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Duke Riley is an American artist. Riley earned a BFA in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design, and a MFA in Sculpture from the Pratt Institute. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Bio. Duke Riley received his BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and his MFA from Pratt Institute. Riley is fascinated by maritime history and events around urban waterways. His signature style interweaves historical and contemporary events with elements of folklore and myth to create allegorical histories.
Jun 16, 2022 · Duke Riley’s “Monument to Five Thousand Years of Temptation and Deception (I),” 2020, fishing lures, from “DEATH TO THE LIVING, Long Live Trash,” at the Brooklyn Museum.
Jun 17, 2022 · In DEATH TO THE LIVING, Long Live Trash, Brooklyn-based artist Duke Riley uses materials collected from beaches in the northeastern United States to tell a tale of both local pollution and global marine devastation.
Sep 12, 2022 · Duke Riley is an artist (and the founder of East River Tattoo) who creates work about urban waterways, local lore, and maritime history, which has included opening a bar on an island in...
- Diana Budds
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ARTIST DUKE RILEY connects past and present through repurposed found materials. Often informed by the maritime folk art aesthetic, his allegorical scrimshaw and eye-popping mosaics reflect on contemporary and historic environmental dilemmas with poignant wit.
Nov 30, 2022 · Riley showed a close-up image of one of his valentines, centered on an array of pearlescent tampon applicators in shades of lilac, mauve, and fuschia. The applicators themselves resemble shells—exceptionally pretty razor neck clams—with an iridescent plastic finish.
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