Michael Riley b. 1960

  • Artist (Video Artist),
  • Artist (Photographer)
Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi photographer, video artist and documentary film-maker who was a founding member of Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative. His works focused upon Indigenous people's struggles in the wake of colonisation and explored themes related to religion, land and forms of social injustice.
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participated in
Exit
Date
1999
Description

International exhibition of film and videoCo-curator: Victoria LynnAustralian artists: Peter Callas, Destiny Deacon, Michael Riley, John Gillies, Lin Li

Scanlines

Type
Other event
Website
http://scanlines.net/node/1093
Half Light: Portraits from Black Australia
Date
2008
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/archived/2009/half_light
exhibited at
Michael Riley: Sights Unseen
Date
2006
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Cloud and Sacrifice
Date
2005
Place
Stills Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

solo exhibition

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Images: Contemporary Photographs by Aboriginal Artists
Date
2004
Place
Aboriginal Art Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Description
Type
Exhibition
Co-existence
Date
2004
Place
Ivan Dougherty & Kudos Gallery, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Holy Holy Holy
Date
2004 - 2005
Place
Flinders University Art Museum, 2004 Adelaide Festival of Arts, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.flinders.edu.au/artmuseum/index.cfm?mid=6&sid=0
exhibited at
Meridian: Focus on Contemporary Australian Art
Date
2003
Place
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW
Description

Part of the Sydney Festival.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Poetic Justice - 8th Istanbul Biennale
Date
2003
Place
Foundation for Culture and Arts, Istanbul, Turkey
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Michael Riley: cloud and empire
Date
2003
Place
Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
Description

Toured by the Australian Centre for Photography. Photographs and video reflecting the cultural hybridity of the artist’s upbringing during the period of “assimilation” and the stolen generation.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Wollongong City Gallery annual report

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Photography, Video/Film
exhibited at
High Tide
Date
2002
Place
Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Native Title Business: Contemporary Indigenous Art
Date
2002
Place
Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, QLD
Description

toured nationally, 2002-2005.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Caught in the headlights
Date
2001
Place
Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Centenary vs Eternity
Date
2001
Place
Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Indicium: identity in Australian Contemporary Photomedia
Date
2001
Place
The Korean Culture & Arts Foundation, Insa Art Space, Seoul, Korea
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
That's not Aboriginal art
Date
2000
Place
Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Across: an exhibition of Aboriginal art and culture
Date
2000
Place
Canberra School of Art Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Cloud and Empire
Date
2000
Place
Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, NSW
Description

solo exhibition

Type
Exhibition
Beyond the Pale: Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art
Date
2000
Place
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Australian Perspecta 1999: Talkback
Date
20 August 1999 - 26 September 1999
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Beyond Myth: Oltre Il Mito - 48th Venice Biennale satellite exhibition
Date
1999
Place
Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Palazo Papadopoli, Venice, Italy
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Living Here Now
Date
1999
Place
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, Australia.
Description

Part of Australian Perspecta

Type
Exhibition
Re-Take: Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Photography
Date
1999
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
Another Country
Date
1999 - 2000
Place
Yiribana Gallery, Art Galleryof New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Signature Works
Date
1999
Place
Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
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