Curriculum Vitae

Riley Davies

Riley Davies

Education 

Woolmark, Wool Appreciation Course (2025)

Woolmark, Knitwear Design and Make Course (2025)

Long-Way Homestead and Ferme Fiola Farm Sheep and Wool Camp (2025)

Textile Design Diploma, New Brunswick College of Craft and Design (2018- 2020)

Foundation Visual Arts Certificate, New Brunswick College of Craft and Design (2017)

Undergraduate Arts (Anthropology and Philosophy), University of British Columbia (2015-2016)


Professional Experience

Artisan Retail Curator, Smoke Bluffs (2023-present)

Knitwear Designer, RedThreads Design (2019-present)

Production Knitter, Northern Watters Knitwear (2020-2021)

Art Supply Specialist, Endeavours and ThinkPlay (2017-2020)

Artist’s Assistant for Pauline Young, Annual General Assembly of First Nations Chiefs (2019)

Artist's Assistant for Tara Francis, Annual General Assembly of First Nations Chiefs (2019)

Textile Product Development Consultant, GoDo Ripe (2019)

Gallery Staff, Pride Heroes Gallery Opening (2018)

Web Design, Canaan-Washademoak Watershed Association (2018-2019)

Oil Painting Model for Guy Vezina, Charlotte Street Art Centre (2017-2018)


Exhibitions and Displays 

Prints and Vintage, Brackendale Art Gallery (2024)

Knitwear and Winter Goods, Smoke Bluff Coffee House (2023-2024)

Knitwear Display, NB College of Craft and Design (2019-2020)

Wholesale Exhibit, CreatedHere Magazine (2019-2020)

Craft East Wholesale Display (2019)

Digital Artworks Display, NB College of Craft and Design (2018)


Awards

Fibre Arts Network Award (2020)

Student Artist of The Year (2015)



Sales 

Independent Commissions (2020-Present)

KnitCity Vancouver (2025)

Smoke Bluff Coffee House Gift Shop (2023-2025)

ValleyCraft Makers Market (2022)

Under 100 Craft Sale, Andrew and Laura McCain Art Gallery (2019)

Christmas Craft Sale, NB College of Craft and Design (2019)


Community Involvement

Valleycraft Makers Market (2023-Present)

Vancouver Island Fibreshed (2025)

Lower Mainland Sheep Producers Association (2025)

Pride Heroes Gallery Exhibit, Lieutenant Governor's House (2019)

Art Battle Fredericton, Charlotte Street Art Centre (2019)

Model, EagleEyedApproach, Photographer (2018)

Model for Hailley Fayle, Photographer (2017)


Artist’s Memberships

Vancouver Island Fibreshed

British Columbia Arts Council 

Squamish Arts

Canada Council for the Arts 

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