Born 1985, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York
Education
2009 MFA, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia
2007 BFA, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston
Solo Exhibitions
2025
Look Back At It, collaborative presentation with P·P·O·W, New York for Condo London 2025, mother’s tankstation, London
2024
Watering False Flowers, cadet capela, Paris
The Invisible Third, UTA Artist Space, Los Angeles
2021
The Consensual Reality of Healing Fantasies, P·P·O·W, New York
2020
A Reminder of Being There, Jonathan Hopson Gallery, Houston
2018
Used Tape, P·P·O·W, New York
2017
Simple, Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco
2016
18/bi/f/ma, Brilliant Champions, New York
Anew, Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco
2015
Darkness Lies Ahead, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York
2014
The Pain Comes in Waves, OGAARD Gallery, Oakland
Crimson Landslide, Space 1026, Philadelphia
2013
Undo, University of Wisconsin Gallery, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
In & Out, Paradigm Gallery & Studios, Philadelphia
Show Me More, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco
Erin M. Riley, The End is Near Gallery, New York
2012
Crush, Extension Gallery, Boston
Forgotten in a File, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco
2011
Erin M Riley, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia
Jailbait, Sky High Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Graphic, Central Utah Arts Center, Ephraim, Utah
2010
Erin M Riley: New Works, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco
Daddy Issues, Helene Davis Gallery, Artspace, Richmond, Virginia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
Soft Power: lives told through textile art, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Sin Fatigue, Salma Sarriedine, New York
Musicology, Galerie GPN Vallois, Paris
2024
Designing Motherhood, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston
The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition, The Brooklyn Museum, New York
Fabric of Life, Paul Smith Space Gallery, Tokyo
Fibration: poking back, L’Space, New York
Understory, Outer Space, Concord, New Hampshire
FULL DISCLOSURE: Selections from the Thomas-Suwall Collection, The Plains Art Museum, Fargo, North Dakota
MALCRIADAS, Her Clique, Lisbon
2023
The Myth of Normal: A Celebration of Authentic Expression, MassArt Art Museum, MAAM, Boston
Barbarisms, Pequod Co., Mexico City
Re-Materialized: The Stuff That Matters, kaufmann repetto, New York and Milan
Portraiture and Figuration in 21st Century Textile Arts, The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum, Washington D.C
2022
manifesto of fragility, 16th Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art, Lyon
Kingdom of the Ill: Second chapter of TECHNO HUMANITIES (2021 – 2023), Museion, Bolzano, Italy
Where Words Falter: Art and Empathy, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut
Material Knowledge, Arsenal Contemporary Art, New York
F*CK ART: the body & its absence, Museum of Sex, New York
Skin in the Game, curated by Zoe Lukov & Produced by Abby Pucker, Chicago
Line by Line, Kent State University School of Art, Kent, Ohio
2021
Skin in the Game, curated by Zoe Lukov, Palm Heights, Miami Beach
we’re not meant to do this alone, Creative Alliance, Baltimore
TEXTiles, Bookstein Projects, New York
IRL (In Real Life), Timothy Taylor, London
2020
Shag: Provocative Textiles, The Nashville Art Scene, Nashville
BLUNT, Galerie Julien Cadet, Paris
myselves, curated by Joshua Friedman, Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles
New Visions: The Henie Onstad Triennial for Photography and New Media, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden, Norway
1988, curated by Easy Otabor, Anthony Gallery, Chicago
Never Done: 100 Years of Women in Politics and Beyond, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
2019
Reflections, Gana Art Gallery, Seoul
Textus Ex Machina, aqb Project Space, Budapest
Strangers in Town, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin
Group Show, Galerie Julien Cadet, Montpellier, France
Time Bomb, Wadstrom Tonnheim Gallery, Marbella, Spain
2018
Complicated Territory: Alex McQuilkin, Erin M. Riley, Martha Tuttle, Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, New York
Today’s realism / Réalisme d’aujourd’hui, Galerie Julien Cadet, Paris
Weaving New Worlds, William Morris Gallery, London
2017
NSFW: Female Gaze, Museum of Sex, New York
28th Annual MassArt Auction, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston
Feminine Product, The Void Gallery, Los Angeles
2016
Winter Group Exhibition, P·P·O·W, New York
Winter Group Exhibition, Brilliant Champions, New York
Winter Group Exhibition, Athen B. Gallery, Oakland
Juxtapoz x Superflat, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Fertile Solitude, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston
From Life, Galerie Manqué, New York
Juxtapoz x Superflat, Pivot Art + Culture, Seattle
You Can Call Me Baby, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York
Landline: Works in Fiber from Coast to Coast, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland
Here and Now, The National Center for Craft & Design, Lincolnshire, UK
Here and Now, The Holburne Museum, Bath, UK
2015
KITH: HOMAGE, Miami Beach
Miami Project, Hashimoto Contemporary, Miami Beach,
Soft Core, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
Fresh Brew, Stephanie Chefas Projects, Portland
I Know You Know, curated by Tim Strazza, Kinfolk, New York
Summer Show, Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco
Vroom, Vroom, Outlet Fine Art, New York
Scenic Route, Paradigm Gallery, Philadelphia
Data Flow: Digital Influence, Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
2014
Narcissism and The Self Portrait, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, New York
December Exhibition, Galerie Wolfsen, Aalborg, Denmark
Summer Mixer, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York
Invitational Small Works, Textile Arts Center, New York
Reality Loop, VEST Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark
Competition Team, Eric Schindler Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
2013
Culture Cache, Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Bones, Center Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2012
Hemmed In, MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, UK
Blank Land, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, California
Tropico Post-Apocalyptic, Extra Extra Gallery, Philadelphia
Recalibrations, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia
Optical Fiber, Space 1026 Gallery, Philadelphia
2011
Woven Stories: Exhibition of Contemporary Tapestries, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, New York
Oye Chica!, The Mission Projects Gallery, Chicago
Myself, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery at the University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada
2010
Cutting Edge: A Celebration of Fibers, Textile Arts Center, New York
Re-invent, Re-interpret, Re-make, Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
Bibliography
2025
‘Your weekly guide to the exhibitions, talks and cultural events to have on your radar this week’, SHOWstudio, 22 January
‘The Best from Condo London 2025’, Something Curated, 22 January
Hallström, Sofia, ‘Condo London 2025: Must see exhibitions at the city-wide art event’, Dazed, 22 January
Odejinmi, Koye, ‘Condo London 2025: The Best Art Shows to See This January’, AnOther, 17 January
‘Erin M.Riley: “Look Back at It” @mother’s tankstation, London, Juxtapoz, 17 January
2024
Lesso, Rosie, ‘Art and Healing: The Emotionally Raw Tapestries of Erin M. Riley’, the thread, 18 June
2023
Lyall Slaughter, Annie, ‘10 Women Who Found Freedom in Their Art’, Cultured Magazine, 22 March
L. Feldman, Max, ‘On Sickness and Self-Transcendence: “Kingdom of the Ill” at Museion, Bolzano’, Mousse Magazine, 23 January
Vigneault, Marissa, ‘Pos(t)ing Online, or the Other Side of the Glass for Looking’, Panorama: Journal of the Association of Historians of American Art 9, no.1, Spring 2023
2022
Ashby, Chloë, ‘On the rise: Erin M. Riley’, Art Basel Stories, 4 November
Alfred, Brian, ‘Erin M. Riley.’ Why I Make Contemporary Art: Contemporary Artists’ Stories About Life & Work, Atelier Editions, pp. 257 -263
Bardaouil, Sam, Fellrath, Till, (Eds.), ‘Manifesto of Fragility: The Many Lives and Deaths of Louise Brunet’, Silvana Editoriale, Milan, pp. 254-255, p. 97
Bertolotti, Isabelle, et al., ‘Erin M. Riley.’ Manifesto of Fragility: Guide, Silvana Editoriale, Milan, pp. 254-255
Zarello, Lizzy, ‘This Tapestry Artist is Moving the Needle on Female Sexuality’, Mission, 18 March
2021
Vega, Ingrid, ‘How I Made This: Erin M Riley’s Painterly Tapestries’, ARTnews, 21 November
Balestrin, Sofia, ‘Erin M. Riley The Wool Mirror’, Metal Magazine, 6 July
Murphy, Yume, ‘Healing is a Relentless Dream’, ATM Magazine, 30 June
Crawford, Marisa, ‘With Astonishing Tapestries, Erin M. Riley Claims Space for Healing’, Hyperallergic, 8 June
Walsh, Brienne, ‘The Damage You Can Do As A Mother Is Laid Bare In Erin Riley’s Tapestries’, Forbes, 8 June
Deters, Alexandria, ‘Weaving Traumatic Legacies and Finding Confidence in the Digital, Erin M. Riley at P.P.O.W’, Cultbytes, 4 June
Smith, Roberta, ‘3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now’, The New York Times, 2 June
2020
Zaiden, Emily, ‘The New Nowness of Tapestry’, CODA, America Tapestry Alliance, pp. 3-7
Harren, Natilee, ‘Erin M. Riley’, Artforum Critics’ Pick, 13 November
Armstrong, Annie, ‘The Many Shades of Myselves’, Garage, 16 October
2018
Treggiden, Katie, ‘Weaving’, Ludion Publishing, Belgium
Krysa, Danielle, Big Important Art Book (Now with Women), Running Press Adult, New York
Fateman, Johanna, ‘Erin M. Riley P.P.O.W.’, The New Yorker, pp.8-9, 2 July
Steinhauer, Jillian, ‘What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week’, The New York Times, 20 June
Chillida, Gisela, ‘Tejiendo Píxeles’, La Maleta De Portbou, Julio/Agosto, p. 69
Kettle, Alice and Millar, Lesley, The Erotic Cloth, Bloomsburg Publishing, London
2017
‘Erin M. Riley’, Gross Magazine, Volume 2 Sink or Swim, pp. 79 – 85
2016
Tulsa, Cheyenne, ‘Zeitgeist-Gewebe’, Material Girl Magazine, Spring/Summer, pp. 60 – 61
Janowitz, Neil, ‘Looming Changes’, American Craft Magazine, June/July, pp. 34 – 36
2015
Santibanez, Tamara, ‘Erin Riley’ Interviews, Discipline Press, January, pp. 1 – 6
Slenske, Michael, ‘Art Talk: Knots Landing’, The Wall Street Journal Magazine, September, p. 98
Baritaux, Zio, Strange Plants II, Zioxla, March
Barry, Ramona and Jobson, Rebecca, The Craft Companion,Thames & Hudson, Australia Pty Ltd, Melbourne, October
2014
Newhouse, Sam, ‘Weaver finds the beauty in sexy selfies’, Metro New York City, 10 December, p.8
White, Rachel R., ‘Dream Weaver’, Playboy Magazine, December, p. 29
‘The Graphic Art of the Underground: A Countercultural History’, Bloomsbury Publishing, London,
New American Painting, no. 110, juror Al Miner, February/March, pp. 126 – 129
Stouffer, Hannah, ‘Erin M. Riley’, Juxtapoz Magazine, February, pp. 78 – 85
It’s Nice That Annual 2013 by Company of Parrots, London
2013
Martin, Lois, ‘Body Gazing’, Surface Design Journal, Summer, pp. 28 – 33
2012
Lotto Magazin. Places and Locations Issue, English/German, July, pp. 315 – 321
Popovic, Visjna, Ruck, Owyn, ‘The Textile Artist’s Studio Handbook’, Quarry Books, Beverly, Masachusetts, May, p. 161
2011
O’Toole, Meighan, ‘Fishbowl’, Foam Magazine, August/September, p. 36
Levine, Faythe, ‘Caught in the Web’, Fiberarts Magazine, 22 March, pp. 32 – 33
2010
Pardi, Lou, ‘Re-Invent Re-Interpret Re-Make’, Beat Magazine, 4 August, p. 31
2009
New American Painting, no. 81, juror George Kinghorn, April, pp. 128 – 131
2008
‘2008 Student Showcase’, Fiberarts Magazine, November/December, p. 45
Awards, Grants and Residencies
2022
The Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program 22-23, New York
Open Studio Residency, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine
2021
United States Artists (USA) Fellowship Grant, Chicago
Alumni Artist-in-Residence, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha
2019
Dieu Donné, Brooklyn
2018
The Corporation of Yaddo, Artist Residency, Saratoga Springs, New York
The MacDowell Colony, Artist Residency, Peterborough, New Hampshire
2015
Museum of Art and Design Artist Studios, Artist Residency, New York
2012
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Artist Residency, Amherst, Virginia
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Artist Residency Omaha, Nebraska
Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation Grant, New York
2011
McColl Center for Visual Art, Artist Residency, Charlotte, North Carolina
Vermont Studio Center Artist-in-Residence Full Fellowship, Johnson, Vermont
Kittredge Foundation Grant Recipient, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2010
The MacDowell Colony, Artist Residency, Peterborough, New Hampshire
Emmanuel College, Artist Residency, Boston
2009
Best in Show, Radius 250, Artspace, Richmond, Vermont
Project Completion Grant, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia
2008
Graduate Academic Tuition Assistantship, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, Philadelphia
2007
Graduate Academic Tuition Assistantship, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, Philadelphia
Marilyn Pappas Award, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston
2006
Barbara L. Kuhlman Foundation, Inc. Fiber Scholarship, Willet, New York
2005
Barbara L. Kuhlman Foundation, Inc. Fiber Scholarship, Willet, NY
Collections
The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York