Artist Statement
My lens-based work is situated at the intersection of still photography, the moving image, and installation. I explore temporality, place, and identity, as experienced during periods of transition- addressing change, uncertainty, and resiliency. The intersections and juxtapositions of image and surface inform my approach to physically and digitally layering photographs- positioning projections to transform and merge with surfaces and objects to address the ways in which our memories or anxieties inform our perception of the present.
The subtle performative process inherent in my still photography is central to my moving image work, whether discrete video or integral elements of an installation. In these works, I manipulate the screen, a translucent material, during the projection and filming. This performative element speaks to the effort of shaping the elusive through repeated attempts of control and manipulation.
Short Bio
Born and raised in Oklahoma, Roberts holds an MFA in Photography and Printmaking from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2017), an MA in visual art from Minnesota State University-Mankato (2013), and a BA in Fine Arts and Journalism (photography and photojournalism) from Indiana University- Bloomington.
Roberts’ work has been published in Manifest International Photography Annual, INPHA 5, and several photography journals including SHOTS, All About Photo, and Pastiche. Her video work has been exhibited in Movements, Moments, Target Gallery, VA (2021); Contemporary Landscape, CICA Museum, Seoul, South Korea (2020); 3rd Muestra de Video Arte Faenza, Bogotá, Colombia (2020); Reservoir, Intersect Arts Gallery, MO (2020); Art from the Heartland, Indianapolis Art Center, IN (2018); and Futility, Aggregate Space Gallery, CA (2017). Roberts’ awards and grants include a University of Wisconsin Arts Institute Award for her MFA work (2017), a Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant (2014), and a Fiber Artist Project Grant through the Textile Center of Minnesota (2014, 2009).
Ms. Roberts is currently based in St. Petersburg, Florida.
CV- Highlights
EDUCATION
2017 Master of Fine Arts (MFA), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2013 Master of Arts (MA) in Visual Arts, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Mankato, MN
1988 Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Fine Arts and Journalism, Indiana University-Bloomington, IN
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Trace, Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac, WI
2021 Ask Her What Doesn’t Change, Bonsack Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2020 Video Screening Series, The Bubbler, Madison Public Library, Madison, WI
2018 Entwined, Rae Koolimaja, Rae Cultural Centre, Vaskjala, Estonia
2017 Vicissitude, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Art Lofts Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2017 Anamnesis, The Ahrnsbrak Room, University of Wisconsin- Marathon County, Wausau, WI
2016 The Thing Not There, MA Exhibition, Gallery 7, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2015 Gaze Even Here, MN Artist Initiative Grant Exhibition, Waseca Art Center, Waseca, MN
2014 Fractured Nostalgia, PLRAC/McKnight Fellowship, The 410 Project, Mankato, MN
2013 Mythology of Control, MA Thesis Exhibition, Conkling Gallery, MN State Univ., Mankato, MN
2011 Material Marks, Emy Frentz Arts Guild, Mankato, MN
2010 Stitched Abstraction, Waseca Art Center, Waseca, MN
2009 A Varying Tale, School of Art Gallery, Mankato, MN
TWO/THREE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2019 Flora Kirsch Beck Gallery, Alma College, Alma, MI
2015 Overlap, Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI
2014 Truth Telling, Jerome Fiber Artist Project Grant Exhibit, Concordia Art Gallery, St. Paul, MN
2011 Healing Arts Program, Featured Artist, The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
2010 Mind at Hand, Jerome Fiber Artists Project Grant Exhibition, Joan Mondale Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
SELECTED JURIED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Chinese Gan Jue, Int’l Moving Image Virtual Gallery Exhibition, South China Museum
2022 Glimpses of a Drowned World, Aggregate Space Gallery, Oakland, CA
2021 Traces of the Future, Momentum Gallery, Krakow, Poland
2021 ROMBAK, Multimedia University, Cyberjala, Malaysia
2021 Movements, Moments, Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
2020 Contemporary Landscape 2020, CICA Museum, Seoul, South Korea
2020 III Muestra de Video Arte Faenza (VAF), Video Festival, Bogotá, Colombia
2020 Reservoir, Intersect Arts Center, St Louis, MO
2019 Material, PH21 Photography Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2018 Still Life: Elevating the Mundane, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
2018 Art from the Heartland, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
2018 Metamorphosis, Darkroom Gallery, Essex Jct., VT
2018 MAVF-MiniArtVideoFestival, Dual Galleria, Budapest, Hungary
2018 Familiar/Familial, Photo-Emphasis
2018 Futility, time-based exhibition, Aggregate Space Gallery, Oakland, CA
2018 Photowork 2018, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
2017 Art Through the Lens, International Juried Exhibition, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY
2017 Off the Wall, video art screening series, Arts + Literature Laboratory, Madison, WI
2016 Untitled 12: SooVAC’s Juried Exhibition, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
RESIDENCIES / FELLOWSHIPS
2019 Invited Fellows Residency, I-Park Foundation, East Haddam, CT
2019 Ateljé Stundars, Vaasa, Finland
2018 Copper Leg AIR, Juri (Tallinn), Estonia
2018 Jentel Arts, Banner, WY
2018 Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE
2018 Hinge Arts, Fergus Falls, MN
2017 I-Park Foundation, East Haddam, CT
2017 Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts, Rabun Gap, GA
GRANTS / AWARDS
2017 Sanaiko Frank Graduate Fellowship, UW Arts Institute Award, UW- Madison, WI
2014 Artist Initiative Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board
2014 Jerome Fiber Artists Project Grant, Textile Center of Minnesota
2013 Fellowship Grant, Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council/McKnight
2013 Professional Development Grant, Surface Design Association
2010 Emerging Artist Grant, Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council/McKnight
2009 Jerome Fiber Artists Project Grant, Textile Center of Minnesota
2008 Emerging Artist Grant, Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council/McKnight