Tania Rivilis

🤘San Francisco! Super excited to share with you that my two drawings will be displayed at the Ryan Graff Contemporary
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In Carbon:
A Collection of Drawings On show
✖️April 18 14-May 30✖️
Opening Reception April 18, 5-9 PM
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Pushing back against the notion that drawing occupies a secondary position to painting, In Carbon presents works that assert themselves as complete, vital, and fully realized in their own right. These are not studies, preliminaries, or gestures toward some other, theoretically more finished form.
They are works of immediacy and conviction, carrying within them a directness that is uniquely suited to the language of drawing itself.
Bringing together an international selection of artists, the exhibition highlights a wildly varied approach to the discipline, demonstrating drawing’s breadth as both a technical and conceptual practice.
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Continuing the series about my beautiful sitters – and yes, they’re not AI, but real, breathing, outrageously good-looking young men. I’ve been lucky enough to meet them in all sorts of circumstances: in cafés, on the street, sometimes even on Instagram.
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You’ve seen this face many times before, so let’s make it official: meet Connor from Australia. We met in a café in Setúbal; I kept staring at him, trying to behave, and in the end I just couldn’t help myself and asked him to come to my studio. Since then he’s become one of my all-time favorite models to paint. 💛
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The architecture of his face is a painter’s dream: sharp features, that perfect nose, huge eyes (by the way, Connor’s eyes are different colors), all of it begging to be translated into oil. Every brushstroke feels like a small celebration.
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Connor’s face has already been everywhere: shown at an annual exhibition in London, nominated for two major prizes at at the , glowing on big billboards around the world, traveling to shows in Spain, the Netherlands, the US, and popping up in magazines. His portrait keeps slipping into the world like a quiet celebrity. 🍸
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On my workshops I paint Connor a lot, too. At the last workshop in Portugal he even came to the studio in person, and we all stood there, inspecting him like art detectives. Watching the students’ reactions was priceless. As you can see, I absolutely love painting Connor – and I’m clearly not done with him yet😅 Connor, you know it, right? 😅
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You will see Connor very soon again and in a very awesome place. Stay tuned🫶🏽
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