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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creator of
Cloud
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URL
http://nga.gov.au/Exhibition/Riley/Detail.cfm?IRN=143629&ViewID=2

photographic series

 
creator of
I don't wanna be a bludger
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film

 
creator of
Yarns from Talbragar Reserve
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photographic series

 
creator of
Tent Boxers
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documentary

 
creator of
Flyblown
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photographic series

 
creator of
Empire
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film

 
creator of
Blacktracker
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documentary

 
creator of
Eora
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Permanent video installation at Museum of Sydney

 
creator of
They Call Me Niigarr
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photographic series

 
creator of
Mission
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Photograph. Recipient of Photography Award, 3rd Art of Place Australian Heritage Commission Indigenous Heritage Art Award

 
creator of
Quest for Country
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film

 
creator of
Sacrifice
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creator of
Poison
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film

 
creator of
A Common Place: Portraits of Moree Murries
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photographic series

 
creator of
Portraits by a Window
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photographic series

 
creator of
Dreamings: The Art of Aboriginal Australia
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film

 
creator of
Boomalli: Five Artists
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film

 
creator of
Maria
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photograph

 

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Related collections
  • Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, 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, Australia (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, 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, Australia (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA (collected in)