RILEY WAITE
RESIDENCIES
-An Táin Arts Centre Visual Artist Residency: Co. Louth, Ireland, July-September 2023
-Creative Spark Artist Residency: Co. Louth, Ireland, March, April 2020
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
-A Certain Romance, An Táin Arts Centre, Co. Louth, Ireland, 2023
-Playing with Fire, Creative Space Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA, 2015
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
-The Irish Contemporaries {iii}, CIACLA, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA, 2024
-194th RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland, 2024
-Deorad, Herman’s Auction house, Dublin, Ireland, 2023
-193rd RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland, 2023
-Jackson Painting Prize, Bankside Gallery, London, UK, 2023
-Multi-Figure, MANIFEST Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2023
-Zurich Portrait Prize 2021, National Gallery of Ireland, Crawford Art Museum, Dublin, Ireland, 2022
-HOLD STEADY, An Táin Arts Centre, Dundalk, Ireland, 2020
-ArtVenture2019, Segerstrom Center for the Arts (SCFTA), Costa Mesa, CA, 2019
-ALL MEDIA 2019, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA, 2019
-OC Fair Art Exhibit, Orange County Fair, Costa Mesa, CA, 2019
-NOW TRENDING, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, 2019
-INSIGHTS 2019, University Art Museum (UAM), Long Beach, CA, 2019
-Shifting Through the Circuit, Max L. Gatov Gallery, Long Beach, CA, 2019
-In the Rot, Max L. Gatov Gallery, Long Beach, CA, 2019
-Outlines/inner corners, Max L. Gatov Gallery, Long Beach, CA, 2018
-Urban Landscape, Dennis W. Dutzi Gallery, Long Beach, CA, 2018
-On the Ropes/In the Kisser, Coastline Art Gallery, Newport Beach, CA, 2018
-ALL MEDIA 2017, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA, 2017
-RIBBA 3, Coastline Art Gallery, Newport Beach, CA 2017
-INCARCERATION, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (OCCCA), Santa Ana, CA, 2017
-Art Start, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA, 2016
-LIKE Mark, Coastline Art Gallery, Newport Beach, CA 2016
-OC Fair Art Exhibit, Orange County Fair, Costa Mesa, 2016
-Mass Appeal, Frank M. Doyle Art Pavilion, Costa Mesa, CA, 2016
-OC Review, Frank M. Doyle Art Pavilion, Costa Mesa, CA, 2016
-Mass Appeal 2015, Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion, Costa Mesa, CA, 2015
HONORS & AWARDS
-Jackson Painting Prize Shortlist: Jackson's Art Supplies, 2023
-Make|Learn|Build Grant: Regional Arts and Culture Council (RACC), 2022
-1st Place Winner: Irvine Fine Arts Center, ALL MEDIA 2019
-1st Place in Professional Painting: Orange County Fair, 2019
-Jamiesson-Pechstein SOA Endowed Scholarship: Cal State University, Long Beach (CSULB), 2018
-Orval Dillingham Endowed Scholarship: Cal State University, Long Beach, 2017
-President’s List: Cal State University, Long Beach, 2016
-1st Place in Professional Drawing: Orange County Fair, 2016
-Division Winner in Fine Arts: Orange County Fair, 2016
-Best of Show Award: Orange County Fair, 2016
-Judges Choice Award: Orange County Fair, 2016
-Garrison Fellows Award in Studio Art: awarded by OCC, 2016
-Margaret Andrews Memorial Arts Scholarship: awarded by Jane Rosenkrans, Benefactor, 2016
-Osher Foundation Scholarship: Orange Coast College, 2016
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EDUCATION
B.F.A. in Drawing & Painting —California State University, Long Beach 2016 - 2019