Christina Riley is a visual artist and writer in Glasgow, Scotland. Focusing attention on the fine details of nature she explores how we connect to and impact our environment, believing the more we understand the landscape around us, the more we care for it, and vice versa. 

PHOTOGRAPHY AND VISUAL ART

2019: Artwork — The Frayed Atlantic Edge, by David Gange, Harper Collins 

2019: Artwork — The London Reader 

2019: Solo Exhibition — Hug and Pint, The Hug and Pint, Glasgow 

2019: Photography — Spirit & Spice, by Ghillie Basan, Kitchen Press

2019: Solo Exhibition — Seaweed, Mayze, Glasgow

2018: ‘Do we take our coasts for granted?’, The John Byrne Award

2018: Solo Exhibition — Beneath the Surface, Coburg House, Edinburgh 

2016: Group Exhibition — Not Shy, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow 

2015: Group Exhibition — Scottish Ballet Turner Prize Showcase, Tramway, Glasgow 

Recent Clients — 

Scottish Opera, Scottish Ballet, Time Out, Waitrose & Partners, Kitchen Press, Harper Collins, Balcaskie Estate, Kinneuchar Inn, Alice Gray, Jono Smart, Hayley McCrirrick, Freedom Bakery

WRITING
2020: The Puffin Watcher, Elsewhere Journal

2019: Spit, Detritus 

2019: At Tidelines, The Nan Shepherd Prize for Nature Writing 2019 Longlist 

2018: Seaweed Foraging on Easdale Island, Read Salt

PROJECTS, RESIDENCIES AND EMPLOYMENT

The Nature Library — October 2019 - Present
Founder of travelling community library taken to locations across Scotland. Curating and cataloging, facilitating public workshops, creation of relevant digital and printed materials 

Wasps Artist Residency, The Admiral’s House, Skye — 2018
Seaweed research and visual art practice development 

Content & Digital Officer, Scottish Ballet — 2013-2017
In-house photographer, copy and editorial writing for print and online, PR, social media, website 

The Grain Lab — 2016
Founding member of Glasgow based collective exhibiting film photography in Scotland

RECENT PUBLICATIONS 

Waitrose Weekend — December 2019

The London Reader — June 2019

Time Out — April 2019

GoldFlakePaint  — February 2019

The Guardian — July 2018

Lagom — June 2018

Read Salt — November 2017

Read Salt — August 2017