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
Date

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
Date

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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  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Spirit + Place (None)
  • Re-Take: Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Photography (None)
  • Co-existence (None)
  • Another Country (None)
  • Signature Works (None)
  • Beyond the Pale: Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art (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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Spirit + Place (None)
  • Re-Take: Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Photography (None)
  • Co-existence (None)
  • Another Country (None)
  • Signature Works (None)