Artist-in-Residence, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE January 3rd, 2012 - March 27th, 2012
Optical Fibers, Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA March 2nd - 31st, 2012
Group Exhibition, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA March 29th - April 28th, 2012
23rd Annual Benefit Art Auction, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA April 14th, 2012
Erin M Riley & Hilary Pecis, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA April 14th, 2012 - May 5th, 2012
LOTTO MAGAZIN, Places and Locations Issue, English/German, Spring 2012, Print.
The Textile Artist's Studio Handbook, by Visnja Popovic and Owyn Ruck, Quarry Books, Beverly, MA May 2012
EDUCATION
2009
MFA Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2008
Jacquard Workshop with Louise Lemieux Berube, Montreal Center for Contemporary Textiles, Montreal, QC Canada
2007
BFA Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
Erin M Riley, 2012 Wind Challenge, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA December 9th, 2011 - February 5th, 2012
Jailbait, solo exhibition, Sky High Gallery, Milwaukee, WI October 21st - November 27th, 2011
Erin M Riley, Central Utah Arts Center, Ephraim, Utah October 14th - November 25th, 2011
Featured: Erin M Riley, The Store at The Society of Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA October 1st - 31st, 2011
Erin M Riley, Deer Run Artifacts, Cambria, CA September 6th - October 15th, 2011
2010
New Works by Erin M. Riley, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Daddy Issues, Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA
How's My Driving?, Bambi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
After, Artillery Ohio, Columbus, Ohio
2009
Get in the Car!, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Temple Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2008
Untitled Solo Show, Deep Sleep, Old City, Philadelphia, PA
Solo Art Show, Orchard Skate Shop, Roxbury, MA
Art Wall: January, City Feed and Supply, Jamaica Plain, MA
2006
Habitually Untalkative, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
Woven Stories: Contemporary Tapestries, group exhibition, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY December 10th, 2011 - January 28th, 2012
Artists We Like, group exhibition, Deer Run Artifacts, Cambria, CA October 23th - December 31th, 2011
Oye Chica!, group exhibition, The Mission, Chicago, IL November 4th - December 16th, 2011
Fibers MFA Alumni Exhibition, Administration Hall Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
(re)consider, The Martin Agency, Richmond, VA June 22st - August 10th, 2011
Chain Letter 2011, Samson Projects, Boston, MA July 16th - 23rd, 2011
Down and Dirty, group exhibition at Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ June 4th - July 5th, 2011
The Cheaper Show, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 25th 2011
Perfect Citizen, Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ May 7th - June 24th, 2011
ArtPadSF, The Pheonix Hotel, San Francisco, CA May 19th - 22nd, 2011
blah blah blah, group exhibition at Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ April 23rd - May 29th, 2011
Artist-in-Residence Exhibition, McColl Center for the Visual Art, Charlotte, NC
Myself, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery at the University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV
Nothing to Say, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010
Cutting Edge: A Celebration of Fibers, Textile Art Center, Brooklyn, NY
Re-invent, Re-interpret, Re-make, Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
The Whole 9 Yards, Midwives Collective & Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2009
Radius 250, Best in Show, Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA
This is the End, Little Berlin, Philadelphia, PA
RESIDENCIES
2011
Artist-in-Residence, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Artist-in-Residence, McColl Center for the Visual Art, Charlotte, NC
2010
Artist-in-Residence, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
Artist-in-Residence, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA
AWARDS
2011
Vermont Studio Center Full Fellowship, 4 week residency, Johnson, VT
Kittredge Foundation Grant Recipient, Waltham, MA
2010
LEAP Award Finalist, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2009
Best in Show, Radius 250, group show juried by Marlene Rothacker, Artspace, Richmond, VA
Project Completion Grant, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2008
Graduate Academic Tuition Assistantship, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
2007
Graduate Academic Tuition Assistantship, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
Marilyn Pappas Award, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2006
Barbara L. Kuhlman Foundation, Inc. Fiber Scholarship, Willet, NY
2005
Barbara L. Kuhlman Foundation, Inc. Fiber Scholarship, Willet, NY
PUBLICATIONS
2011
A Doll's House, Fanzine #7 The Smalltown Girl Issue, Oslo, Norway, November 19th, 2011. Print
Mortensen, Parker. "Are We Having Fun Yet?" Sanpete Messanger 2 Nov. 2011, 118th vol., #3: A8. Print.
Foam Magazine, the Blogger Issue, August/September 2011, page 36
FiberArts Magazine, Spring 2011, "Caught in the Web" by Faythe Levine, Pg. 32 -33
2010
1000 Artisan Textiles: Contemporary Fiber Art, Quilts and Wearables by Sandra Salamony and Gina M. Brown, Quarry Books, Beverly, MA May
2009
New American Painting, no. 81, juror George Kinghorn, pg. 128-131 April
2008
"2008 Student Showcase." Fiberarts Magazine November/December 2008: 45. Print.
ARTIST TALKS
2012
January Art Talk, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE January 5th, 2012
2011
Weaving Demo, North Georgia College & State University, Dahlonega, GA March 24th, 2011
Art Talk, North Georgia College & State University, Dahlonega, GA March 23rd, 2011
Visiting Artist Critique, Fibers Department at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, March 14, 2011
2010
Artist Talk, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA
Artist Talk, Senior Seminar, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
Optical Fibers, Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA March 2nd - 31st, 2012
Group Exhibition, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA March 29th - April 28th, 2012
23rd Annual Benefit Art Auction, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA April 14th, 2012
Erin M Riley & Hilary Pecis, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA April 14th, 2012 - May 5th, 2012
LOTTO MAGAZIN, Places and Locations Issue, English/German, Spring 2012, Print.
The Textile Artist's Studio Handbook, by Visnja Popovic and Owyn Ruck, Quarry Books, Beverly, MA May 2012
EDUCATION
2009
MFA Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2008
Jacquard Workshop with Louise Lemieux Berube, Montreal Center for Contemporary Textiles, Montreal, QC Canada
2007
BFA Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
Erin M Riley, 2012 Wind Challenge, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA December 9th, 2011 - February 5th, 2012
Jailbait, solo exhibition, Sky High Gallery, Milwaukee, WI October 21st - November 27th, 2011
Erin M Riley, Central Utah Arts Center, Ephraim, Utah October 14th - November 25th, 2011
Featured: Erin M Riley, The Store at The Society of Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA October 1st - 31st, 2011
Erin M Riley, Deer Run Artifacts, Cambria, CA September 6th - October 15th, 2011
2010
New Works by Erin M. Riley, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Daddy Issues, Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA
How's My Driving?, Bambi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
After, Artillery Ohio, Columbus, Ohio
2009
Get in the Car!, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Temple Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2008
Untitled Solo Show, Deep Sleep, Old City, Philadelphia, PA
Solo Art Show, Orchard Skate Shop, Roxbury, MA
Art Wall: January, City Feed and Supply, Jamaica Plain, MA
2006
Habitually Untalkative, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
Woven Stories: Contemporary Tapestries, group exhibition, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY December 10th, 2011 - January 28th, 2012
Artists We Like, group exhibition, Deer Run Artifacts, Cambria, CA October 23th - December 31th, 2011
Oye Chica!, group exhibition, The Mission, Chicago, IL November 4th - December 16th, 2011
Fibers MFA Alumni Exhibition, Administration Hall Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
(re)consider, The Martin Agency, Richmond, VA June 22st - August 10th, 2011
Chain Letter 2011, Samson Projects, Boston, MA July 16th - 23rd, 2011
Down and Dirty, group exhibition at Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ June 4th - July 5th, 2011
The Cheaper Show, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 25th 2011
Perfect Citizen, Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ May 7th - June 24th, 2011
ArtPadSF, The Pheonix Hotel, San Francisco, CA May 19th - 22nd, 2011
blah blah blah, group exhibition at Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ April 23rd - May 29th, 2011
Artist-in-Residence Exhibition, McColl Center for the Visual Art, Charlotte, NC
Myself, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery at the University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV
Nothing to Say, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010
Cutting Edge: A Celebration of Fibers, Textile Art Center, Brooklyn, NY
Re-invent, Re-interpret, Re-make, Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
The Whole 9 Yards, Midwives Collective & Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2009
Radius 250, Best in Show, Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA
This is the End, Little Berlin, Philadelphia, PA
RESIDENCIES
2011
Artist-in-Residence, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Artist-in-Residence, McColl Center for the Visual Art, Charlotte, NC
2010
Artist-in-Residence, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
Artist-in-Residence, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA
AWARDS
2011
Vermont Studio Center Full Fellowship, 4 week residency, Johnson, VT
Kittredge Foundation Grant Recipient, Waltham, MA
2010
LEAP Award Finalist, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2009
Best in Show, Radius 250, group show juried by Marlene Rothacker, Artspace, Richmond, VA
Project Completion Grant, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2008
Graduate Academic Tuition Assistantship, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
2007
Graduate Academic Tuition Assistantship, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
Marilyn Pappas Award, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2006
Barbara L. Kuhlman Foundation, Inc. Fiber Scholarship, Willet, NY
2005
Barbara L. Kuhlman Foundation, Inc. Fiber Scholarship, Willet, NY
PUBLICATIONS
2011
A Doll's House, Fanzine #7 The Smalltown Girl Issue, Oslo, Norway, November 19th, 2011. Print
Mortensen, Parker. "Are We Having Fun Yet?" Sanpete Messanger 2 Nov. 2011, 118th vol., #3: A8. Print.
Foam Magazine, the Blogger Issue, August/September 2011, page 36
FiberArts Magazine, Spring 2011, "Caught in the Web" by Faythe Levine, Pg. 32 -33
2010
1000 Artisan Textiles: Contemporary Fiber Art, Quilts and Wearables by Sandra Salamony and Gina M. Brown, Quarry Books, Beverly, MA May
2009
New American Painting, no. 81, juror George Kinghorn, pg. 128-131 April
2008
"2008 Student Showcase." Fiberarts Magazine November/December 2008: 45. Print.
ARTIST TALKS
2012
January Art Talk, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE January 5th, 2012
2011
Weaving Demo, North Georgia College & State University, Dahlonega, GA March 24th, 2011
Art Talk, North Georgia College & State University, Dahlonega, GA March 23rd, 2011
Visiting Artist Critique, Fibers Department at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, March 14, 2011
2010
Artist Talk, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA
Artist Talk, Senior Seminar, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
