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Josie Love Roebuck

Represented by LatchKey Gallery, NYC

josieloveroebuckstudio@gmail.com

Website: josielroebuck.net

Instagram: @josieloveroebuckstudio

 

Education:

2019-2021      

MFA, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio

2014-2019  

BFA with an emphasis in Drawing and Painting, University of Georgia, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, Georgia       

 

Solo Exhibitions: 

2024

Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio. Forthcoming. 

2023

Intertwined, 3rd Floor Gallery, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky. 

2022

Collateral Experiences, LatchKey Gallery, New York, New York City. 

2021      

Magnificently Willful, NADA House with LatchKey Gallery, Governors Island, New York.  

               

 Street View, Downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. 

2020    

 Same But Different, Tabula Rasa, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio. Some works made in collaboration with Rachel Linnemann 

Fairs:

2023

1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Manhattanville Factory District, West Harlem, New York

2022

Crown, Chicago Expo, represented by Latchkey Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. 

2021       

Knotted Ties, 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Christie’s at Rockefeller Plaza with LatchKey Gallery, New York City, New York. 

2020     

 Appending Appendices, Untitled Art Fair, represented by Denny Dimin Gallery, New York City, New York. Online

 

Museum Exhibitions:

2022   

The New African Portraiture: The Shariat Collections, Kunstheile Krems Art Museum, Krems an der Donau, Austria. *Group Exhibition. 

2021

More is More: Visual Richness in Contemporary Art, Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio. *Group Exhibition. 

Group Exhibitions:

2023

After Eden: The Divine Feminine, LatchKey Gallery, New York City, New York

A Flower for Our Inner Child, Cincy Nice partnered with KOIK Contemporary Gallery, Revillagigedo 47, Centro Historico de la Cdad. De Mexico, Centro, Cuachtemoc, 06000 Ciudad de Mexico, CMDX, Mexico.

“When Liberation Comes”, Kennedy Heights Arts Center Lindner Gallery in Collaboration with Juneteenth Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. 

2022

The Thread is Not Straight, Denny Dimin Gallery, Hong Kong

 

Arrangements In Black, Phillips Auction House, New York City, New York. 

 

Rostro, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, California

Skin + Masks: Decolonizing Art Beyond the Politics of Visibility, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

On Belonging, Third Space Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio

2021 

Historic Futures, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 

Describing Language: Thinking Through Access and Communication,

New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art partnered with University of Southern Indiana, New Harmony, Indiana.

Fringe, Denny Dimin Gallery, New York, New York City

                 

Resilience, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, Ohio 

                 

Last Supper, LatchKey Gallery, New York, New York City 

             

 Soul Plate, Project in Partnership with the Contemporary Art Center, Pendleton Art Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio  

                 

Emerge, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

2020    

Made in Camp, Camp Washington, Cincinnati, Ohio

Artist’s Remote Studios, Tabula Rasa Gallery (online), University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio

             

Seams: Contemporary Textile Artists, Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

             

 Black Artists Matter, The Dutoit Gallery, Dayton, Ohio 

             

“Here We Are” , BSB Gallery, Trenton, New Jersey. Online 

               

 Fantastic Fibers, Yeiser Art Center Gallery, Paducah, Kentucky 

                 

Gesture and Motion (*Canceled due to COVID-19), Site: Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, New York 

2019  

Dotted Lines, Tabula Rasa, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohi

                 

Choose your Player, Lupin Gallery, University of Georgia, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, Georgia

2018      

Chautauqua Emerging Artists Exhibit, Fowler-Kellogg Gallery, Chautauqua, New York

 Silent Auction, Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua, New York 

Teaching and Professional Experience:

2023

Visiting Lecturer (Drawing/Foundations/Printmaking), Drawing I, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky

Visiting Lecturer (Drawing/Foundations/Printmaking), Drawing I, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky

Visiting Lecturer (Drawing/Foundations/Printmaking), Advanced Drawing, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky

2022

Visiting Lecturer (Drawing/Foundations/Printmaking)Printmaking 1, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky

Visiting Lecturer (Drawing/Foundations/Printmaking), Drawing 1, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky

Visiting Lecturer (Drawing/Foundations/Printmaking), Advanced Drawing, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky

Adjunct Professor, Special 2D Studio (Fiber and Print), University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Adjunct Professor (Substitute-last 5 weeks of class), Drawing 1, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky. 

 

Adjunct Professor, Intro to Screen Printing, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio

2021     

Adjunct Professor, Intermediate Drawing, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio

Adjunct Professor, Drawing Studio, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio

Instructor of Record, Intro to Screen Printing, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio

Graduate Assistant, Current Arts Forum, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio

Graduate Assistant, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio. DAAP Art Masters Instagram, and MFA website.

2020      

Instructor of Record, Intro to Screen Printing, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio

Graduate Assistant, Intro Contemporary Art, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio

Graduate Assistant, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio. DAAP Art Masters Instagram, MFA website, and Fall recruitment.

Research Assistantship, Going Public: Artists Speak about Art, Museums and Public Space, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio: Research Assistant to Kate Bonansinga, School of Art Director. 

Instructor of Record, Basic Painting for Non-Majors, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio

2019       

Graduate Assistant, Intro Contemporary Art, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio

Graduate Assistant, Visual Art Concepts 1, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio

Substitute, Life Drawing 1, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio

2018-2019

Studio Assistant to Professor Joseph Norman, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia: Prepping studio and helping with studio classes 

2018             

TA, Advance Drawing, University of Georgia, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, Georgia      

Lead Artist, Lounging with Matisse, Mural, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Georgia, Athens Georgia

 

Painter, Coca-Cola Restoration, Mural, Elberton, Georgia 

Studio Assistant to Kate Roebuck, Chattanooga, Tennessee: Prepping paper (gold leafing certain works), packaging/shipping artwork, and responding to emails

Awards and Honors:    

2021

Directors’ Choice Award Master In Fine Arts, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio

DAAP Outstanding MFA Student Award Recipient, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio

School of Art Scholarship, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio. Partial Tuition scholarship

2020 

MFA 2020 Grant Top 5 Finalist, New American Paintings 

Digital Scholarship Center Grant, research assistant for Kate Boansinga, for her book “Going Public: Artists Speak about Art, Museums, and Public Space,” University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio

 

Third Social Distancing Editor’s Pick, New American Paintings Magazine, Online Publication

 Honorable Mention, Create Magazine, Online Magazine Publication

School of Art Scholarship, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio. Partial Tuition scholarship

2019              

Grad School Dean’s Excellent Scholarship, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio. Partial Tuition scholarship

Wolfstein Scholarship, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio. Partial Tuition scholarship 

2018    

Artist- in- Residence Scholarship; Chautauqua School of Art, Chautauqua, New York

Service:

2022

Progress Critique, Creating Visual Form (Art 130), Northern Kentucky University Lecture Series, Highland Heights, Kentucky. 

Artist Talk, DAAP Alliance Representative Group, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio. virtually. 

2021

Artist Interview with Miami University MFA Grad, school project, virtually. 

Amref Health Africa Art Ball, virtual Art Auction on Artsy. Supporting COVID_19 Mitigation and Vaccine Equity across Africa

2019

 Art of Empowerment, A Step Ahead, Chattanooga, Tennessee 

 

Lectures: 

2022

Guest Artist Speaker, Creating Visual Form (Art 130), Northern Kentucky University Lecture Series, Highland Heights, Kentucky. 

Keynote Speaker (Artist Talk), Northern Kentucky University Lecture Series, Highland Heights, Kentucky

Artist Interview with Akron Art Museum. Akron, Ohio

2021

Artist Talk with Pegcast, Interviewed by Bronwyn Hunter-Shortly

MFA Talk, Current Arts Forum, Instructor Maria Seda-Reeder, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Artist Talk, FAA-5104 (Repair Course), Instructor Kirsten Ledbetter, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio

Panel Discussion, Last Supper, LatchKey Gallery, New York, New York City

2020       

Panel Discussion, Seams: Contemporary Textile Artists, Portrait Society Gallery with Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Art, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Panel Discussion, Appending Appendices, Untitled Art Fair, Denny Dimin Gallery, Online

Graduate Panel Discussion, Undergraduate Professional Practice, University of    Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio 

Residencies: 

2018            

Artists-in-Residence, Chautauqua School of Art, Chautauqua, New York

Catalogs:

2022

The New African Portraitures: Shariat Collections, Short essay by Dr. Myrah Brown Green 

Josie Love Roebuck: Collateral Experiences, Essay by Jewels Dodson

Publications:

2023

1-54 Presents its Sixth Annual Fair of Contemporary African Art During Frieze Week 2023, GothamToGo Art and Culture. https://gothamtogo.com/1-54-presents-its-sixth-annual-fair-of-contemporary-african-art-during-frieze-week-2023/

 6 Galleries Changing the Conversation at New York’s 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair by Melissa Smith, Artnet News. https://news.artnet.com/market/1-54-fair-new-york-2023-2305959

 LatchKey Gallery presents a solo exhibition by Josie Love Roebuck, at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair New York, World African Artists United. https://waau-art.com/2023/05/19/latchkey-gallery-presents-a-solo-exhibition-by-josie-love-roebuck-at-1-54-contemporary-african-art-fair-new-york/

1-54’s Smart, Sharp Selection of Contemporary African Art Shines in New York by Josie Thaddeus-Jones, Artsy. https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-1-54s-smart-sharp-selection-contemporary-african-art-shines-new-york

Cincinnati Sportlight: “Intertwined” at NKU Art Gallery, Cincinnati Public Radio (90.9 WGUC Music). https://www.wguc.org/spotlight/spotlight_archive.php?id=3299

2022

Charlie James Gallery, Rostro, Artforum. https://www.artforum.com/artguide/charlie-james-gallery-6905/rostro-207321

Your Concise Los Angeles Art Guide for August 2022 by Matt Stromberg, Hyperallergic. https://hyperallergic.com/750219/your-concise-los-angeles-art-guide-for-august-2022/

A captivating group show at Charlie James Gallery looks at the (figurative) masks we wear by Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/newsletter/2022-07-23/rostro-faces-at-charlie-james-gallery-essential-arts

The Best and Worst Tippers in the Art World-Revealed, a Top Rapper Makes His Curatorial Debut, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip by Anni Armstrong, Artnet News. https://news.artnet.com/news-pro/wet-paint-worst-tippers-2105644

Episode 800: Ashante Kindle and Josie Love Roebuck by Christopher Hudgend, BAD AT SPORTS podcast. http://badatsports.com/2022/episode-800-ashante-kindle-and-josie-love-roebuck/

Studio Visit: Josie Love Roebuck by C.M. Turner, Under Main Magazine. https://undermain.art/collections/studio-visits/studio-visit-josie-love-roebuck/

New American Paintings, No. 154, South Issue 

2021

 

The Year the Art Scene Rebounded, Expanded, and Surrendered to N.F.T.S by Andrea K. Scott, The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/2021-in-review/the-year-the-art-scene-rebounded-expanded-and-surrendered-to-nfts

The Artists reappropriating ‘Feminine Crafts’ Through a Queer Lens by Emily Gosling, Creative Boom, https://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/the-artists-using-embroidery-to-re-framing-domesticity-through-a-queer-lens/

Highlights from ‘With Pleasure: Pattern and Decoration in American Art 1972-1985’ by Osman Can Yerebakan, Interior Design Magazine. https://www.interiordesign.net/articles/19314-highlights-from-with-pleasure-pattern-and-decoration-in-american-art-1972-1985/

“Fringe” by Andre K. Scott, The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/art/fringe

Editor’s Picks: 9 Events for Your Art Calendar, From a Talk About Chinatown’s Art and Activism to a Show of Surreal Cat Art by Sarah Cascone, Artnet News. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/editors-picks-august-17-2021-1996953

Pattern & Decoration: Now From Then by Peggy Roalf, AI-AP Presents DART (Design Arts Daily), https://www.ai-ap.com/publications/article/28631/pattern-decoration-now-from-then.html

 

N.Y. Gallery Exhibits Roebuck’s Art by Ann Henley Perry, The Lookout Mountain Mirror. https://www.mountainmirror.com/lookout-community/ny-gallery-exhibits-roebucks-art

1-54 African Art Fair Opens Online With Christie’s by Sam Gaskin, Ocula Magazine. https://ocula.com/magazine/art-news/1-54-african-art-fair-opens-online/

Knotted Ties: As Media Partner for 1-54 NYC, Nataal Speaks to artists from its Central Exhibition about the Worlds they Weave Together by Xanthe Somers, Nataal Magazine. https://nataal.com/knotted-ties

Editor’s Picks: 11 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From a Quirky New York Public Art Show to a Talk about Georg Baseltiz by Nan Stewert, Artnet News. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/editors-picks-may-11-2021-1962165

Unable to run in its usual format, 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair moves into Christie’s for bijou showcase by Daniel Cassady, The Art NewsPaper. https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/1-54-contemporary-african-art-fair-returns-to-new-york-online-with-an-added-exhibition-knotted-ties-for-in-person-viewing-at-christie-s

On Governors Island, Art Interventions Are Everywhere by Roberta Smith, The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/arts/design/nada-house-2021-governors-island.html

DAAP: Pub, Issue 2, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Gallery Watch: ‘Last Supper’ at LatchKey Gallery by Clare Gemima, EV GRIEVE. https://evgrieve.com/2021/03/gallery-watch-last-supper-at-latchkey.html

Last Supper at LatchKey Gallery: A Seat At The Table With 12 Artists by Salma Elazab, Bklyner. https://bklyner.com/last-supper-at-latchkey-gallery-a-seat-at-the-table-with-12-artists/

2020

SEAMS Unfolds in Many Directions at Portrait Society Exhibit by Shane McAdams, Shepard Express. https://shepherdexpress.com/arts-and-entertainment/visual-art/seams-unfolds-in-many-directions-at-portrait-society-exhibit/

 

Give A Minute Cincinnati, Online Publication by Batres Gilvin x Artworks Cincinnati.https://www.giveaminutecincinnati.com/gamc/how-to-create-a-wood-cutout

Embroidered Portraits Of Survivors By Josie Love Roebuck, Create Magazine, Online Publication. https://createmagazine.com/read/josie-love-roebuck

Three Trenton Art Galleries Confront COVID-19 (and other social issues) in Virtual Exhibits by Patrick O’Shea, NJ Advance Media for New Jersey. https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2020/05/three-trenton-art-galleries-confront-covid-19-and-other-social-issues-in-virtual-exhibits.html

Woartblog, Online Publication 

Curatorial Directory, All She Makes, Online Publication. https://www.allshemakes.org/directory/josie-roebuck

Private & Public Collections: 

2023

            Ingrid Best, Los Angeles, California

            Ayesha Selden, Los Angeles, California 

            Byron Young, Los Angeles, California

            Mahari Bailey, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

            Myriam Vanneschi, South France 

2021

Amoako Boafo, Accra, Ghana 

Michael Ballack, Gorlitz, Germany 

Beth DeWoody, Florida 

Espacio Tacuari, Buenos Aires, Argentina 

Amir Shariat, Vienna, Austria 

Touria El Glaoui, London, United Kingdom 

Rolando Jimenez, San Juan, Puerto Rico 

Carley Bryon-Nelson, Ocala, Florida 

Carla Shen, Brooklyn, New York 

2020

Sara Vance Waddell, Cincinnati, Ohio 

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