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Bridget Riley

Bridget Riley

1931

WA-00003248

PaintingContemporaryOp Art

Representation

None documented

1

Institutional Exhibitions

65

Works in Collection

171

Assets Indexed

13

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

100%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ234449

Field Verification (6 fields)

3 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Primary mediumWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
BiographyWikipedia + Unknown· 88%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy+1· 92%
LocationArtsy + Wikidata+1· 85%
DeceasedUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (6)

Zwirnerhttps://www.davidzwirner.com/artists/bridget-riley
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/bridget-riley
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/bridget-riley
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Spruth-Magershttps://spruethmagers.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
David-Zwirnerhttps://www.davidzwirner.com/artists
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4929
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Bridget Riley is a British painter whose large-scale canvases deploy precise geometric repetition and optical contrast to produce sensations of movement, vibration, and spatial instability directly on the retina. Working primarily in acrylic on canvas, she has moved from stark black-and-white compositions to sustained investigations of colour interaction, building rhythmic sequences of stripes, curves, and lozenges that activate perception as a physical event. Her work is held in major institutional collections internationally, including Tate. She lives and works between London, Cornwall, and the Vaucluse in France.

Source: Zwirner · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Contemporary

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (65)

Evoë 3

2003 · Acrylic paint and oil paint on canvas

support: 1934 x 5820 x 50 mm

Blue and Pink

2001 · Screenprint on paper

image: 282 x 1186 mm

Going Across (for Parkett no. 61)

Going Across (for Parkett no. 61)

2001 · Screenprint

composition: 16 9/16 × 28 13/16" (42 × 73.2 cm); sheet: 24 1/4 × 35 15/16" (61.6 × 91.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Study for Two Reds, Second Revision of Sept. 24.

Study for Two Reds, Second Revision of Sept. 24.

1999 · Gouache and pencil on paper

17 3/4 x 34 1/2" (45.1 x 87.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Nataraja

1993 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1651 x 2277 mm

Fête

1989 · Screenprint on paper

image: 530 x 760 mm

1988 · Oil on Linen

65 × 89" (165.1 × 226 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

June 3 Bassacs

1988 · Gouache and pencil on paper

25 3/4 x 34 1/8" (65.4 x 86.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Zig/Rhomboids

1987 · Opaque watercolor, over graphite, on cream wove paper

33.7 × 42 cm (13 5/16 × 16 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1983 · Oil on linen

5' 11" x 58 3/4" (180.7 x 149.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Achæan

1981 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 2390 x 2023 mm

Silvered 2

1981 · Silkscreen print on paper

image: 870 x 764 mm

Ra 2

1981 · Silkscreen print on paper

image: 872 x 763 mm

Analysis

1981 · Gouache on graph paper

18 × 19" (45.7 × 48.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ra 2 (21 Reds, 21 Blues, 24 Turquoises, 24 Yellows, 9 Blacks, 8 Whites)

Ra 2 (21 Reds, 21 Blues, 24 Turquoises, 24 Yellows, 9 Blacks, 8 Whites)

1981 · Screenprint

composition: 34 5/16 × 30 1/16" (87.2 × 76.3 cm); sheet: 41 7/8 × 36 9/16" (106.3 × 92.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Silvered 2 (21 Reds, 21 Blues, 24 Turquoises, 24 Yellows, 9 Blacks, 8 Whites)

Silvered 2 (21 Reds, 21 Blues, 24 Turquoises, 24 Yellows, 9 Blacks, 8 Whites)

1981 · Screenprint

composition: 34 3/16 × 30" (86.8 × 76.2 cm); sheet: 41 3/4 × 36 9/16" (106 × 92.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

To a Summer’s Day

To a Summer’s Day

1980 · Acrylic paint on canvas

support: 1155 x 2810 mm

Study '74 Colour/Space Sequence

Study '74 Colour/Space Sequence

1974 · Gouache and pencil on paper

28 3/4 x 28" (73 x 71.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled [Sequence Study Towards 'Elysium']

1973 · Gouache and graphite on graph paper

9 × 25 1/8 in. (22.9 × 63.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1973 · Acrylic on canvas

102 3/4 in. × 92 15/16 in. (261 × 236 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Untitled [Study For 'Paean']

1973 · Opaque watercolor and graphite on paper

27 1/8 × 40 in. (68.9 × 101.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cantus Firmus

1972 · Acrylic paint on canvas

support: 2413 x 2159 mm

Coloured Greys III

Coloured Greys III

1972 · Screenprint on paper

image: 571 x 584 mm

Coloured Greys II

Coloured Greys II

1972 · Screenprint on paper

image: 571 x 584 mm

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Artwork sources (4)

65 published of 91 catalogued · 70 with image

Tate
30 published30 img
MoMA
26 publishedof 52 catalogued34 img
Art Institute Chicago
6 published6 img
The Met
3 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Achæan
1981 · Tate · 1 prov
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To a Summer’s Day
1980 · Tate · 1 prov
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B
1968 · Tate · 1 prov
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Fragment 7/5
1965 · Tate · 1 prov
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Fragment 2/10
1965 · Tate · 1 prov
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Evoë 3
2003 · Tate · 1 prov
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Silvered 2
1981 · Tate · 1 prov
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Coloured Greys II
1972 · Tate · 1 prov
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Deny II
1967 · Tate · 1 prov
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Blue and Pink
2001 · Tate · 1 prov
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Record

Images

40 assets

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Bridget Riley (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Bridget Riley (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Sea Cloud Riley

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Gg nov17 christchurchartgallery Jenny Harper

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Bridget riley bolt of colour 1 chinati foundatin marfa texas

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

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Relationships

56

Peers & Context49

Jordan Wolfsonco-exhibited Francis Alÿsco-exhibited Robert Rymanco-exhibited Raymond Pettibonco-exhibited Steven Shearerco-exhibited Joe Bradleyco-exhibited

Movements2

Contemporary Op Art

Collections5

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate Christie's David Zwirner

Institutional

Representation & Collections

Gallery

David Zwirner

Represented by

David Zwirner

Current

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Background

Education

Loughborough University

Visual Arts

Goldsmiths, University of London

Visual Arts

Royal College of Art

Visual Arts

Cheltenham Ladies' College

Visual Arts

Network

Related Artists

co exhibited with

co exhibited with

co exhibited with

Raymond Pettibon

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Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition David Zwirner: 30 Years