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. Photo by Moyo Oyelola Artist https://www.deborahrobertsart.com/ Current Book https://www.radiusbooks.org/all-books/p/deborah-roberts-twenty-years-of-art-work Stephen Friedman Gallery https://www.stephenfriedman.com/artists/51-deborah-roberts/ Vielmetter https://vielmetter.com/artists/deborah-roberts/ The Contemporary Austin https://thecontemporaryaustin.org/exhibitions/deborah-roberts/ MCA Denver https://mcadenver.org/exhibitions/deborah-roberts Galerie Mitterrand https://galeriemitterrand.com/en/exhibitions/189-deborah-roberts-niki-de-saint-phalle-the-conversation-continues/ Culture Type https://www.culturetype.com/2023/10/16/on-view-deborah-roberts-is-presenting-mixed-media-collages-that-consider-black-boyhood-at-site-santa-fe/ The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/feb/06/black-kids-collage-legend-deborah-roberts-tyre-nichols Essence https://www.essence.com/art/deborah-roberts-artist/ University of Texas https://www.galleriesatut.org/gallery-showings/blog-post-title-one-nh7cz-ph2z8-efkhg-6gsdp-f2emz-r4g45-djdhw-28dfc-74hc7-x8z3h-jd46n Ampersand Art https://ampersandart.com/blog-full-article/featured-artist-deborah-roberts 27East https://www.27east.com/arts/artist-talk-with-deborah-roberts-2175350/ Artnews https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/deborah-roberts-collage-defiance-black-children-1234591645/ Vogue https://www.vogue.com/article/deborah-roberts-artist Texas Monthly https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/deborah-roberts-has-exhibited-art-worldwide-she-hasnt-had-a-solo-museum-show-in-her-hometown-until-now/ Artnet News https://news.artnet.com/news/anti-trump-art-us-elections-1918311 Harpers Bazaar https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/bazaar-art/a34244410/bazaar-art-covers-2020/ Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Roberts_(visual_artist) Sightline shttps://sightlinesmag.org/seeing-and-being-seen-in-a-solo-museum-deborah-roberts-asks-us-to-look

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