Deidre Riley is a New England based artist working in the Boston School Tradition of painting. She received her BA in Art History from the University of Pittsburgh and her MFA from the Institute of Art and Design at New England College. Inspired by her studies in Art History and a desire to gain in-depth traditional painting and drawing skills, she pursued an Atelier education. It was at the Ingbretson Studio of Painting and Drawing where she studied with the nationally renowned painter Paul Ingbretson and learned the techniques of the Boston School artists. Deidre is currently working on commissioned portraits, teaching Art, and creating Illustrations. 

Exhibition History

• The Whistler House Museum of Art, ‘ In the Light of the Past: The Students of Paul Ingbretson ( Lowell MA) June 2023
• Brooks Academy - Group show  (Andover MA) October 2018
• The Guild of Boston Artists ‘ The Ingbretson Studio - The Boston School World of Color and Light’  (Boston MA) November 2018
• Post Road Framers ( Rowley MA) 2016 - present
• Dickinson and Company Fine Art  ‘ The Art of Still Life: Boston School Tradition ‘  (Manchester NH) October 2015
• Andalusia, Home of Flannery O’Connor  ‘ The Light By Which We See ‘ ( Milledgeville, Georgia) November 2015-2016
• Roger Williams Gallery, Institute of Art and Design at New England College  ‘Minumental’  (Manchester NH) January 2014 
• Opera House at Boothbay  ‘ Group Show : Dickinson Fine Art Collective’ ( Boothbay ME) August 2013
• EvenTide Gallery (Essex MA ) 2011-2012
• The Lily Pad Gallery (Westerly, RI)  2011
• Susan Powell Fine Art Gallery ‘Annual Still Life Invitational ‘  (Madison CT) April  2011 - May  2011
• Blossom 2 Art of Flowers, Virtual Museum Exhibit , 2011
• Roger Williams Gallery, Institute of Art and Design at New England College ‘ Faculty Show’ ( Manchester NH) 2010
• Hatfield Gallery - Group Show (Manchester NH ) 2009
• Roger Williams Gallery, Institute of Art and Design at New England College ‘ Faculty Show’ ( Manchester NH) 2009
• The Guild of Boston Artists ‘New England Representational Painters ‘ (Boston MA) 2009
• Woodsum Art Gallery  (Warner NH) 2008-2009
• Banks Gallery ( New London NH) 2008
• The Guild of Boston Artists ‘New England Representational Painters ‘  (Boston MA) 2008

Awards:

Honorable mention: Blossom Art Competition, International Juried Show, Naples FL 2010

Robert Douglass Hunter Award: New England Representational Artists Competition, Guild of Boston Artists, Boston MA 2009

First place: New England Representational Artists Competition, Guild of Boston Artists, Boston MA 2008