, Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Spain (2022); EN-SITIO, Museo de la Ciudad de Querétaro, Mexico (2022); whereabouts, Hessel Museum of Art, CCS Bard, NY (2022); No Can Do, M23, NY (2021); and more. Rivlin’s work was featured in publications such as Artforum, BOMB, Brooklyn Rail, Flash-Art, Emergent magazine, Artnet, PIN- UP, Office Magazine, The Paris Review, Public Parking, and more. Rivlin holds an MFA from Columbia University. She is the recipient of the Monira Foundation Residency, Sculpture Space Residency, Socrates Sculpture Park Fellowship, A.I.R. Gallery Fellowship, among others.

EDUCATION

MFA Visual Arts, School of the Arts, Columbia University, New York  

BFA Visual Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York  


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025
Untitled (radiators, zip ties), Management, New York

2024
Untitled (inflatable slider), Lo Brutto Stahl, two-part solo exhibition, Paris, France & Basel, Switzerland 
Untitled (131 tires, cones, zip ties, caution tape), Pine Camp Art and Community Center and 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA 
Untitled (car, eyeballed), Lower Cavity, Holyoke, MA 

2023
Boat, Plastic, Tire, L21 Gallery, Mallorca, Spain 

2022
PLACE-HOOD/EN-SITIO, Museo de la ciudad de Querétaro , Querétaro, Mexico 

2021
Excess and Surplus; Anna Holtz and Bat-Ami Rivlin, Sharp Projects, Copenhagen, Denmark
Untitled (inflatable house, zip ties, blower), A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn,  
No Can Do, M 2 3, New York  
Untitled (tub, water pump), Site-specific installation, Backyard Ghost project space, New York 

2019
It All Trembles, curated by Nicole Kaack, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn,  

2017
Re:Re | Bat-Ami Rivlin and Corsin Billeter, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn  

2016
Untitled: Fleshy Objects, Arts, Letters & Numbers, Averill Park, New York


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025
A.I.R., Monira foundation, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ 
Clocking In, Clocking Out, All Street Gallery, New York  

2024
Grace Under Fire, The Shepherd, Detroit, MI 
MERIDIAN, Below Grand, New York  
by the lattice, Giovanni’s Room, Los Angeles, CA 
plus one (part ii), Ensemble, New York  

2023
Simple Sabotage, Kunsthal Nord, Aalborg, Denmark 
The Socrates 2023 Annual, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City,  
The Backend, Montclair State University Galleries, Montclair, NJ 
INAUGURATION, Lo Brutto Stahl, Paris, France 

2022
COLAPSO, Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canaries, Spain 
whereabouts, Hessel Museum of Art, CCS Bard, curated by Dominika Tylcz, Annandale-on-Hudson,  
please come flying, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn,  
WHO IS PLUTO?, Subtitled, Brooklyn,  

2021
Eponymous, M 2 3, New York  
100 Sculptures, organized by anomous gallery and Von Ammon, anonymous gallery, New York  
Maren Hassinger: We Are All Vessels, tangential exhibition including Bat-Ami Rivlin, Catherine Feliz, Joshua Leff, Susan Inglett Gallery, New York  
Latent Memory; Dust on my Tongue, Miriam Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

2020
In/Between-Transfigure, New York Live Arts, New York  
Performing Authorship: 31 Days in March, PS122 Gallery, New York  
Seven Artists/Seven Works, M 2 3, New York  

2019
Battleship Potemkin, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL 
Landmarks, Bahnhof Gallery, Brooklyn,  
Summer School, Latchkey Gallery, New York  
In Response: Leonard Cohen, The Jewish Museum, New York  

2018
42/18, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, New York  

2017
Within a Circuit, NARS Foundation Gallery, Brooklyn,

AWARDS/GRANTS/RESIDENCIES

2026
Lighthouse Works Artist Residency, Fishers Island, NY

2025
Monira Foundation Artist Residency, Jersey City, NJ 
Sculpture Space Artist Residency, Utica,  
Residency Unlimited, New York  
RAIR, Philadelphia, PA 

2024
1708 Gallery Artist Residency, Richmond, VA 
Artis Contemporary Residency Grant, New York  
Lower Cavity Artist Residency, Holyoke, MA 
LES Printshop Keyholder residency, New York  

2023
Socrates Sculpture Park Annual Fellowship, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City,  Artis Contemporary Exhibition Grant, New York  
L21 Artist Residency, Palma de Mallorca, Mallorca, Spain 

2021
Bridge Space Initiative, studio fellowship, Two Trees, New York  

2020
A.I.R. Gallery Artist Fellowship, Brooklyn,  

2019
FA Immigrant Artist Program fellowship, New York  

2018
David Berg Foundation & Artis Fund Scholarship, Columbia University, New York  

2017
NARS Foundation Artist Residency, New York 

ACADEMIC LECTURES AND ARTIST TALKS 

2025
Visiting Artist Lecture, Barnard College, Columbia University, Department of Art History, New York, NY 2024 Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA 

2023
Visiting Artist Lecture, Columbia University School of the Arts, New York, NY 

2022
Visiting Artist Lecture, Smith College, Northampton, MA

SELECT PUBLICATIONS AND INTERVIEWS 

2024
The Art Newspaper, Bat-Ami Rivlin: Untitled (inflatable slider) 
émergent magazine, Bat-Ami Rivlin interviewed by Saskia Hubert. Fall 2024. Print. England. 
Artspiel, Bat-Ami Rivlin- Functional Narratives, by Etty Yaniv. NY.
Artspiel, Transformation at Socrates Sculpture Park, by Etty Yaniv. NY. 
Artviewer, Bat-Ami Rivlin at lower_cavity, Holyoke 

2023
A.I.R. Gallery, The Materiality of A.I.R., printed edition. Print. NY. 
The Architect’s Newspaper, The Socrates Annual 2023 Exhibition Reflects On Transformation By Reviving Undesirable Objects, by María José Gutiérrez Chávez. NY. 
Artviewer, Bat-Ami Rivlin at L21 Gallery 
IDOART.DK, Simple Sabotage curated by Ilethia Sharp. Denmark. 

2022
PIN-UP Magazine, NEW WAVE curated publication, New Americana, issue 33, F/W 2022/23. Print. NY. Juliet Art Magazine, Bat-Ami Rivlin: the way beyond sculpture, by Gabriele Medaglini. Italy. 
Public Parking, One use, over and over: in conversation with Bat-Ami Rivlin interviewed by Daniel Sharp. Canada. 2021 
Artforum, Bat-Ami Rivlin: No Can Do reviewed by Jeffrey Kastner. Print. NY. 
Brooklyn Rail, ArtSeen: Bat-Ami Rivlin: No Can Do, reviewed by Nicholas Heskes. Print. NY. 

2022
BOMB Magazine, Interviews: Material Stamina: Bat-Ami Rivlin with Roni Aviv. NY. 
Flash Art, On View: Bat-Ami Rivlin “No Can Do” M 2 3 / New York. Italy. 
Artviewer, Bat-Ami Rivlin at M 2 3 

2020
Granta Magazine, Curated Bodies: Bat-Ami Rivlin. England. 
Lef(t) publication, Critical Practices Inc. Performing Authorship: 31 Days in March, by Saul Ostrow. NY. 2019 
Basis Magazine for Art and Culture, Icon of Romance, written by Keren Anavy. NY. 
Artnet News, Editor’s Pick: 19 Things Not To Miss In New York’s Art World This Week, written by Tanner West. NY. 
The Paris Review, Staff Picks: Ballet, Bob Dylan, and Black Smudges, written by Charlotte Strick. NY. 
Office Magazine, Urban Verve, written by Gautam Balasundar. NY.

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