Pilar Tompkins Rivas

Pilar Tompkins Rivas currently serves as the Chief Curator and Deputy Director of Curatorial and Collections at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, a position held since July 2020. Prior to this role, Pilar was the Director and Chief Curator at the Vincent Price Art Museum from April 2016 to July 2020, and has experience as the Coordinator of Curatorial Initiatives in Art Administration & Collections with Los Angeles County from 2013 to 2016. Pilar holds a PhD and a Master of Arts in Cultural Studies from Claremont Graduate University, obtained between 2018 and 2023 and 2014 and 2018, respectively. Additionally, Pilar earned a Bachelor of Arts in Latin American Studies and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The University of Texas at Austin, completed between 1992 and 1997.