Artist, Cath (Catherine) Riley, was born 1952 in Keighley. She gained a first class honours degree in embroidery and a MA in fine art from Manchester Polytechnic and quickly gained attention for her three-dimensional art work. In 1979, for example, George Melly purchased her mixed media collage, ‘The lady with the hat’, for the Arts Council Collection, and other pieces have been acquired by Granada Television, North West Arts, and for Calderdale Museums & Galleries.
Whilst 3D art has always played a central part in her creative output, in recent years Cath’s detailed pencil drawings have featured in exhibitions and have been purchased and published by companies and organisations, including Nike, Adidas, The New York Times, The Economist, and Aston Martin.
Images: see artist’s website below
Cath’s work has been featured in both solo and group exhibitions over 30+ years, including at the North West Arts Association, Manchester; Sheila David Gallery, London; Northern Young Contemporaries exhibition at Camden Arts Centre, London; the Peterloo Gallery, Manchester; the ‘Crafts in Question’ exhibition, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester; ‘Press View’ at the Crafts Council, London.
The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Dean Clough Galleries, and Piece Hall, in Halifax have also shown her work. It is also in many private collections world-wide.
She has gained awards from The Society of Dimensional Ilustrators’, Yorkshire Arts, and from the Crafts Council.
Website: http://cathriley.com/