Bio

Drew Riley is a creative professional with  experience in UI art, UX design, fine art, illustration, and concept art. She is also a nonprofit administrator, storyteller, and LGBTQIA+ community organizer. She was classically trained at the Gemini School of Visual Arts, where she graduated their four-year vocational program with distinction in 2008.

Video Game Art

Drwe Riley is a UI/UX Artist and Designer with a passion for user-centered, accessible design, and creative problem solving. She has over ten years of experience working in the games industry with proficiency in UX design, UI mocks, asset creation, in-engine implementation, and leading UI/UX teams. She also has a background as a Concept Artist for games like Star Wars: The Old Republic. She currently works as Lead UI Artist at Blind Squirrel Games. There, she works closely with engineers, producers, and designers to create flexible, optimized, and engaging user interfaces for BSG’s clients including the MMORPG, New World.

Nonprofit Work

In 2016, Drew Riley founded the nonprofit project Gender Unbound to serve trans and intersex communities through the arts. Riley served as Executive Director of Gender Unbound for six years. During this time, she educated the general public on the complexities of the gender spectrum and led a team of community organizers to create trans community arts programming including an annual international arts festival. In 2017, she was awarded a Critic’s Pick for “Best Artivist” (artist/activist) by the Austin Chronicle and the “Media, Arts & Entertainment Award” from the Houston Transgender Unity Committee for her work on Gender Unbound. In 2021, Drew Riley left her role as Executive Director to become Board President, a role she continues to serve in.

Drew Riley has also served as a working board member for two organizations, the nonprofit LGBTQIA+ arts festival OUTsider Festival (2017-2019), and the nonprofit theatre company Punchkin Repertory Theatre (2012-2013), and. She also served on the Scholarship Committee (2011 – 2013) for a nonprofit children’s the performance summer camp Fantastic Magic Camp.

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