Born 1931 in London

Lives and works in London

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Abstract painter and printmaker, best known for her dazzling abstract paintings which explore the interrelationship between line and colour to convey movement and light.

 

Bridget Riley's work has been exhibited internationally throughout her career. Notable solo shows include

Museum of Modern Art, New York (1966); Serpentine Gallery, London (1999); Dia Centre, New York (2000-2001); Tate Britain (2003); Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (2004-2005); Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (2008); and Christchurch Art Gallery, New Zealand (2017).

In 2019/2020 Bridget Riley was the subject of a major retrospective exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, which travelled to the Hayward Gallery, London. 

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Currently, the Yale Centre for British Art in New Haven, Connecticut, is hosting a retrospective exhibition 'Bridget Riley: Perceptual Abstraction', the largest survey of the artist's work in the United States in twenty years. The exhibition will run until 24 July 2022.

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