Riley is a Belfast-based designer producing ceramic and digital designs, and combining the two. They experiment with all aspects of ceramics, swapping between thrown, handbuilt, and slip-casted pieces, creating functional and sculptural work, and testing out a multitude of glazes and finishes.
Tying their work together is the inspiration taken from organic patterns and forms. This is incorporated into the overall shape of pieces and through colour choices, decoration and graphics. Riley’s work combines their interest in digital design, such as 3D modelling, and clay as a medium.
Exhibitions & Commendations
2024 USFolk's Big Queer Art Show 2024 - 2 Royal Avenue, Belfast
2024 ForM Sculpture Exhibition 2024 - Bangor Castle Walled Garden, Co. Down
2024 HND End of Year Show, A State of Being - Queen Street Studio, Belfast
2024 Cré Collective, Between Patience and Understanding - Flax Gallery, Mossley Mill, Newtownabbey
2024 Cré Collective Launch, Création - Arts for All, Belfast
2023 Finalist Design for Belfast Metropolitan College’s Fellowship Award
2023 HND Exhibition, Future Works - Queen Street Studio, Belfast
2021 BA End of Year Show - University for the Creative Arts, Farnham
Education
2024 HND Ceramics - Belfast Metropolitan College, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2021 BA (Hons) Product Design - University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, England
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