ELIZABETH RILEY
Lives and works in New York City
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
AND SCREENINGS
2024
Art Lives Here Art Fair, Art Lives Here, Westbeth Gallery, New York NY
First Class: Summer Art Ticket, Starship Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Addition / Subtraction, Openings Collective, Church of St Paul the Apostle, New York NY
All About Color, Conversations with Artists, Online Exhibition
Among Friends 4, Metaphor Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2023
Color Wheels, Upstate Art Weekend, Army of Frogs Studio, High Falls NY
A Light Exists in Spring, Birdhouse Brooklyn, Brooklyn NY
Hybridity, ANTE Curatorial at The Yard, Brooklyn NY
Affordable Art Fair, Treat Gallery, New York NY
2022
Small Works 2022, The Royal Gallery at RSOAA, Brooklyn NY
Matrixes Small Works, Kate Oh Gallery, New York NY
Color Continuum, The Royal & Techne in Partnership, Oceanside CA
Evening Red, Screening curated by MW Projects for the Museum Ship Lilac, New York NY
Color Wheels, Upstate Art Weekend, Color Wheels Collaborative, Kerhonkson NY
CounterPointe9: Women Choreographers and their Collaborations with Artists, Norte Maar, Brooklyn NY
Ortega Y Gasset Flat File 2022 Program Exhibition, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn NY
A Conversation Between Women, Art Lives Here, New York NY
Among Friends, Equity Gallery, New York NY
Let’s Jump In!, Cold Air Fine Art, Online Exhibition
Benefits:
SPECTRUM, Serious Fun Art Fair, Benefit for Planned Parenthood, White Plains NY
2021
Elizabeth Riley, Mohamed Khalil – GALANTE, Spantzo Gallery, New York NY
Friends of Dorothy, Spantzo Gallery, New York NY
Welcome Back, Maggi Peyton Gallery, Manhattan Borough President's Office, New York NY
Embody, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven CT
Living with Art Salon, Art Lives Here, New York NY
My Octopus Friend Inspiration and Full Circle, WoArt Blog, Online Exhibitions
People Places Things, Project Gallery V, Online Exhibition
All of the Lights, Treat Gallery, Online Exhibition
One in a Year, The Painting Center, Online Exhibition
Art from the Boros VIII, Denise Bibro Fine Art, Online Exhibition
Drawing Challenge XIX, Jason McCoy Gallery, Online Exhibition
2021: January Featured Artists and 8x8 Season 3, FLATFILE Gallery, Online Exhibitions
Benefits:
Arcade Project Winter Benefit Show on Artsy, Online Exhibition
2020
#PandemicProjections – Night 8, Curated by Wavelength, Outdoor projection, Little Falls NJ
#PandemicProjections, Gardenship: Art House Projections, Curated by Wavelength, Kearny NJ
#PandemicProjections 3.0, MoCA L.I.ghts, Curated by Wavelength, Patchogue NY
Changing a Point of View, All She Makes, Curated by Christina Massey, Online Exhibition
Spring Forward, Arcade Project, Curated by Ruben Natal-San Miguel, New York NY, Online Exhibition
USPS Art Project, Pelham Art Center, Organized by Christina Massey, Pelham NY
Computer Love, DAS NYC, Brooklyn NY
2019
(solo) Elizabeth Riley: Ribbons Become Space, SL Gallery, New York NY
Mounds, Piles and Massings, Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, South Orange NJ
Among Friends / Entre Amigos, The Clemente, New York NY
#CollageNow, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York NY
REVISION 2, Edison Price Lighting Gallery, Queens NY
Collage/Mixed Media/Digital Art (The Art of Layering), NAWA, New York NY
Transcendental Pathway, Gallery 55, Empire Stores, Brooklyn NY
Benefits:
WAGMAG, Brooklyn Art Guide Benefit, Grace Exhibition Space, New York NY
2018
(solo) BRIC Garage Door Video Series, BRIC Arts|Media House, Brooklyn NY
Trill Matrix, Curated by Elizabeth Riley, Abrazo Interno Gallery, The Clemente, New York NY
Away From the Wall, National Arts Club, New York NY
Civil Discourse, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta GA
JuxtaPostions, The Painting Center, New York NY
Zoom In, Zoom Out, The Cluster Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Defining Form, The Untitled Space, New York NY
Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself, The Cigar Factory, Queens NY
Among Friends, Dumbo Open Studios, Brooklyn NY
Introductions 2018, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Sideshow Nation VI, The Greatest Show on Earth, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Trestle Art Benefit 2018, Trestle Gallery, Brookyn NY
2017
Excessive Frugality, Odetta Gallery, Brooklyn NYDancing with Rhinos, Van Der Plas Gallery, New York NY
Bigger Bolder Better, Curated by Jaynie Crimmins, Christina Massey & Etty Yaniv, Chashama Space to Present Program, 470 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn NY
Reconstruct, Curated by Michal Gavish & Etty Yaniv, Salena Gallery, LIU, Brooklyn NY
The Constructicons, It’s All About Things Project Space, Port Chester NY
Nasty Women Exhibition, Knockdown Center, Queens NY
OPEN (C)ALL: Truth, Gallery at BRIC House, Brooklyn NY
Seeking Space, Arts in Bushwick for the Bushwick Open Studios, Beyond Studios, Brooklyn NY
Sideshow Nation V, Thru the Rabbit Hole 2, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Benefits:
2016
Land Air Place, Curated by Leslie Kerby, Project ARTspace, New York NYMy Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days, Curated by Osman Can Yerebakan, AC Institute: Online + Live Event, New York NY
Seeking Space: Making the Future, David & Schweitzer Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Made in Ridgewood, Outpost Artists Resources, Queens NY
NOMENCoLorATURE, Organized by Paul D'Agostino, Studio 10, Brooklyn NY
OPEN (C)ALL: Up for Debate, Gallery at BRIC House, Brooklyn NY
Sideshow Nation IV, Thru the Rabbit Hole, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Benefits:
2015
Shifting Scapes, Curated by Dashboard, Duluth GAOut of Place, Curated by Etty Yaniv & Fanny Allié, 172 North 1st St, Brooklyn NY
Reactivator, Curated by Matt Miller, The Active Space, Brooklyn NY
Gone Fishin’, Curated by Dana Kane, 315 Berry Street, Brooklyn NY
BOS Cinema Sunday, Bushwick Community Darkroom, Brooklyn NY
Holiday Salon Extravaganza, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY
Open Call, Lorimoto, Brooklyn NY
The Big Small Show, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City NJ
Going Big, Curated by Suzan Shutan & Susan Carr, Central Booking Gallery, New York NY
Family Ties, Curated by Julie Torres & Bonny Leibowitz, 500X Gallery, Dallas TX
New Work City, Curated by Julie Torres, Momenta Art, Brooklyn NY
OPEN (C)ALL: The Artist’s Studio, Gallery at BRIC House, Brooklyn NY
Paperazzi 4, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Sideshow Nation llI, Circle the Wagons, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Benefits:
Making History, Arts in Bushwick 2015 Benefit, Storefront Ten Eyck, Brooklyn NY
COSMS, Dashboard, Atlanta GA
Best Case Scenario, Curated by Jeanne Tremel & Eliot Markell, Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn NY
Second Family, Curated by Julie Torres, 2 Rivington, New York NY
Exchange Rates: The Bushwick Expo, Arts in Bushwick, Brooklyn Fire Proof, Brooklyn NY
Paperazzi 3, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2013
SO1EO1 — Dennis Congdon, Oliver Herring, and Elizabeth Riley, Kijidome, Boston MA
2010
(solo) OUTSIGHT INN: 28 Solo Projects, Rupert Ravens Contemporary, Newark NJ
Painting with Pictures, Curated by David Gibson, Savannah Spirit and Asya Geisberg, Casita Gallery, Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education, Bronx NY
Idle Time/Busy Mind, NURTUREart, Brooklyn NY
2009
(solo) Elizabeth Riley: Front of the Fair Installation, Pool Art Fair, Wyndham Hotel, New York NY
UNNATURAL ACTS and Other Illicit Thoughts about Nature, BroadThinking Collaborative, Broadway Gallery, New York NY
LiveBox at the 5th International: Directors Lounge, Berlin, Germany
Video On The Monolith, Re-New Digital Arts Forum 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark
Transitions, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport ME
Conjunction, Without Borders Festival VI, University of Maine, Orono ME
Filmideo, Index Art Center, Newark NJ
2008
Around the Coyote Video Lounge, Artropolis, Chicago IL
MISC Video & Performance, NY Studio Gallery, New York NY
2007
Art Attack, Pool Art Fair, Chelsea Hotel, New York NY
Ocean View, Pool Art Fair, Cavalier Hotel, Miami FL
Impossible Cities: A Utopian Visual Art Exhibition, Walkabout Theater/Peter Jones Gallery, Chicago IL
FILMIDEO, Red Saw Gallery, Newark NJ
Fluid, Local Project, Queens NY
Pixilerations [v.4], FirstWorksProv Festival, Providence RI
2006
(solo) The Ambulation Project in Chelsea, public realm “renegade” show, New York NY
Cannibalized, RIDER Project, Scope New York Art Fair, New York NY
Salon de Expace, AG Gallery, Williamsburg NY
Tired Feet, St Francis College, Brooklyn NY
Flux Factory Benefit Show, Long Island City NY
2005
Jump in the Art, Pool Art Fair, Solita SoHo Hotel, New York NY
2004
Borderlands: Four Installations, Visceglia Gallery, Caldwell College, Caldwell, NJ
2003
(solo) Elizabeth Riley, Pierro Gallery of South Orange, Baird Center, South Orange NJ
Moved by Awe: Emerge 2001, Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark NJ
Analog/Digital, City Without Walls, Newark NJ
2002
(solo) Difference and Equality: Windows on Size, Windows Gallery, Monmouth County Arts Council, Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank NJ
Hallway Installation, PS 122 Gallery, New York NY
A New Take on Art for Art’s Sake, City Without Walls, Newark NJ
Women’s Perspectives, Hudson Guild II/Fulton Center, New York NY
Inner/Outer World, Queens Theatre in the Park, Long Island City NY
Mnemonic: A 9/11 Memorial Exhibition, LaGuardia Community College, Long Island City NY
Unity Canvas Exhibition, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn NY
2001
Out of the Shadows, Marymount Manhattan College, New York NY
Story, Gallery Korea, New York NY
Drawing: Line, Skill, Imagination, Lowe Gallery at Hudson Guild, New York NY
Paperworks, Organization of Independent Artists, New York Law School, New York NY
2000
(solo) Elizabeth Riley, LaGuardia Community College, Long Island City NY
(solo) Elizabeth Riley, Thompson Park Art Exhibit Series, Monmouth County Park System, Lincroft NJ
Intuitive Abstract Painting, William Paterson University, Wayne NJ
25th Anniversary Exhibition, City Without Walls, Newark NJ
Interiors, Gallery 214, Montclair NJ
Contemporary Art Show 2000, The Kish Galleries, Keyspan Corporate Headquarters, Brooklyn NY
1999
(solo) Elizabeth Riley, Chamot Gallery, Jersey City NJ
Apocalypse 1999, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, New York NY
“Currents” Exhibition, Salute to Women in the Arts, 101 Hudson Street, Jersey City NJ
CURATORIAL
2018
Trill Matrix, Abrazo Interno Gallery, The Clemente, New York NY
Artists include: Nancy Baker, Jaynie Crimmins, Christina Massey, Elizabeth Riley, Christine Romanell, Linda Kamille Schmidt and Etty Yaniv
HONORS
2020
Millay Colony For The Arts (Artist Residency—Austerlitz NY)
2018
2017
Heliker-LaHotan Foundation (Artist Residency—Great Cranberry Island ME)
2009
Ox-Bow Fall Residency (Artist Residency—Saugatuck MI)
2008
Chashama North (Artist Residency—Pine Plains NY)
2006
Byrdcliffe Art Colony (Artist Residency—Woodstock NY)
2003
Valparaiso Foundation (Artist Residency—Mojácar Playa, Almería Spain)
Atlantic Center for the Arts (Artist Residency—New Smyrna Beach FL)
2000
Aljira Emerge 2001 (Juried program of professional developmental seminars—Newark NJ)
1997
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (Artist Residency—Mount San Angelo, Sweet Briar VA)
1979
Yaddo (Artist Residency—Saratoga Springs NY)
Interlapping Processes: The Practice of Artist Elizabeth Riley, Born Digital Interview, ANTE Mag, Audra Lambert, 2022
Artists on Coping: Elizabeth Riley (interview), Art Spiel, Etty Yaniv, 2020
https://artspiel.org/artists-on-coping-elizabeth-riley/
Mode Shifting: Elizabeth Riley at SL Gallery, Art Critical, John Mendelsohn, 2019
http://www.artcritical.com/2019/08/01/mode-shifting-elizabeth-riley-sl-gallery/
Ribbons Become Space at SL Gallery, Art Spiel, Etty Yaniv, 2019
1983 Hunter College, MFA
1972 Barnard College, BA