gallery
300 Queen Elizabeth Street
Manteo, North Carolina
gallery
300 Queen Elizabeth Street
Manteo, North Carolina
Eric Riggs Exhibit
OBX: A Dingbatter's Perspective
In October our Vault Gallery will showcase mixed media by Eric Riggs.
The month-long exhibit features a series of printed images and sculptures with no reconciliation between the two. Eric has set out to change the perception of printmaking by elevating the status of a printed work of art. The prints in this exhibit will showcase Eric's technique of fusing, hand-manipulating, cutting, gluing, and layering to create something unique. Eric uses all of his own equipment to print the images, and then hand-constructs his own frames.
The sculptures, which ironically have nothing to due with the prints, come from Eric's love of African art. He uses found objects like bottles, bells, natural materials, and animal parts to create these sculptures and builds their bases.
Show Dates + Artist Info
OBX: A Dingbatter's Perspective will be on display in the Vault Gallery October 2-31, 2026.
There will be an opening reception on Friday, October 2 from 6pm to 8pm, where visitors can meet Eric and view his work. The opening reception is during downtown Manteo's First Friday festivities, and is free and open to the public.
Eric Riggs is an artist who grew up on both the Outer Banks and in Raleigh N.C. He left to attend college at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence R.I., where he graduated in 1984 with a B.F.A. in printmaking, minoring in painting and sculpture. After leaving college, he secured a job designing pinball and video arcade machine playfields and head board art, used by companies such as Bally, Atari, and Midway. He then moved to Manhattan where he became Art Director for American Impressions, a Fine Art printing company that created and printed limited edition prints from original paintings. He worked closely with clients that included Mark Kostabi, Ronnie Cutrone (Andy Warhol's assistant), and many others. Wanting a change, he and his partner opened Gallery Talisman African Art on Lexington Ave, in NYC. As Gallery Director his duties included collecting tribal art, and curating exhibitions open to the public. After the gallery closed he worked at E. Mayan Studio in Midtown East NYC restoring Fine Art Prints on paper, and building/designing frames for high end art collectors and museums. When covid hit he decided to leave N.Y. and return to the Outer banks. He is currently living and creating art in Southern Shores.