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