EDUCATION

1975 Bachelor of Arts, West Virginia State College

1968 East Carolina University

1966 West Virginia Institute of Technology

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Exhibition and Installation. The Art Store, Charleston, WV 2009, 2007, 2001, 1998, 1991

Avampato Discovery Museum / Juliet Museum of Art, Charleston, WV, POCA RIVER GUIDED TOURS: Installation and Exhibition, 2005

Exhibition. West Virginia Institute of Technology, Montgomery, WV  1991

DAVID RIFFLE: One Person Exhibition. West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV  1991

Sunrise Museum, Charleston, WV, RIDING THE VINE: Installation and Exhibition,, 1997

EXHIBITIONS

Small Wonders, The Art Store, Charleston WV, 2009

Avampato Discovery Museum/ Juliet Museum of Art. Tools As Art., Charleston, WV  2004

West Virginia Art & Craft Guild  2005 (Award), 2003 (Award)

Kennedy Museum of Art. Ohio University. APPALACHIAN; A Contemporary Cultural Prospective.  2003

Allied Artists of West Virginia, Sunrise Museum, Charleston, WV  2002, 2001 (Award), 1994 (Award), 1986, 1983 (Award), 2003 (Award), 2005 (Award), 2006 (Award)

The Art Store, Charleston, WV 1985 to present

Alumni Exhibition. West Virginia State College, Institute, WV  2002, 1990, 1984

West Virginia Juried Exhibition, State Cultural Center, Charleston, WV  1998, 1993, 1991 (Award), 1989 (Governors Award),  1981 (Governors Award), 1979 (Award)

ART ON VIEW 1997, The Dairy Barn, Athens, OH  1997 (Award) , 2007 (Award)

Crosscurrents Exhibition, Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV  1999 (Award), 1996 (Award) , 1995 (Award), 1994 (Award), 1993 (Award), 1992 (Award), 1991 (Award), 1984 (Award)

Southeastern  Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC  1995

LANDSCAPE 10 POINTS OF VIEW, Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV  1995

Motor City/Mountain State Exchange. Urban Park Gallery, Detroit, MI  1994

Arts and Letters  with Rachael Worby. Governor’s Mansion, State Capitol Complex, Charleston, WV  1994, 1986

Exhibition 280: On Walls. Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV  1994 (Award) painting on catalog cover, 1986

(Award of Excellence)

NEW WORKS BY DAVID RIFFLE AND MOLLY ERLANDSON, University of Charleston, WV 1993

Critics Choice, University of Charleston, WV  1992, 1986

FISHES, FURNITURE & THINGS THAT WON’T FLOAT. State Cultural Center, Charleston, WV 1991

PINK AND BROWN: A Two Person Exhibition. West Virginia State College, Institute, WV 1991

WHERE THE BOYS ARE: A Showcase of Four West Virginia Artists. Sunrise Museums, Charleston, WV  1989

UP AGAINST THE WALL.  Sunrise  Museums, Charleston, WV  1987

Tri-State Art Association Exhibition. Huntington Museum of Art, WV  1986 (Award)

FUN AND FANTASY. State Cultural Center, Charleston, WV  1986

Invitational Putnam County Artist. Museum in the Community, Winfield, WV 1986National/ International Exhibition. Tallahassee, FL 1984

Invitational 71 Person Exhibition. Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV  1984

MORE THAN LAND OR SKY: Art From Appalachia. National Museum of Art, Washington, DC 1981

HONORS

2000 Painting Fellowship. West Virginia Arts and Humanities Commission

1994 National Endowment for the Arts Mid-Atlantic Visual Art Fellowship

1993 Best of Juried Exhibition: Traveling Exhibition selected from West Virginia Juried Exhibition. WV Museum, Charleston, WV

1986 Art Reach Traveling Exhibition. Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV. Painting selected from Exhibition 280  

OTHER

1999 Bill Boards Protesting Mountain Top Removal

1984 COMEDY OF ERRORS. Set design for Charleston Stage Company, Charleston, WV Wall Mural, West Virginia Cultural Center, Charleston, WV

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Charleston Civic Center, Charleston, WV

Avampato Discovery Museum, Juliet Museum of Art, WV

West Virginia Graduate College, Charleston, WV

State of West Virginia Permanent Collection, State Capitol, Charleston, WV

January Dance Studio, West Side, Charleston, WV

WORKSHOPS/LECTURES

1999 Kids Mobil Workshop, Sunrise Museum, Charleston, WV

1992 Kids Summer Workshop. West Virginia State College

1991 Exhibition and Discussion, West Virginia Institute of Technology.

1990 Lecture. Charleston High School, Charleston, WV

1987 Lecture. Duval High School, Duval, WV

1985 Lecture. Stonewall Jackson High School, Charleston, WV

1982 Lecture. Kanawha County Adult Education. Charleston, WV