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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  • NADOC '86 Exhibition of Aboriginal and Islander Photographers (exhibited at)
  • Boomalli Au-go-go (exhibited at)
  • Boomalli Breaking Boundaries (exhibited at)
  • A Koori Perspective (exhibited at)
  • After 200 Years: Photographs of Aboriginal and Islander Australia Today (exhibited at)
  • Aratjara: Art of the First Australians (exhibited at)
  • Abstracts - New Aboriginalities (exhibited at)
  • Blak on Trak (exhibited at)
  • Flesh and Blood: A Sydney Story 1788-1998 (exhibited at)
  • Michael Riley: Sights Unseen (exhibited at)
  • The Art of Place: Fourth National Indigenous Heritage Art Award (exhibited at)
  • DBRef(u'xactivity', ObjectId('4da1bd16b538b73d93023c20')) (exhibited at)
  • Beyond Myth: Oltre Il Mito - 48th Venice Biennale satellite exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Living Here Now (exhibited at)
  • That's not Aboriginal art (exhibited at)
  • Across: an exhibition of Aboriginal art and culture (exhibited at)
  • Caught in the headlights (exhibited at)
  • Centenary vs Eternity (exhibited at)
  • Indicium: identity in Australian Contemporary Photomedia (exhibited at)
  • High Tide (exhibited at)
  • Native Title Business: Contemporary Indigenous Art (exhibited at)
  • Images: Contemporary Photographs by Aboriginal Artists (exhibited at)
  • Meridian: Focus on Contemporary Australian Art (exhibited at)
  • Poetic Justice - 8th Istanbul Biennale (exhibited at)
  • Portraits by a Window (exhibited at)
  • A Common Place: Portraits of Moree Murries (exhibited at)
  • Cloud and Sacrifice (exhibited at)
  • Cloud and Empire (exhibited at)
  • Flyblown (exhibited at)
  • They call me niigarr (exhibited at)
  • Sacrifice (exhibited at)
  • Half Light: Portraits from Black Australia (None)
  • Koori Art '84 (None)
  • Urban Focus: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art from the Urban Areas of Australia (None)
  • NADOC '86 Exhibition of Aboriginal and Islander Photographers (exhibited at)
  • Boomalli Au-go-go (exhibited at)
  • Boomalli Breaking Boundaries (exhibited at)
  • A Koori Perspective (exhibited at)
  • After 200 Years: Photographs of Aboriginal and Islander Australia Today (exhibited at)
  • Aratjara: Art of the First Australians (exhibited at)
  • DBRef(u'xactivity', ObjectId('4da1bd15b538b73d93023c16')) (exhibited at)
  • Abstracts - New Aboriginalities (exhibited at)
  • Blak on Trak (exhibited at)
  • Flesh and Blood: A Sydney Story 1788-1998 (exhibited at)
  • Michael Riley: Sights Unseen (exhibited at)
  • The Art of Place: Fourth National Indigenous Heritage Art Award (exhibited at)
  • DBRef(u'xactivity', ObjectId('4da1bd16b538b73d93023c20')) (exhibited at)
  • Beyond Myth: Oltre Il Mito - 48th Venice Biennale satellite exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Living Here Now (exhibited at)
  • That's not Aboriginal art (exhibited at)
  • Across: an exhibition of Aboriginal art and culture (exhibited at)
  • Caught in the headlights (exhibited at)
  • Centenary vs Eternity (exhibited at)
  • Indicium: identity in Australian Contemporary Photomedia (exhibited at)
  • High Tide (exhibited at)
  • Native Title Business: Contemporary Indigenous Art (exhibited at)
  • Images: Contemporary Photographs by Aboriginal Artists (exhibited at)
  • Meridian: Focus on Contemporary Australian Art (exhibited at)
  • Poetic Justice - 8th Istanbul Biennale (exhibited at)
  • Portraits by a Window (exhibited at)
  • A Common Place: Portraits of Moree Murries (exhibited at)
  • Cloud and Sacrifice (exhibited at)
  • Cloud and Empire (exhibited at)
  • Flyblown (exhibited at)
  • They call me niigarr (exhibited at)
  • Sacrifice (exhibited at)
  • Half Light: Portraits from Black Australia (None)
  • Koori Art '84 (None)