Bruce Riley is a Chicago-based painter. He has lived in Chicago for fourteen years, but has been maintaining an art studio and painting since 1980. He began his career in Cincinnati, Ohio.

"The art I make constantly changes. I experiment a lot. Since 1995 my art has been a sort of organic abstraction. Lately I've been entertaining notions of figuration. A sense of beauty has always been an important element of my art making. " - Bruce Riley