Joe Riley (b. Richmond, VA in 1990) is an artist, researcher, fabricator, and educator. He has participated in the Whitney Independent Study Program (2016-17), Art & Law Program (2018), and was a student organizer with Free Cooper Union. He has a BFA from Cooper Union (2013) and teaches at the Cooper Union School of Art and Steven's Institute of Technology. Alongside Audrey Snyder he is a current participant in the Fresh Kills Field R/D program, a fellow of the Socrates Sculpture Park Emerging Artist Fellowship (2018-19), and participant in the Interdisciplinary Art & Theory Program (2018-19). He collaborates with the collective Futurefarmers and is a Master of Yachts 200-ton Mate.
riley@cooper.edu // download CV
CV
Education
2016-17
Whitney Independent Study Program — Studio Program Participant
2013
Cooper Union School of Art — BFA, Service to the School Award
Selected Projects and Exhibitions
2018
The Socrates Annual, Socrates Sculpture Park — Queens NY
Convening the Commons , Presentation with Queens International 2018 — Queens Museum NY
Open Engagement, Presentation and installation with Freshkills Field R/D — Queens Museum NY
NADA New York, Freshkills Park Showcase & Panel Presentation — New York NY
Freshkills Field R/D, curated by Dylan Gauthier and Mariel Villeré, Fresh Kill — Staten Island NY
2017
Whitney ISP Studio Exhibition — Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York
Sharjah Biennial (SB13) — Seed Mast, with Futurefarmers
Fresh Kill Field R/D — curated by Dylan Gauthier and Mariel Villeré in partnership with NYC Parks at Fresh Kill, Staten Island
Resistance After Nature — Haverford College Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, with Futurefarmers
2016
Futurefarmers: Seed Journey — collaboration with Futurefarmers
Rail Sail — Kansas City, MO — collaboration with Audrey Snyder and Ricki Dwyer
ALT/FUTURE: A Video Screening aboard SWALE, curated by BiomeArts
SCAM Magazine Release — curated by Erica Lyle, Wayfarer Gallery, Brooklyn
2015
Flatbread Society: Soil Procession — Oslo, Norway — collaboration with Futurefarmers
Left Coast: California Political Art — Collaboration on Seed Mast with Futurefarmers, CUNY James Gallery, New York
Ukraine Report — with Clemens Poole and Olena Chervonik, 266w25st, New York
2014
Our Education! Is College Worth the Cost? — Screening and exhibition of works from Free Cooper Union protest movement, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn
ZAHOPLENNYA — Izolyatsia, Kyiv
99 Cent Plus Art Shop — 99 Cent Plus Gallery, Brooklyn
2013
Free Ride — Thesis Exhibition, Cooper Union, New York
Voyage of the Hippo 2 — with Clemens Poole and Shane Kennedy, Standard Toykraft, Brooklyn
The Politics of Destruction — Performance with Free Cooper Union at e-flux, New York
Public Assembly — exhibition with Free Cooper Union and Lawrence Lek — London
2012
Step Down! — Free Cooper Union Salon, Cooper Union, New York
Tap Dat Capital — IDEAS City Festival, La Mama Galleria, New York
Parallel Cases: A Presentation — with Audrey Snyder, Cooper Union, New York
Reading the Rails — Art Folk Gallery, Birmingham
Brucennial — Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York
Awards and recognition
2015
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant Nominee
2012
Benjamin Menschel Fellowship — Cooper Union
2010-13
Irma Giustino Weiss Cultural Fellowship, Cooper Union
Residencies and fellowships
2018
Interdisciplinary Art & Theory Program at Jack Shainman Gallery — New York NY
Socrates Sculpture Park Emerging Artist Fellowship — Queens NY
Art & Law Program — New York NY
2017
Freshkillls Field R/D, NYC Parks, Freshkills Park Alliance — Staten Island, NY
2016
Artist in Residence — Front/Space — Kansas City
Resident Faculty — Black Mountain School — Black Mountain
Guest Artist — University of Wisconsin Interdisciplinary Program — Madison
2014
Izolyatsia Platform for Cultural Initiatives —Kyiv
2013
Social Studio Fellow — Bruce High Quality Foundation University
Teaching
2018
Adjunct Professor, Steven’s Institute Visual Arts & Technology Program
2017
Sloop Club Instructor, Kite’s Nest School, Hudson NY
2014 - present
Adjunct instructor at Cooper Union's School of Art and Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture — Intro to Techniques
2015-16
Lead instructor for Brooklyn Boatworks
2013
They Can't Kill Us All (Conversations on Education) — with Casey Gollan and Victoria Sobel at Bruce High Quality Foundation University
Press and Publications
2018
“the enigma of...”, artist’s essay in Unbag Magazine Vol. 2
2017
Interview: Futurefarmers Seed Journey — Amy Franceschini, Audrey Snyder, and Joe Riley in conversation with Dylan Gauthier for Contemporary Art Stavanger
2013
ZAHOPLENNYA Catalog — Izolyatsia Platform for Cultural Initiatives
2013
Parallel Cases: a story — Joe Riley and Audrey Snyder in Boneshaker Magazine, July 2013
2012
Parallel Cases by Joe Riley and Audrey Snyder, letterpress printed artist book, edition of 50
Parallel Cases — Article and interview by Caroline Frayser in Treadlie Magazine, December 2012
Press
2012
Parallel Cases — Article and interview by Caroline Frayser in Treadlie Magazine, December 2012
Skills
3D design and fabrication, metalworking, machining, woodworking, carpentry, casting (plaster, polymers, metal), digital fabrication, letterpress printing, relief printing, Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere), 3D modeling (SolidWorks, Sketchup, Rhino) video and audio editing, HTML and web literacy, word processing software, crowdfunding platforms, research, writing and editing
Emergency First Responder, CPR Certification, Master of Yachts 200-ton Offshore Limited Mate (IYT)