Riley was born as an Aborigine, and one the most famous artisit in Australia. He expresses the peaceful and calm encounter of Aborigine and Cristianity, the Western culture, without any antagonizm or compramise in the deep mind of one person in his work.

1960-2004. Born in Dubbo, Australia(Wiradjuri/Gamilaroi)

2006   "Sights Unseen Michael Riley," National Gallery of Australia,

Canberra; also a National Gallery of Australia Traveling

Exhibition 2006-200

"cloud," Australian Indigenous Art Commission, Musee du quai

Branly, Paris

"Prism: Contemporary Australian Art," Bridgestone Museum of

Art, Tokyo

2004   Awarded Grand Prize at the 11th Asian Art Biennale, Bangladesh

2003   "Poetic Justice," Eighth International Istanbul Biennial

2000   "Beyond Myth," 48th Venice Biennale satellite exhibition,

Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Palazzo Papadopoli

1998   "Re-take: Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

Photography," National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

1993   "Aratjara: Art of the First Australians," Kunstsammlung  

             Northein-Westfalem, Dusseldorf, Germany / Hayward  

             Gallery, London, UK / Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek,

             Denmark

1987   "Boomalli Au-Go-Go, inaugural exhibition, Boomalli

             Aboriginal Artists Cooperative, Sydney