Originally from Winnipeg, Riki now considers Edmonton home. Primarily a figurative painter, she also works in printmaking and drawing. Her work explores media and pop culture, the body in motion, and social interaction. Her work is often described as theatrical with visual connections to Classical and Mannerist narrative paintings. For the past several years Riki has been teaching pre-service teachers how to teach art at the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta. She has exhibited her work in several galleries across Canada, is in many private collections, and is represented by Bugera Matheson Gallery in Edmonton. Riki obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Manitoba, her Masters of Fine Arts from York University, and her Bachelor of Education from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto.