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Erin M Riley Artist Statement I am making art rooted in personal questions about how everyone grows up to be so drastically different in every way. Wondering if there are ties, pin points that I can discover to unravel a family history and make it all make sense. Maybe there was one day that changed everything. I am primarily a weaver, who works from the traditions of craft and subverting the use of weaving to be a physical marker of time, loss and the emotive experience of labor. I am creating works that have accidents and mistakes caused by the duration of weaving and the flawed nature of the human mark. Birth order, trauma, death, substance abuse passed on through generations, socioeconomic status and single parent households are just some of the topics that I have researched to great depths for my art. With my work, and research I am hoping to invoke the feelings of isolation that I so often felt as a middle child as well as entice conversation and analysis of everyday interactions and relationship dynamics. Curriculum Vitae www.erinmriley.com EDUCATION 2009 MFA Fiber Candidate: Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA 2007 BFA Fibers: Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA EXHIBITIONS 2009 In Limbo, group show curated by Elizabeth Agro, Grey Area, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA Siren's Warning, group show, Art Space Gallery, Hartford, CT 2008 Untitled Solo Show, Deep Sleep, Old City, Philadelphia, PA Famous Worlds Best, group show, Gallery at 5th Street, Philadelphia, PA Car Crashes and Other Sad Stories, solo exhibition, Peace Alley, Infusion: A Coffee & Tea Gallery, Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, PA Dirt Made My Lunch, curated by Todd Keyser, Rebekah Templeton Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA 2007 All Media Landscape, juried by Joseph Orr, Foundry Art Center, St. Charles, MO Group Exhibition, Rice Bowl Gallery, Boston, MA Fresh Fiber: Work from Emerging Textile Artists from RISD, UMASS-Dartmouth and MassArt; Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA Solo Art Show; Orchard Skate Shop, Roxbury, MA New Art 2007; National Emerging Artist Competition: Honorable Mention, Raphaela Platow, Chief Curator, MPG Contemporary, Boston, MA AWARDS & HONORS 2009 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 BIBLIOGRAPHY 2009 New American Painting, no. 81, juror George Kinghorn, April 2009 2008 “Weekly Update - New Galleries in Town!” by Roberta Fallon, Artblog, Wednesday, November 19, 2008 “2008 Student Showcase.” Fiberarts Magazine November/December 2008: 45. |
 Portrait of a Father 04/08 Hand-woven tapestry on a homemade wall loom Laser printed image on canvas, polyurethane, hand dyed wool, cotton and other mixed media 91" x 96"
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