SCOTT ROBERTS
  scaatt@hotmail.com

EXHIBITION/SCREENING RECORD
  (* solo shows marked by asterisk)
 
2007

Local Color (curated by Paul Coors and Evan Commander), Publico Art, Cincinnati, Ohio
   
Our Dark Heroes (curated by Tracy Candido), Secret Project Robot, Williamsburg, New York
   
Contemporary Short Work Animation (curated by Julia Gibbs and Lisa Barcy), Film Studies Center, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
 
2006

*Nietzsche Memorial (Office Project - phase two)
(site-specific installation), Bucket Rider Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
   
Land Escape (curated by Joe Tabet), River East Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
 
2005

Still, Things Fall from the Sky (curated by Ciara Ennis), California Museum of Photography at the University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California
   
*Office Project (site-specific installation), Bucket Rider Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
   
*Indexcision, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, California
   
Things Fall from the Sky (curated by Ken Fandell and Ciara Ennis), Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois
   
Contemporary Art in the Midwest (curated by Kaytie Johnson) , Richard E. Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana
 
2004

*The Origin and Fate of the Universe, Southfirst Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
   
*"My Favorite Character is a Wizard", Catharine Clark Gallery (project room), San Francisco, California
   
*Black Hole Maquette, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
   
Lab (with Lane Hall, Lisa Moline, Santiago Cucullu and Paul Amitai), Michael Lord Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
   
Possible Worlds (curated by Dana Sperry), SoFA Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
   
*Devil Cat, Catharine Clark Gallery (project room), San Francisco, California
   
Computer/Animation Screening/Performance with Cory Arcangel, LoVid, Mumbleboy, Scott Roberts and Paperrad, Max Protetch Gallery, New York City, New York
   
Summer Drawing....and Some are Not, Mixture Contemporary Art, Houston, Texas
 

ConTempo 2004, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawai’i
   
* "Waterfall Maquette" Installation Project at Art Chicago (with 1R Gallery), Chicago, Illinois
   
Tart (curated by Sabrina Raaf), Klein Art Works, Chicago, Illinois
   
Welcome to Wonderland, 1R Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
   
The 13th, Red Rocket Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
 
2003

* "ANY SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY IS INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM MAGIC!!", 1R Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
   
The eShow
(curated by Barry Blinderman), Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois
   
New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) Art Fair: Miami Beach (with 1R Gallery), Miami Beach, Florida
   
Small Works, 1R Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
   
* Devil Cat, Ten in One Gallery (sideshow space), New York City, New York
   
Scott Roberts & Yael Bartana, Galeria Comercial, San Juan, Puerto Rico
   
Re-Do China (curated by Pan Xing Lei), Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York City, New York
   
Catching Up with the Sun (curated by Howard Fonda and David Coyle), Klein Art Works, Chicago, Illinois
 

Bridge Magazine Two Year Anniversary Party Screening, the Vic Theatre, Chicago, Illinois
   
Scott Roberts and Jose Lerma, Seven Three Split Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
 
2002

Video Holiday (curated by Tim Fleming), the Project Room, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
   
News, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
   
The Stray Show (as part of the Seven Three Split Gallery), Chicago, Illinois
   
Chris Verene, with Scott Roberts, side gallery installations, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
   
Realm of the Lair (curated by Ben Stone and Siebren Versteeg), Joymore Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
   
Guest Artist, GenCon Game Fair, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
   
Rockford Midwestern Juried Exhibition, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois
Purchase award
   
Wisconsin Triennial (juried), Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, Wisconsin
 
2001

Monochromatic (curated by Paula Schulze), Walkers Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
 
2000

* "My Favorite Character is a Wizard" (original version), MFA exhibition, Madison, Wisconsin
   
* Armada, window installation project (curated by Paul Druecke), Milwaukee, Wisconsin
 
1999

* Ubutopia 1.0 (curated by Sara Krajewski), Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin
   
Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, Wisconsin
 
1998

Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Animation Festival (nationally exhibited theatrical release)
   
California SUN International Animation Festival, Northridge, California

AWARDS/HONORS
 
2005

Visiting artist, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Interlink Visiting Artists Program
   
$7,000 Illinois Arts Council Artist Fellowship Award
   
Visiting artist, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Teacher Institute in Contemporary Art Program
 
2004

Nominated for a $10,000 Individual Artist Award from the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
   
Guest lecture, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
 
2002

Rockford Midwestern Juried Exhibition Purchase Award, Rockford Art Museum

BIBLIOGRAPHY
 
Peter Frank , "'Still, Things Fall from the Sky' at the UCR/CMP" Artweek Magazine, February, 2006
 


Leah Ollman, "'Things Fall,' but not quite together" Los Angeles Times, November 23, 2005
http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-et-thingsfall23nov23,2,3274855.story

 
Kenneth Baker, "Hello, kitty. Nice to see you again." San Francisco Chronicle, July 9, 2005
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/09/DDG60DKL2Q1.DTL&type=art
 
Kenneth Baker, "Galleries," San Francisco Chronicle, July 10, 2004
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/07/10/DDG6N7ITR41.DTL&type=art
 
Pedro Velez, "Puerto Rican Sun," Artnet Magazine, December 15, 2003
http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/reviews/velez/velez12-15-03.asp
 
Margaret Hawkins, "Witty Exhibits Are More Art Than Techno," Chicago Sun-Times, November 7, 2003
http://www.suntimes.com/output/galleries/wkp-news-hawk07.html
 


Barry Blinderman, “Out on a Phantom Limb”, The eShow Catalogue, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, 2003

 
"Best of Chicago 2003: Best New Visual Artist," New City Chicago, September 26, 2003
http://www.newcitycgi.com/cgi-bin/boc/boc2003.cgi?id=45
 
Pan Xing Lei, REDO China Catalogue, Ethan Cohen Fine Art, New York City, New York, 2003
 
Michael Workman, "Eye Exam: Sun Worship," New City Chicago, July 9, 2003
http://www.newcitychicago.com/chicago/2650.html
 
Fred Camper, "Inspiration on a Budget," Chicago Reader, March 7, 2003
http://seventhreesplit.org/roberts_lerma_camper.html
 
"Bridge Magazine DVD", Bridge Magazine, March, 2003
 
Scott Speh, "Realm of the Lair," Bridge Magazine Online , January, 2003
http://www.bridgemagazine.org/1_03art/speh.html
 
Roberta Fallon, "Visiting Ours," Philadelphia Weekly, January 22, 2003
http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/archives/article.asp?ArtID=5035
 
"Recommend" (image of Devil Cat from the Wisconsin Triennial), New Art Examiner, May-June, 2002
 
Stephen Fleischman, Sheri Castelnuovo, Sara Krajewski, Wisconsin Triennial Exhibition Catalogue, Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin, 2002
 
Jennifer Smith, "The Here and Now," Isthmus, Madison, Wisconsin, March 15, 2002
 
Gary Susman, "Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation", Village Voice, February 2, 1999
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/9904/susman.php
 
Rob Thomas, "You're Invited to Pixel World," The Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin, November 10, 1999
http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=tct:1999:11:10:230644:Lifestyle
 
Neil Kendricks, "The 'Sick & Twisted Festival' Animates Some Skewed Views", The San Diego Union-Tribune, August 27, 1998

COLLECTIONS
 
Beth Rudin DeWoody, New York City, New York
 
Daryl Gerber Stokols and Jeff Stokols, Chicago, Illinois
 
Thurston and Sharon Twigg-Smith, Honolulu, Hawaii
 
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois

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DUCATION
 
M.F.A., M.A. 2000 University of Wisconsin-Madison
  B.F.A. 1987 Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design