Erin Riley

Erin M Riley is a tapestry weaver living and working in Brooklyn, NY. She received her MFA from Tyler School of Art in 2009. In 2007 she received her BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, MA. She has been weaving imagery culled from the internet and more recently photographs she has taken of herself using hand-dyed wool on a floor loom.

Her work has been exhibited nationally at Guerrero Gallery in San Francisco, CA, Space 1026 Gallery in Philadelphia, PA, Sky High Gallery in Milwaukee, WI, The Textile Arts Center in Brooklyn, NY and internationally at MK Gallery in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom and Town Hall Gallery in Hawthorn, Victoria in Australia.

She has been an artist in residence at Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, MacDowell Colony, Vermont Studio Center, McColl Center for Visual Arts and Emmanuel College.

MFA - Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
BFA - Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013
Show Me More, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Erin M Riley, The End is Near Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012
Crush, Extension Gallery, Orchard Skate Shop, Boston, MA
Forgotten in a File, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011
Erin M Riley, 2012 Wind Challenge Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
Jailbait, Sky High Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Graphic, Central Utah Arts Center, Ephraim, UT
Erin M Riley Featured Artist, Store at The Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2010
Erin M Riley: New Works, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Daddy Issues, Helene Davis Gallery, Artspace, Richmond, VA
How’s my driving?, Bambi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2009
Get in the Car! MFA Thesis Exhibit, Temple Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2008
Erin M Riley, Deep Sleep Gallery, Old City, Philadelphia, PA
2007
Erin M Riley; Orchard Skate Shop Gallery, Roxbury, MA
2006
Habitually Untalkative, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
PULSE – Contemporary Art Fair, West Collection, New York, NY
Fon Seks, University of Illinois Visual Arts Gallery, Springfield, IL
Stitch Fetish, Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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