RILEY COX






SELECTED WORKS

RESEARCH

MATERIAL STUDIES

ABOUT



Rileycox000@gmail.com

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EDUCATION
Maryland Institute College of Art


BFA Fibers, Summa Cum Laude

(2023)



FELLOWSHIPS,
RESIDENCIES, 
RESEARCH GRANTS, 
Young Artist in Residence, 
Salem Art Works, NY
(2024)


Fabricademy, WAAG Futurelab, Amsterdam, NL
(2023-2024)


Windgate Lamar Fellow
Center for Craft, Asheville, NC
(2023-2024)


SCIART, Researcher
UMBC, Baltimore, MD
(2023)


Mother Nacre, Research Team
Biodesign Winning Team
MOMA, Newyork, NY
(2023) 


Hopkins Extreme Material Institute
Schulman Labs, Artist in Residence
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
(2022) 



SCHOLARSHIPS, 
AWARDS
Windgate-Lamar, Center for craft fellowship 
(2023)


BioDesign Challenge winning team - Mother Nacre 
(2023)


SCIART research internship 
(2023)


HEMI Summer Project Gran
(2022)


Lenore G. Tawney Foundation Scholarship 
(2023)


Kuhlman Fiber Arts Scholarship (2021-2023)


Louise N. Myerberg Family Scholarship Academic Honors Scholarship 
(2018 - 2023)


Creative Visions Award 
(2018 - 2023) 


Presidential Scholarship 
(2018-2023)


R. Jenkins Bristor FA Fund 
(2018 - 2023) 


Arnell Lewis Land Art Scholarship (2018 - 2023) 


Thalheimer Endowed Scholarship 
(2018 - 2023) 


MICA Grant 
(2018) 


Academic Scholarship MICA
(2018 - 2023) 


Thalheimer Endowed Scholarship 
(2018 - 2023) 


Oxbow Artist FunForLife Program - Metal casting 
(2018)


Penland School of Craft, Kenan Fellowship - Glass blowing
(2018)




EXHIBITIONSRadiant Fibers -
Clive Davis Gallery, NY
(2025)


Kite Show -
Rockaway Beach, NY
(2024)


Artist in Residence Exhibition - 
Salem Art Works, Salem NY
(2024)


If Birds Could Fly - 
Mount Royal Station, Baltimore, MD
(2024) 


Academy Final Exhibition - 
WAAG Futurelab, Amsterdam, NL
(2024) 


Biodesign Final Presentation - 
MoMA, New York, NY 
(2023)


Perennials -  
Mount Royal Station,
Baltimore, MD
(2023) 


Woven Pixel - 
Middendorf Gallery, 
Baltimore, MD
(2023) 


Invention of an Ecosystem - 
Gateway Gallery, Baltimore, MD
(2023) 


Something Big -
Middendorf Gallery, Baltimore, MD
(2022) 


We Are Everywhere - 
Fox 2 Gallery, Baltimore, MD
(2022) 


Hopkins Extreme Material Institute - Malone Hall, Baltimore, MD  
(2022) 


Montgomery - 
Montgomery Park,Baltimore, MD 
(2021) 


Sentiments -
Main O Gallery, Baltimore, MD
(2020) 




EXPIRIENCEFibers Research Technician, 
MICA, Baltimore, MD
(2025 - Current)


Part Time Associate
3D Design Department 
CCBC Essex + Catonsville, MD
(2024 - Current) 


Studio Assistant 
Annet Couwenberg, Baltimore, MD
(2025 - Current)


Studio Assistant 
Liz Ensz, Baltimore, MD
(2024)


3D Printing Teacher
Openworks, Baltimore, MD
(2024 - Current)


Digital Fabrication Technician, 
MICA, Baltimore, MD
(2022 - 2023)


EHS Studio Monitor, 
MICA, Baltimore, MD
(2020 - 2023)


Art Teacher, 
The Painting Workshop, Baltimore, MD
(2020 - 2022)


Private Art Tutor, 
Baltimore, MD
(2020 - 2023)


House Intern, 
Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, NC
2019


Art Teacher, 
Mosaic Center, Baltimore, MD
2019








Last Updated 24.10.31

SELECTED WORKS









CARRIER PIGEON
2024

(15” x 18”)

Cast Iron, LCD Screen, Arduino Uno, Wiring, Wool, Cotton, Concrete





SYMPATHY OF THINGS
2023

(14” x 16”) 


Laser Cut Paper, Plexiglass, Standoff Screws, Petri Dishes Containing E-coli Cultures Edited With CRISPR





DIGITALLY BLESSED
2023

(40" x 24")

Thioxed TC2 weaving, LED Panels, Wire, Adafruit Circuit playground and ItsyBitsy






LOVE LETTER
2022

(40" x 16") 

TC2 Weaving, Metal Grommets, Wood, Rocks, Spray Paint, Laser Cut Paper, Pins







ASCII ORNAMENT
2022 

(44" x 26")

Cotton TC2 Weaving





INVENTION OF AN ECOSYSTEM
2022

(36" x 36")

Wood, House Paint, Dirt, Screen Print on Paper and Plastic



  


MACHINE MADE TO BREATH 2023

(18" x 24")

Plywood Panels, Milk Paint, Plastic Inflatable, Metal Wire, Circuit Playground, Vacuum Motors, Wires





MACHINE FOR WISHING2025

(8” x 12”)

LEDs, Wires, Circuit Playground, Plexiglass 




INFINITE LUCK2022

(25"x 44")

TC2 weaving, Cotton and Synthetic Thread

Portion of clover DNA, converted to a binary pattern





OVERSHOT2021

(4.5' x 2')

Screen printed plastic sheet