Lives and works in Los Angeles
Education
- 2014 MFA, Painting, State University of New York, Albany, NY
- 2007 BFA, 2-Dimensional Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Solo Exhibitions
- 2020 We Need Mirrors, Ladies' Room LA, Los Angeles, CA
- 2018 Ships, Elephant, Los Angeles, CA
- 2014 Paintings, Joyce Goldstein Gallery, Chatham, NY
- 2013 Information, Terra Nova Gallery, Troy, NY
- 2009 Molting, Stanica Cultural Center in Zilina, Slovakia
- 2007 Roberta Gentry, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts Project Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2021
- Garden, Ladies' Room LA, Los Angeles, CA
- 2020
- Fair Fight, Track 16 DTLA, Los Angeles, CA
- Surroundings, Los Angeles Mission College AMP Gallery, Sylmar, CA
- 2019
- Children of the Sun, Ladies' Room LA, Los Angeles, CA
- QiPO 01, QiPO, Mexico City
- Monte Vista Presents, Other Places Art Fair, San Pedro, CA
- Majestic Proton Vest, The Front, New Orleans, LA
- 2017
- Tiger Strikes Austin, Icosa Collective, Austin, TX
- Simultaneous Contrast, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
- Small Things, Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles, CA
- The Collectivists, Brand Art Center, Glendale, CA
- The Last Waltz, Far Bazaar at Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA
- 21 (curated by Ben Sanders), Left Field Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
- 2016
- Running Away From Home, 1748 Adams, Los Angeles, CA
- TheGarden, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2015
- Intermittent Dialogues, Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles, CA
- 2014
- Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, University Art Museum, Albany, NY
- Playing with a Full Deck, Greene County Council on the Arts Catskill Gallery, NY
- 2013
- Emerging Artists, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 2012
- Fissure, Gallery ELL, Brooklyn, NY
- Percolate, Collarworks Gallery, Troy, NY
- Best of SUNY, SUNY Administration Building, Albany, NY
- 2011
- MiniGrand, Lulubell Gallery, Tucson, AZ
- 2010
- Things of This Nature, Red RoomGallery, Tucson, AZ
- 5 x 5, Art exchange with Sendai City, Japan,Dinnerware Artspace, Tucson, AZ
- Dinnerware’s Grand Re-opening, Dinnerware Artspace,Tucson, AZ
- Almost True, Lulubell Gallery, Tucson, AZ
- 2009
- Magic Words, Stanica CulturalCenter, Zilina, Slovakia
- The Sound of Paint II, group performance, Rocket Gallery, Tucson, AZ
- Playtime, Lulubell Gallery, Tucson, AZ
- 2008
- The Sound of Paint, group performance at the Arts Incubator, Tucson, AZ
- Write and React, Arts Incubator, Tucson, AZ
- Night of a Thousand Drawings, Dinnerware Artspace, Tucson, AZ
- BFA Show, Lionel Rombach Gallery, Tucson, AZ
- 2007
- Student Exhibition at the Instituto di Orvieto, in Orvieto, Italy.
- LeLegacy Viroid, Shane House Gallery, Tucson AZ
- Spring Art Auction Invitational, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson AZ
- Madama Butterfly, 2-person exhibition, Tucson Music Hall, AZ
- 2006
- 27th Annual Art Auction Invitational, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson AZ
Residencies and Awards
- 2016
- Armory Center for the Arts Teaching Artist Fellowship
- 2014
- University at Albany’s Distinguished Master of Fine Arts Project Award
- College Art Association Career Development Fellowship
- 2011-14
- University at Albany Graduate Teaching Assistantship
- 2009
- Artist in Residence, Stanica Cultural Center, Zilina, Slovakia (March-May)
- United States Embassy of Slovakia, travel grant
- 2007
- University Of Arizona’s Study Abroad Travel Grant
- Fine Arts Resident Achievement Tuition Award
- Bill & Jane Spain Scholarship
- 2005
- Bill & Jane Spain Scholarship
Visiting Artist Lectures
2014
- Lecture and undergraduate critique, Pomona College, Claremont, CA, October 2
- Lecture and undergraduate critique, Sage College, Albany NY, September 17
Curatorial Projects
- 2015-current Member, Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles (artist-run space)
Bibliography
- Matthew Bedard, "Roberta Gentry, We Need Mirrors at Ladies' Room LA," Flaunt Magazine, December 16, 2020
- "Meet Roberta Gentry, Artist," Shoutout LA, September 28, 2020
- "Meet Roberta Gentry," Voyage LA Magazine, July 3, 2018
- Full Blede (broadsheet), “Issue 4: The Pattern,” March 1, 2018
- Lawrence Gipe, “Fresh Faces in Art: Roberta Gentry,” Fabrik Magazine (print and online), Issue 38, January 22, 2018
- DiversionsLA, “Durden and Ray Collaborate,” July 31, 2017
- Kelly Corrigan, “6 collectives to curate, exhibit contemporary art,” LA Times, January 13, 2017
- Maake Magazine (print and blog), Summer 2015 Issue
- “Transforming Written Language Into a Physical Reality,” Arts and Sciences Today, Spring 2014 Issue
- Molly McClintock, “Roberta Gentry, Painter,” Fab Oversight (blog), June 12, 2014