Juanjosé Rivas

Juanjosé Rivas (b. 1976, Mexico) is a Mexico City-based sound and visual artist, cultural manager, and educator. He studied visual arts at the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado (La Esmeralda) in Mexico City. His practice uses sound art, performance, sculpture, drawing, photography, and installation — without formal training in classical music, he approaches sound experimentation as a sculptural process, treating listening environments as material. Error, obstruction, and translation failure between artistic languages are central to his methodology. He hosts the VOLTA concert series in Mexico City.