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.
You are viewing the version of bio from July 14, 2011, 8:15 a.m. (moderator approved).
Revert to this revision Go to current record

Citations

  • Riley, M from unpublished interview with David Burnett on his inclusion in the Asia-Pacific triennial of contemporary art 2002, Queensland Art Gallery (2006), 'I wanted to tell stories’, Michael Riley: sights unseen exhibition webpage, National Gallery of Australia, Accessed 1/5/09.

    http://nga.gov.au/Exhibition/RILEY/Default.cfm?MnuID=2

  • 'Michael Riley – artist’s page on Stills Gallery website’, Stills Gallery, Accessed 20/1/09.

    http://www.stillsgallery.com.au/artists/riley/

  • Mundine, D (2004), 'Obituary: Michael Riley’, RealTime, issue 63, Accessed 20/1/09.

    http://www.realtimearts.net/article.php?id=7617

  • Muirhead, J (2006), 'Empire: Michael Riley and Dreams of Return: Michael Buckley’, Artlink, vol. 19, no.3, Accessed 20/1/09.

    http://www.artlink.com.au/articles.cfm?id=28

  • Edwards, Dan (2007), 'Michael Riley: photographer & filmmaker – part 2: the films-buried histories’, RealTime, issue 77, Accessed 19/1/09.

    http://www.realtimearts.net/article/issue77/8355

  • Webb, Brad (2000), 'Riley, Michael’, The Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art & Culture, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, VIC, p. 687, edited by S. Kleinert & M. Neale.

  • Edwards, Dan (2006), 'Michael Riley: photographer & filmmaker – part 1: spirit, land, image’, RealTime, issue 76, Accessed 19/1/09.

    http://www.realtimearts.net/article/issue76/8257

  • Riley, M. in conversation with Perkins, H (2008), 'Michael Riley’, Half Light: Portraits from Black Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, edited by Perkins, H & Jones, J.

Initial data sources

  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW

Difference between this version and previous

Field This Version Previous Version
Related stub people
  • Deacon, Destiny (associate of)
  • Croft, Brenda (associate of)
  • Hart, Bruce (associate of)
  • Wright, Dorothy (child of)
  • Riley, Allen (child of)
  • Riley, Alexander (grandchild of)
  • Burney, Linda (associate of)
  • Perkins, Rachel (associate of)
  • Bourke, Ace (associate of)
  • Meeks, Aarone (associate of)
  • Quail, Avril (associate of)
  • Moffatt, Tracey (associate of)
Related stub person groups
  • Blackfella Films (associate of)
  • Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative (associate of)
Related people
  • Martins, Fern (associate of)
  • Bancroft, Bronwyn (associate of)
  • Foley, Fiona (associate of)
  • Bostock, Euphemia (associate of)
  • Samuels, Jeffrey (associate of)
Related works
  • Eora (creator of)
  • I don't wanna be a bludger (creator of)
  • Empire (creator of)
  • Blacktracker (creator of)
  • Tent Boxers (creator of)
  • Quest for Country (creator of)
  • Poison (creator of)
  • Flyblown (creator of)
  • They Call Me Niigarr (creator of)
  • Mission (creator of)
  • Dreamings: The Art of Aboriginal Australia (creator of)
  • Cloud (creator of)
  • Yarns from Talbragar Reserve (creator of)
  • Sacrifice (creator of)
  • Maria (creator of)
  • A Common Place: Portraits of Moree Murries (creator of)
  • Portraits by a Window (creator of)
  • Boomalli: Five Artists (creator of)
Related collections
  • Monash Gallery of Art, Wheelers Hill, VIC (collected in)
  • Museum of Sydney, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Dubbo Regional Art Gallery, Dubbo, NSW (collected in)
  • Pat Corrigan Collection, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Moree Plains Gallery, Moree, NSW (collected in)
  • Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • 3rd Art of Place Australian Heritage Commission Indigenous Heritage Art Award (received)
Related events
  • DBRef(u'xactivity', ObjectId('4da1bd14b538b73d93023c0e')) (exhibited at)
  • 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)