Clifton Riley

education

2013 MFA, Printmaking, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (Expected)
2006 BFA, dual major in Printmaking and Communication Design, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

exhibitions

2011 Extra Virgin Peanut Oil, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN June 3-28
Evening in Orange, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, April 30
64 Annual Student Show, Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee, March 24 - April 4, Juror: Brad Kahlhamer
First International Mezzotint Festival, Ekaterinburg, Russia, May 6-29
Print Magic, Fluorescent Gallery, Knoxville, TN, March
2010 Fresh Pickin’s, Downtown Gallery, Knoxville, TN, August 20-29
New Prints 2010/Spring, International Print Center New York, New York City, NY, May 18-June 26,
Juror: Philip Pearlstein
TX/OK Art Prize, Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Wichita Falls, TX, April 9-May 29, Juror: Janis Goodman
2009 Printmaking Department Exhibition,Wake the Dead, San Marcos, TX, January
100 for 100, Texas State Univ. Galleries I and II, January
2008 Printmaking Department Exhibition, Jo on the Go, San Marcos, TX December
Four Aces, 4th Floor Gallery, Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, WI
Four Aces, Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, MO, February
Art & Design Faculty Exhibition, Texas State Univ. Galleries I and II, January 14-February 7
2007 Four Aces, VAM Gallery, Austin, TX, Dec - Jan 2008
2006 E.A.S.T., ars ipsa | Shady Tree Studios, Austin, TX, November 18-19
We Remember Remembering, Walkers’ Gallery, San Marcos, TX, November 10-Janurary 5
Resurfaced, ars ipsa | Texas State Univ. Galleries I and II, July 1-29
Hold That Elevator, ars ipsa | Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, TX, June 5-27
Calling Cards, ars ipsa | Iron Gate Studios, Austin, TX, May 11-25
Fine Art Student Association Annual Show, Texas State Univ. Gallery I, May 19-June 26 Juried by James Surls
Senior Thesis Exhibit, Texas State Univ. Galleries I and II; April 17-May 5
Fine Art Student Association Annual Show, Shady Tree Studios, Austin, TX, April 14-2, Juried by James Surls
All-Student Juried Exhibition, Texas State Univ. Galleries I and II, April 3-14, Juried by Vance Wingate
2005 Art is the Bridge, First Night Austin, Congress Avenue Bridge, Austin, TX, December 31
Progressions I, Private exhibition and tour, Austin, TX, December 11
Temporary Dividers, ars ipsa | gallery, Austin, TX, December 6-31
Freshly Painted Floors, Gaillardia Gallery, Texas State Univ., August 20-September 24
You Really Should, ars ipsa | gallery, Austin, TX, August 15-September 2
Classy Gala, Dress Accordingly, Slugfest Gallery, Austin, TX, August 6-September 6
Freshly Painted Floors, ars ipsa | gallery, Austin, TX, July 25-August 12
2003 Fall Semester Student Show, Yellow City Gallery, Amarillo, TX, Juried by Victoria Taylor-Gore
design
2011 long past the time of common, published by Interbirth Books. Designed cover.
Field Work, published BlazeVOX. Designed cover, contributed to page layout
The Lost Seventh, published by Interbirth Books. Designed cover.2010 Pluto: Never Forget (Book II of The Nines), published by Interbirth Books. Designed page layout and cover.
Kadar Koli 5, published by Habenicht Press. Designed page layout and cover.
2009 Embankments, published by Interbirth Books. Designed page layout, cover and binding.
2008 A Partial Handbook for Navigators, published by Interbirth Books. Designed page layout, cover and binding.
2007 Ovid in Exile, published by Interbirth Books. Designed page layout, cover and binding.
publications
2010 Kadar Koli 5, published by Habenicht Press, June
2008 Inter Volume 1, published by Interbirth Books, December
Kadar Koli 3, published by Habenicht Press, March
residencies
2007 Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy, November 14-December 20
collections
Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts, Ekaterinburg, Russia
reviews
2006 ‘Elevator’ Exhibit Has Its Ups And Downs, XL-Austin American-Statesman, June 15
Cream of the Crop: Nominations for the 2005-2006 Austin Critics Table Awards, The Austin Chronicle, May 19
The Austin Critics Table Awards 2006 Nominations, XL-Austin American-Statesman, May 18,
Juror’s Statement, All-Student Juried Show, Juror: Vance Wingate, April
The Saga Of The Traveling Ars Ipsa, XL-Austin American-Statesman, December 29
2005 Temporary Dividers, The Austin Chronicle, December 16
There’s More Than Art Itself In ‘Floors’, XL-Austin American-Statesman, August 11
experience
2011 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
2010 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
2010 Shop Assistant, Texas State University, Spring Semester
2009 Shop Assistant, Texas State University, Fall Semester
Shop Assistant, Texas State University, Spring Semester
2008 Printer for John Bailly, Artist in Residence, Texas State University. October
Shop Assistant, Texas State University, Fall Semester
Teaching Assistant, Texas State University, Advanced Printmaking: Lithography/Serigraphy, Spring Semester
2007 Teaching Assistant, Texas State University, Advanced Printmaking: Intaglio/Serigraphy, Fall Semester
Instructor, Beginning Intaglio, Flatbed Press, Austin, TX, April 21
Teaching Assistant, Texas State University, Advanced Printmaking: Intaglio/Serigraphy, Spring Semester
2006 Instructor, Beginning Intaglio, Flatbed Press, Austin, TX, October 14
Teaching Assistant, Texas State University, Advanced Printmaking: Lithography, Fall Semester
Assistant Printer, Flatbed Press, Austin, TX, May to October 2007
Internship, Flatbed Press, Austin, TX, February to May
2005 Assistant Printer for Elisabeth Condon, Artist in Residence, Texas State University, October
Printmaking Shop Monitor, Texas State University, August to May 2006, Supervisor: Jeffrey Dell
Artist’s Assistant to Jeffrey Dell, January to 2006
2004 Assistant Printer for John Bailly, Artist in Residence, Texas State University. October