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Kenny Rivero

@champaint_papi

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Artist and Adjunct Assistant Professor in Painting at @columbia

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Excited to have been interviewed for this story in @tmagazine recently alongside some amazing NYC night owls 🌜🦉Thank you to Miguel Morales for the words and to Richard Barnes for the amazing day shooting. Special shout to @patrickli__ at @nytimes and @hannagisel at @charlesmoffettgallery for putting it all together! Physical version out on a Sunday, February 22nd!
Link to full article in bio. taken in Bronx New York by @champaint_papi

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8 months ago

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Hot Coco, 2025
Oil, latex paint and collage on canvas
60x60 inches

Today is the day!!! 🔥🙌🏽 𝑨𝒔𝒉 𝒐𝒏 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 opens today at @charlesmoffettgallery reception 6-8pm.

Feeling blessed and proud of this particular body of work. Come check me 🙏🏽🙌🏽🤞🏽🌱🚫🧊

#hotcoco #kennyrivero by @champaint_papi

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10 months ago

So I did a limpieza recently. I don’t want to call it a performance but I’m grateful to have had an audience. It’s my first time activating my sweep piles outside my studio. Thank you to @umarell.art and @antonkerngallery for hosting and big shout to @giorgialliatadimontereale @marcusjahmal and @riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid for making me feel safe enough to do this in public. @riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid on the 🎥. Full vid coming soon. I guess we outside. Maferefún Egun taken in Anton Kern Gallery by @champaint_papi

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Muzak in BX at the one and only Bar 47 taken in Bar 47 by @champaint_papi

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This month, we celebrate acclaimed Latinx artists whose practices offer distinct perspectives on culture, identity, and belonging.

Swipe to discover these seven impactful artists:
1. Bianca Nemelc (@biancanemelc)
2. Yvette Mayorga (@yvettemayorga)
3. Jean-Paul Mallozzi (@jeanpaulmallozzidiaz)
4. Enoc Perez (@enocperez)
5. Radamés ‘Juni’ Figueroa (@radamesjuni)
6. Kenny Rivero (@champaint_papi)
7. Danielle De Jesus (@danielledejesus1)

Explore the full Hispanic Heritage Month collection at the link in bio.

#hispanicheritagemonth #latinxartists #contemporaryart #artforchange

Bianca Nemelc’s “In Between” casts the flower as a home for growth and nourishment for the Brown figure.

Bianca Nemelc’s “In Between” casts the flower as a home for growth and nourishment for the Brown figure.

In limited edition sculpture “The Magic Tchotchke”, Yvette Mayorga explores her coined term “Latinxoco”, an aesthetic language that merges Latinx identity with Rococo ornamentation as a way of interrogating lived-in, adorned domestic spaces

In limited edition sculpture “The Magic Tchotchke”, Yvette Mayorga explores her coined term “Latinxoco”, an aesthetic language that merges Latinx identity with Rococo ornamentation as a way of interrogating lived-in, adorned domestic spaces

Jean-Paul Mallozzi’s deeply personal “Que no se rompa la noche” traces his mother’s journey toward acceptance of his queerness.

Jean-Paul Mallozzi’s deeply personal “Que no se rompa la noche” traces his mother’s journey toward acceptance of his queerness.

“Untitled III” derives from a body of work inspired by images originally captured to promote tourism in Puerto Rico. By turning these images into paintings, Enoc Perez reclaims the landscape and expresses a personal connection to a place that feels like a part of who he is.

“Untitled III” derives from a body of work inspired by images originally captured to promote tourism in Puerto Rico. By turning these images into paintings, Enoc Perez reclaims the landscape and expresses a personal connection to a place that feels like a part of who he is.

Radamés “Juni” Figueroa brings the visual language of the Caribbean into dialogue with art history and popula by @champaint_papi

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Septembering with Ava 🐈🗓️ taken in South Bronx by @champaint_papi

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23 days ago

Johan Mijail 1990-2026 🕊️❤️🌸 by @champaint_papi

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Last fall I had the blessing of being invited to work in this incredible album by one of my favorite artists with what is proving to be some of my favorite musicians. The album is now live!!! 💡🔥🎤🙌🏽🙌🏽. Congrats to @realfortes for the original musical vision and shout to all the incredible musicians for the transformation of this live version. And big congrats to @radamiz for this huge success. Go cop this album!!! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 taken in New York, New York by @champaint_papi

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It’s been 84 years (5 years)…
since I last played live music, but I have a new band called Carrier Pidgin with @champaint_papi and we’re gonna be joined by an old friend @ryaneastman for an evening of good music and good people. come drink and be merry with us 07/26 by @champaint_papi

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New York, 2026 by @champaint_papi

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4 months ago

The ancestors pulled up today. I'm literally in tears. I have no other words. Shout to the @nyknicks, the best team of all time. Y'all really did it. And shout to @harlemtavern for being the best host. We needed this. Let's keep building on this. ☝🏽🗽🏀 by @champaint_papi

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Asking my muertos for support on this one 💀 please bless our captain, Big Brunson, and our starters OG, KAT, Bridges and Hart. Bless our bench and our coaches as they hit the road today. Bless this piece of home, this piece of MSG court floor, and help us wrap this up today!🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽Go @nyknicks 🙌🏽🙌🏽🏀🙌🏽🏀🙌🏽🏀🙌🏽 #knicksin5 taken in South Bronx by @champaint_papi

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