Mike Riley was born in Sydney in 1956 and lives in Dorrigo on the North Coast of NSW.

He has been working as an artist for twenty years and has held regular exhibitions in regional and private galleries throughout the Northern Region of NSW. Mike works in both painting and drawing and has been selected as a finalist in the Country Energy Art Prize on six occasions.

His drawings have regularly been selected for the Jacaranda Drawing Award Touring Exhibition. Mike’s work is held in private and regional gallery collections.