Jesse Rivers (b. 1992) is a London-based artist. He has an MFA in Painting from Slade School of Fine Art and a BA from Edinburgh College of Art's Intermedia Department. Rivers has exhibited throughout the UK over the last 10 years, alongside co-directing the artistic domestic project space Middlesex Presents. In 2019 Rivers participated in Laumulistasamsteypan Residency, Iceland, and self-published the Laumu Zine. His work is held in the The Roberts Institute of Art Collection.

Solo Presentations: 
Getting A Head, Middlesex Presents, London, 2024

Selected Group Presentations: 
Pushing the Envelope, The National Museum of Computing, Milton Keynes, 2024
Slade MFA Degree Show, Slade School of Fine Art, London, 2023
Slide a Glance, ASC Gallery, London, 2023
Slade MFA Interim Show, Slade School of Fine Art, London, 2022
Story MFG. x Jesse Rivers AW20 Collection 2020
Still Life, Middlesex Presents, London, 2019
A High Hang, Eccleston Project Space, Arebyte Studio, London, 2019
Painters Posting Paintings, ECA, Edinburgh, 2019 (touring) CASS, Manchester, 2019 (touring) Brockley Gardens London, 2019
The Jester’s Pool, Middlesex Presents, Art Licks Weekend, London, 2019
Jesters of the Round Table, Laumulistasamsteypan Summer Camp for Restless Artists Hrisey, Iceland, 2019
Sextant, Middlesex Presents, London, 2019
HMS GEL, Gel Collective Residency Basic Mountain, Edinburgh, 2018
Places I Want To Be, PS Mirabel, Manchester, 2018
Stuffstarts, New Glasgow Society, Glasgow, 2017
Dirty Den, 59/7 Forrest Road ANNUALE 2017, Edinburgh, 2017
WORKS ON PAPER, Suede Gallery, Edinburgh, 2017
Touch My Ego Please, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, 2016
Parade Presents Art Prize, London-Newcastle Project Space, London, 2015
Angel, Bargain Spot, Edinburgh, 2015

Awards/Nominations: 
Shortlisted Almacantar Studio Award, 2023
Terence Cuneo Scholarship, 2022
Helen A Rose Bequest Graduate Award, 2015