About this episode

In this episode, Isaac Mann interviews Brooklyn-based artist Erin M. Riley about her large-scale woven tapestries that explore themes of intimacy, memory, trauma, and identity.

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists Erin M. Riley is a Brooklyn-based artist whose large-scale woven tapestries explore intimacy, memory, trauma, and identity through meticulously constructed images assembled from personal photographs, found imagery, and internet culture. She received her BFA from MassArt and her MFA from Tyler School of Art, is represented by P·P·O·W in New York, and has exhibited at institutions including the Brooklyn Museum, Museion in Italy, and the ...

People in this episode

Host: Isaac Mann

Guest: Erin M. Riley

Topics covered

• woven tapestries
• intimacy
• memory
• trauma
• identity
• art
• personal photographs

Keywords

• woven tapestries
• Erin M. Riley
• art
• identity
• memory
• trauma
• Brooklyn

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: P·P·O·W, MassArt, Tyler School of Art, Brooklyn Museum

Places: Brooklyn, Italy

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