Bridget+Riley

Briget Riley was born to John and Bessie Riley on April 24 1993 in Southern London. She had spent most of her child life in Corwall where her aunt Bertha encouraged her to paint and expres herself. As she grew older she attended Chetlenham Ladies College for 3 years, Goldsmiths College of Art for 3 years, and the Royal College of Art for 3 years also. She then started to teach children art at the Covenent of Sacred Hearts School. She started to make Op art and scored her first major sucess in 1965. Here is a quote that Bridget said about "For me Nature is not landscape, but the dynamism of visual forces - an event rather than an appearance - these forces can only be tackled by treating color and form as ultimate identities, freeing them from all descriptive or functional roles." ​  She soon was starting to be known for her Op art and for creating illusions in her paintings like Movements in Squares which was made in 1961. She also made 2 paintings called Dream made in 1999 and Shadowplay which was made in the 1990's. Briget is one of Britian's best-knoen artists. She now is living in Holland, Londan where she has an apartment and an art studio.