https://www.rileyames.com/exhibitions daily 0.75 2023-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/ef92696b-9f8c-4bd7-a874-0149ce073432/OhMyExhibition_Flyer_Web.jpg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1523065957836-P7NU299BR7ZZC4KCS2MV/Title.jpg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1530161082581-QRL1BDXPWE9AQJMNB8BF/Through+the+door.jpg Exhibitions - Paruresis (Installation) A permanent installation created in a public restroom at Hampshire College that is designated as “with urinals”. The piece, entitled “Paruresis,” the medical term for “Shy Bladder Syndrome," consists of a series of ceramic tiles printed with abstracted images of urinals, with bodies either standing at them or not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1687463477939-QIABCE5K0LUL4MRFB288/IMG_7763+edit.jpg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1687997433479-TX71OBLDNPOK5XE1S32U/OhMyExhibition_Flyer_Web.png Exhibitions https://www.rileyames.com/sculpture daily 1.0 2022-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1637005119202-7TC7QMLDT5P6ZM2HIX9D/noparts-032.jpeg Sculpture - No Parts (2021) medium density fiberboard, matte acrylic paint, mirror and metal hardware What if sexuality were just hotness, glitter, and some combination of store-bought and human parts? 20.25” x 12” x 8.25” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1637005119202-7TC7QMLDT5P6ZM2HIX9D/noparts-032.jpeg Sculpture - No Parts (2021) medium density fiberboard, matte acrylic paint, mirror and metal hardware What if sexuality were just hotness, glitter, and some combination of store-bought and human parts? 20.25” x 12” x 8.25” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1637005117351-ARL10ZB1CWVLH6KB9T2A/noparts-070.jpeg Sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1637005118789-Y60CROYL129I5S6V4FU0/noparts-082.jpeg Sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1627938966097-HVWCGHU915C5UE44FJY7/his_vulva-017+copy.jpg Sculpture - His Vulva (2021) glitter, silver ink on paper (triptych) Akin to writing lines during detention, a visual representation of an assignment to expand one’s definition of gender. 12” x 15” each https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1627938967287-Q2MFIMJRBOSF2WSV0UN4/his_vulva-023+copy.jpg Sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1627938966113-OTWCVGOAHNVIIQZ0TVSP/his_vulva-022+copy.jpg Sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1627938967342-XV5UPZQSNB3Z2EBQE43L/his_vulva-024+copy.jpg Sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1627938968532-HXOAK9AV70G12V4XW7DK/lube_history-043+copy.jpg Sculpture - Lube History: In Eight Pints (2021) saliva, carrageenan, olive oil, tororo-jiru, vaseline, silicone lube, crisco, k.y. jelly, mahogany, wax sealed glass jars, engraved brass plaques A visual history not just of lube, but of the sodomy that was happening long before Jesus Christ and will continue ad infinitum. 33” x 8” x 9” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1627938969630-1STRRI0XWHAJXW1K6TIE/lube_history-047+copy.jpg Sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1627938969825-SU035WYKYAD617OVH6RG/lube_history-048+copy.jpg Sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1627939951786-GXM0ZV7GMCJ6A3E837WZ/image-asset.jpeg Sculpture - Stick Shift (2020) medium density fiberboard, matte acrylic paint Driving a manual car is no longer a necessary skill. Masculinity is experiencing a crisis of obsolescence. Where does this leave masc bottoms? 24” x 16” x 2.5” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1627938850998-8G67LVYC7HGWB0YHQJP0/image-asset.jpeg Sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1564071491312-EDLXIH0C8AVIU4KQB7N4/Burial+Flag.jpg Sculpture - Burial Flag (2019) rainbow pride flag, mahogany display case At the end of a United States military funeral service, the flag is symbolically folded into a triangle and given to the next of kin. These burial flags are often stored in a display case of the same shape. 26’’x5’’x15.5’’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1564071478882-YCTPCLK8Z7Q6VQ8SXZM5/Burial+Flag+detail.jpg Sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1564072299282-2D19DIYEHBXDRS1D3QDB/Harness+v1+w+collar+front.jpg Sculpture - Luis Vuitton BDSM Harness v.1 (2019) Luis Vuitton monogram rubber coated canvas, felt, rivets, grommets, fasteners Reacting to ubiquitous fashion brands appropriating queer and kink culture, the iconic bag has been reappropriated into a queer fetish object. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1564072292575-462EV46390XUI0SNXUK3/Harness+v1+w+collar+back.jpg Sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1564072294393-TP1ZQ1NMGWJFE3F3MAN1/Harness+v1+detail.jpg Sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1564072312827-5UDVH01BRQVWSSLZOJB0/Harness+v2+front.jpg Sculpture - Luis Vuitton BDSM Harness v.2 (2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1564072305958-KNXVGSUWBM1BBC2JO5B8/Harness+v2+back.jpg Sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1564072627898-FVCJ0H8SFYMT94MWSZR7/TN2+Edition+full.jpg Sculpture - Truck Nuts Editions (2019) hydrocal, paint, shadowbox Cast from commercially available truck nuts originally purchased from Truck Nuts Super Store. Edition of 12 and one artist’s proof. 9’’x4’’x11’’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1564072629691-Y4JUQXJVMXIW2ZCMPDCW/TN2+Edition.jpg Sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1523062708351-85VUTLA46EYKLW0YMU4F/Jock+Front.jpg Sculpture - Athletic Support (2018) Formally an uncomfortable protective piece of sporting equipment, you can now find the red PUMP! jockstrap in gay novelty shops and frequently in gay porn. 14’’x14’’x14’’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1523062707036-JMVHZSWHRPMGSNSIPCU3/Jock+angle.jpg Sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1523062708495-BTJH8OLU3OOQTH6C1YJU/Jock+Side.jpg Sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1523062707034-U6Z9CLSUVJGWSML2PA7V/Jock+Back.jpg Sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1523061765863-9VYEGYU4MV3RAKTKNPAB/Truck+Nuts+Front.jpg Sculpture - Truck Nuts (2018) machined aluminum, Swarovski crystals, steel chain, LEDs, shadowbox frame Can be found hanging off bumpers where lifted pickup trucks and "good 'ol boys" are common. 20’’x6’’x25’’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1523247220984-HDSR5WA98CBMJD4CNWIZ/TN+Detail+3+copy.jpg Sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1523247263094-RM1E6QPHP0YDL0XN3D1Z/TN+Detail+2+copy.jpg Sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1523061964837-AQ7FM458PQOKZR21BIQU/Exit+Detail.jpg Sculpture - Cock Exit (2018) extruded aluminum, machined pvc plastic, cast acrylic, LEDs, electronics 12’’x4’’x8’’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1523061965276-DGNMWL4DOGE54GS213YS/Exit+Installation.jpg Sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1523063468966-FBWDM5S7ERWYAK9EV9OE/TN2+Black+Detail.jpg Sculpture - Truck Nuts 2 (2018) aircraft cable, hydrocal, paint, steel Cast from commercially available truck nuts originally purchased from Truck Nuts Super Store. 36’’x36’’x216’’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1523061857786-TEASFIAZ46NF6KM6PVPL/TN2+Black.jpg Sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1523061861417-2QT537LXNXT1ZA2NJ2PH/TN2+Detail+1.jpg Sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1523062158770-PVNZGLP9MB51LYBX0S84/Tile.jpg Sculpture - Paruresis (2018) Ceramic tile, acrylic ink, epoxy resin, 3⁄4 subfloor plywood, 1⁄2 cement board, grout, mortar, floor joists, wall studs, nails and screws Par-u-REE-sis n. A phobia where one is unable to urinate in the real or imaginary presence of others, such as in a public restroom. Otherwise known as “Shy Bladder Syndrome.) 36’’x36’’x42’’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1523062158557-ABWBG1OZ1B9PY7FUT8W4/Tiles+Detail.jpg Sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1523062966661-JZ8ZD3TDM8ZX1FEE1JGM/Dildo+3.jpg Sculpture - Tactical Equipment (2017) tactical illuminated reticle reflex sight, tactical laser with pressure switch, tactical led flashlight, tactical adjustable bipod, tactical rifle sling, picatinny rails, mounting hardware, purple 18’’ double headed dildo 18’’x5’’x9’’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1523062965867-2PYWFUI2WAKI403W2WUU/Dildo+1.jpg Sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1523062965764-T0KS28RKK05G0WIAFWK4/Dildo+2.jpg Sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1523253282733-7C00DS0L3XZ949LJVGR0/Bumper.jpg Sculpture - Rear End (2017) Ford F250 rear bumper, license plate, acrylic ink, silver chrome spray paint 80’’x8’’x8’’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1523061601643-C1YXPZKXPPYMSBBIAW0W/Bumper+Detail.jpg Sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1523062092436-0IDEUP5Y121KPQCORLMI/Chaps+Front.jpg Sculpture - Hunting Chaps (2017) camouflage hunting pants, hunter orange safety vests, spandex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1523062092768-C4E1NI8ANPK35W0TOSQ9/Chaps+Detail+2.jpg Sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1523062089988-YL3BGT4PNWA6H3XMMFJ3/Chaps+Back.jpg Sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1523062089696-U5XF3NH6LXRG0BZPKUP1/Chaps+Detail+1.jpg Sculpture https://www.rileyames.com/contact daily 0.75 2025-04-29 https://www.rileyames.com/artist-statement daily 0.75 2019-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1564073382225-R33BVSAIIJU4DIZUVZBD/Artist+Statement Artist Statement https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1523422189886-E7B9BXW3OQXJKJ9TZBY5/Statement+web.jpg Artist Statement https://www.rileyames.com/new-page daily 0.75 2019-07-14 https://www.rileyames.com/bio daily 0.75 2025-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577f22a5579fb3a44edc87ea/1563134644399-C7XXZLTBR3BYHW49EIIB/Riley+Ames+Pic.jpg Bio