Bridget Riley is a British painter whose work, beginning in the 1960s, helped define Op Art while extending far beyond it. Her early black-and-white paintings use repeated lines, diagonals, and curves to generate vibration and movement in the viewer’s eye.
In later decades she introduced color, developing sequences based on contrast, interval, and chromatic temperature. These works create shifting spatial illusions, where surface and depth oscillate rapidly.
Riley’s practice is grounded in rigorous testing—small studies explore how slight adjustments in hue or alignment affect visual rhythm. The results are paintings of exceptional clarity and structural intelligence.
Bridget Riley is a British painter known for optical abstraction built from repeated lines, waves, and chromatic sequences that activate perception.
Bridget Riley is a British painter known for optical abstractions composed of repeated lines and color sequences that create dynamic perceptual effects.
