@car.riegger

Carly “Car” Riegger is a chronically ill and disabled artist, writer, curator, advocate, and educator from Ann Arbor, Michigan. Their work questions how museums approach permanence, care, and the body, at the same time as it explores the impermanent state of the human body. Riegger has organized multiple important exhibitions for artists with disabilities through the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) including #CripClay in Cincinnati, OH in 2023, and Outpour in Detroit, MI in 2026. Riegger is also the recipient of the 2024 Midwest Artists with Disabilities Award. They hold an MA in Disability Studies from The City University of New York and an MFA in Studio Art from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Both Riegger’s artwork and career goals involve disability inclusion and rights. Currently, Riegger is living outside of Chicago working at the College of DuPage teaching figurative sculpting in ceramics. They also adjunct teach Ceramics 1 and 2 at Elgin Community College. Their work continues to expand how arts institutions engage with disabled artists and how disability studies areas discuss and understand disabled topics by utilizing creative methods.