Keith Rivers

Rivers is a former American football linebacker who, while at USC, earned All-American honors, as well as national championships in 2004 and 2007. 

He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals as the ninth overall pick of the 2008 NFL Draft. Rivers also played for the New York Giants and Buffalo Bills during his NFL career. Rivers retired from the NFL in 2015 as a member of the Dallas Cowboys.

Upon his retirement from the NFL, Rivers began working in commercial real estate and engaging artists. His collection includes work from John Baldessari (Chouinard 59), Joe Bradley, Sonia Gomes, Kerry James Marshall, Rashid Johnson, Barbara Kruger, Tony Lewis, Arjan Martins, Raymond Pettibon, Zak Prekop, Lucien Smith, and Kara Walker, with a focus on works that comment on politics, identity, race, and language.