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invited by Lucy Bainbridge Bridget Riley Bridget Riley was born in April 1931 close to where I live in south London. She is an influential English painter, important in the print world for demonstrating how print can be used as a fine art medium. Throughout her career she has done much to advance equality within the art world. She was a founder member of Space Studios in 1968, and continued to teach within a variety of south London colleges throughout her career. Both paths I have copied whilst continuing my own studio practice. It has been said that no painter dead or alive has ever made us more aware of our eyes than Bridget Riley. South London Women Artists I’m Inside, Ring The Bell 39