Photo by Moyo Oyelolan
Ep.178 features Deborah Roberts (American, b. 1962) a mixed media artist whose work challenges the notion of ideal beauty. Her work has been exhibited internationally across the USA and Europe. Roberts’ work is in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York; Brooklyn Museum, New York, New York; The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, New York; LACMA, Los Angeles, California; the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York, and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas, among several other institutions.
She was selected to participate in the Robert Rauschenberg Residency (2019) and was a finalist for the 2019 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, as well as the recipient of the Anonymous Was A Woman Grant (2018), and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant (2016). Texas Metal of Arts Award (2023) Roberts received her MFA from Syracuse University, New York. She lives and works in Austin, Texas. Roberts is represented by Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, CA.
Artist www.deborahrobertsart.com/
Current Book www.radiusbooks.org/all-books/p/deb…ars-of-art-work
Stephen Friedman Gallery www.stephenfriedman.com/artists/51-de…orah-roberts/
Vielmetter vielmetter.com/artists/deborah-roberts/
The Contemporary Austin thecontemporaryaustin.org/exhibitions/…rah-roberts/
MCA Denver mcadenver.org/exhibitions/deborah-roberts
Galerie Mitterrand galeriemitterrand.com/en/exhibitions…ion-continues/
Culture Type www.culturetype.com/2023/10/16/on-v…-site-santa-fe/
The Guardian www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/20…ts-tyre-nichols
Essence www.essence.com/art/deborah-roberts-artist/
University of Texas www.galleriesatut.org/gallery-showin…c7-x8z3h-jd46n
Ampersand Art ampersandart.com/blog-full-articl…-deborah-roberts
27East www.27east.com/arts/artist-talk-…-roberts-2175350/
Artnews www.artnews.com/art-in-america/fe…ldren-1234591645/
Vogue www.vogue.com/article/deborah-roberts-artist
Texas Monthly www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertain…own-until-now/
Artnet News news.artnet.com/news/anti-trump-a…elections-1918311
Harpers Bazaar www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/baz…t-covers-2020/
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Rob…s_(visual_artist)
Sightline shttps://sightlinesmag.org/seeing-and-being…-asks-us-to-look
‘Girl with the poofball hair and beautiful skin’, 2022.
Mixed media and collage on canvas, 165.1 x 114.3cm (65 x 45in).
Copyright Deborah Roberts. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery.
Photo by Paul Bardagjy.
‘Look how you shine’, 2023.
Mixed media and collage on canvas, 213.4 x 213.4cm (84 x 84in).
Copyright Deborah Roberts. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery.
Photo by Paul Bardagjy.
‘I come alone’, 2023.
Mixed media and collage on canvas, 177.8 x 177.8cm (70 x 70in).
Copyright Deborah Roberts. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery.
Photo by Paul Bardagjy.
‘I’m starting with you’, 2023.
Mixed media and collage on canvas, 213.4 x 213.4cm (84 x 84in).
Copyright Deborah Roberts. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery.
Photo by Paul Bardagjy.
