
Gyz La Rivière (1976, Rotterdam) is a visual artist. Film, installations, graphics, video art, neon works, publications and readymades are his favourite media – used in combination with his unique philosophy and humour. His projects are often extensive pieces of art driven by a research-like approach and his innate inclination towards collecting. La Rivière’s work is often about ‘time’ and the transformations within (urban) society and (visual) culture.
The year 2022 marked 25 years since La Rivière’s debut exhibition at MAMA, Rotterdam. Gyz has presented more than 100 exhibitions, including solo shows at TENT, Cokkie Snoei, Joey Ramone, OMI and Amelie A. Wallace Gallery (New York). La Rivière has also exhibited in De Vleeshal, Roodkapje, Kunstraum Niederoesterreich, Kunsthal and in many more international exhibition spaces. He also published several books, including Home Video, videotheken & video in Groot-Rotterdam (2021), which is about video rental stores, and Het telefooncellenboek van Rotterdam (2022), which is about phone booths. He has realised five feature documentary films: 12 – a film about the Fret Click (2009), Rotterdam 2040 (2013), New Neapolis (2020), Malin TV (2023) and Videotheek Marco (2025).
Among his most notable recognitions are receiving the Rotterdam Maaskant Prize (2002), ‘The Praise of Folly’ Honorary Pin from the Comité Erasmus (2011) and the Dolf Henkes Prize (2012). His work is included in collections such as Museum Voorlinden, Hogeschool Rotterdam Collection, Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam, WORM Collection, Museum Rotterdam, and is in the possession of various private collectors.