1. English painter born in Norwood,London on April 24, 1931 2. lives and works in London, France and Cornwall 3. has written a book " Bridget Riley" 4. Educated from Goldsmith College, Royal College of Arts, Loughborough University and Cheltenham Ladies' college 5. Famous for modern art, hard-edge painting and optical art. 6. been given honorary doctorate by Oxford (1993) and Cambridge (1995). 7. she is the daughter of a painter, John Riley 8. paints pictures for disorienting the eye 9. won AICA critics prize in 1963 10. Her best paintings include Fall, Blaze, Hesitate, Nataraja and many more.