Deborah Roberts
In conversation with Dr. Adrienne Childs
Multiplicity artist Deborah Roberts, known for her figurative collages focused on Black youth, discusses her work with The Phillips Collection Senior Consulting Curator Dr. Adrienne Childs. A book signing of Deborah Roberts: Twenty Years of Artwork with the artist follows.
About Deborah Roberts
Deborah Roberts (American, b. 1962) is 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.
IMAGE: Deborah Roberts, Tomorrow, tomorrow and tomorrow, 2023, Acrylic, graphite, pastel, ink and collage on canvas, 84 x 84 in., Courtesy of the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery
