Rigo 23

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Rigo 23 (also known as Rigo <year>, for example, Rigo 95), born Ricardo Gouveia (1966—), is a Portuguese muralist, painter, and political artist residing in San Francisco, California. He is known particularly in the San Francisco community for having painted a number of "one way" sign murals, such as the "One Tree" mural on the US-101 10th and Bryant Streets, or the "Sky/Ground" mural at 3rd and Mission Streets. He has also designed several installations as part of the 2006 Liverpool Biennnial. ^[1] He is considered by some art critics and curators to be part of the first generation of the San Francisco Mission School art movement. ^{[2] [3]}

Rigo was born and raised on the Portugese island of Madeira. He later established himself as an artist in San Francisco, earning a BFA from San Francisco Art Institute in 1991 and an MFA from Stanford University in 1997. ^[4] From 1984-2002, Rigo used the last two digets of the current year as part of his name, finally settling upon "23" in 2003. ^[4][5]

[edit] References

1. ^ "Rigo 23". Liverpool Biennnial 2006 artists directory.
2. ^ "The Mission school" by Glen Helfand, San Francisco Bay Guardian, October 28, 2002.
3. ^ Reader responses to "Marketing the Mission", Stretcher.org, January 17, 2005.
4. ^ ^{a b} "Walls with Tongues: Muralist RIGO 02 Speaks" by Siobhan Fleming, Comet Magazine 3, 2002.
5. ^ Calendar item for 'Jam Sessions: Rigo 84–23', "Another World is Possible" (radio show) website, KPFK.com, January 23, 2006.

[edit] External links

• "Rigo 23", Gallery Paule Anglim.
• "Hide and SECA" by Apollinaire Scherr, Metroactive, December 21, 1998. (Scroll down to section "This Space for 'Huh?'")
• "Underexposed Artists in the Spotlight", Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, February 28, 1999.
• "In Full Site - Rigo 99", Loud Paper 3(2), 1999.
• "New and Venerable Institutions: Rigo" by Hank Donat, MisterSF.com, 2002.
• "Rigo Artwork", Interesting Thing of the Day, October 25, 2004.
• "Rigo 23: New Work", San Francisco Bay Guardian, July 5, 2006.