Sean Riley combines scenic and mechanical design to create unique environments and apparatus for time based art. Riley’s work has spanned a wide spectrum of genres including Theater, Circus, Dance, Opera, Television, outdoor and gallery installations around the world.  Riley is co-director of Cirque Mechanics, the host of two television series Worlds Toughest Fixes and Speed, and lead installer on the Long Now Foundation’s 10,000 year clock. Awards and nominations in design include: 6 Izzies, TBA awards, Bay Area Critics Circle, and an Isadora Duncan Sustained Achievement Award in scenic design. Riley studied Theater at UCSC and lives in British Columbia.