Roberta Gentry is a Los Angeles based artist whose work is inspired by the natural world and the balance of order and chaos that exists within it. Using painting, she explores the connections and conflicts that occur between architecture and biology, and questions the divide between natural and artificial.
Education
2014 Master of Fine Arts, Painting, State University of New York, Albany, NY
2007 Bachelor of Fine Arts, 2-Dimensional Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Solo Exhibitions
2025 The Walled Garden, Massey Klein, NYC, NY
2020 We Need Mirrors, Ladies’ Room LA, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Ships, Elephant Art Space, 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
2024 Pepper Tree, North Loop, Los Angeles, CA
Making Waves, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
2023 Color Cathedral, My Pet Ram, New York, NY
Leaf Through, Pour Over, Ruth Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Night Swimming, SCOTTY, Berlin, Germany
Composition Elsewhere, Bozomag, Pasadena, CA
Untitled Bozo Marfa Project, Bozomag, Marfa, TX
2022 Garden, Ladies’ Room LA, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Portals, Gallery Also, Los Angeles, CA
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 The Garden, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Running Away From Home, 1748 Adams, 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, Catskill, 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 Room Gallery, 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 Cultural Center, 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
Residencies And Awards
2016-17 Teaching Artist Fellowship, Armory Center for the Arts
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
Bibliography
- “Life and work with Roberta Gentry,” Voyage LA, October 24, 2022.
- 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 VoyageLA, “Meet Roberta Gentry,” 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
- Diversions LA, “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
- Apogee Magazine, Cover, Fall 2013 issue
- Lauren Smith, “Spotlight Artist: Roberta Gentry,” 1 Op Collective (blog), July 11, 2012