Scott Roberts worked on comics from 1975-1985, but for the next 25 years was side-tracked by animation, sculpture and video installation. Now he does comics again, but this time it's personal.
Scott lives in Evanston with his wife, daughter and dog and is an Associate Professor in Animation at DePaul University's School of Cinema & Interactive Media in Chicago, where, along with Josh Jones, he co-founded the Animation program. |
EXHIBITION/SCREENING
RECORD |
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(*
solo shows marked by asterisk) |
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2012 |
Chicago Alternative Comics Expo : CAKE, Chicago, Illinois |
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2007 |
Local Color (curated by Paul Coors and Evan Commander), Publico Art, Cincinnati, Ohio |
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Our Dark Heroes (curated by
Tracy Candido), Secret Project Robot, Williamsburg, New York |
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Contemporary
Short Work Animation (curated by Julia Gibbs and Lisa Barcy), Film Studies Center,
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois |
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2006 |
*Nietzsche Memorial (Office Project - phase two)
(site-specific installation), Bucket
Rider Gallery, Chicago, Illinois |
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Land Escape (curated by Joe Tabet), River East
Art Center, Chicago, Illinois |
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2005 |
Still, Things Fall from the Sky (curated by Ciara
Ennis), California Museum of Photography at the University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California |
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*Office
Project (site-specific installation), Bucket
Rider Gallery, Chicago, Illinois |
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*Indexcision, Catharine
Clark Gallery, San Francisco, California |
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Things Fall from the Sky (curated by Ken Fandell
and Ciara Ennis), Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois |
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Contemporary Art in the Midwest (curated by Kaytie
Johnson) , Richard E. Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, Greencastle,
Indiana |
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2004 |
*The
Origin and Fate of the Universe, Southfirst
Gallery, Brooklyn, New York |
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*"My Favorite Character is a Wizard", Catharine
Clark Gallery (project room), San Francisco, California |
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*Black
Hole Maquette, University
Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois |
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Lab (with Lane Hall, Lisa Moline, Santiago Cucullu and Paul Amitai),
Michael Lord Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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Possible
Worlds (curated by Dana Sperry), SoFA
Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana |
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*Devil Cat, Catharine
Clark Gallery (project room), San Francisco, California |
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Computer/Animation
Screening/Performance with Cory Arcangel, LoVid, Mumbleboy, Scott
Roberts and Paperrad, Max
Protetch Gallery, New York City, New York |
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Summer
Drawing....and Some are Not, Mixture
Contemporary Art, Houston, Texas |
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ConTempo
2004, The Contemporary Museum,
Honolulu, Hawai’i |
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*
"Waterfall Maquette" Installation
Project at Art Chicago (with 1R
Gallery), Chicago, Illinois |
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Tart (curated by Sabrina Raaf), Klein
Art Works, Chicago, Illinois |
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Welcome
to Wonderland, 1R Gallery,
Chicago, Illinois |
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The
13th, Red Rocket Gallery,
Chicago, Illinois |
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2003 |
* "ANY SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY IS INDISTINGUISHABLE
FROM MAGIC!!", 1R
Gallery, Chicago, Illinois |
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The eShow (curated by Barry Blinderman), Krannert
Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois |
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New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) Art Fair: Miami Beach (with 1R Gallery), Miami Beach,
Florida |
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Small
Works, 1R Gallery, Chicago,
Illinois |
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Devil Cat, Ten in One Gallery (sideshow space), New York City,
New York |
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Scott
Roberts & Yael Bartana, Galeria
Comercial, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
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Re-Do
China (curated by Pan Xing Lei), Ethan
Cohen Fine Arts, New York City, New York |
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Catching
Up with the Sun (curated by Howard Fonda and David Coyle), Klein
Art Works, Chicago, Illinois |
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Bridge
Magazine Two Year Anniversary Party Screening, the Vic Theatre,
Chicago, Illinois |
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Scott
Roberts and Jose Lerma, Seven Three Split Gallery,
Chicago, Illinois |
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2002 |
Video
Holiday (curated by Tim Fleming), the
Project Room, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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News, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin |
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The
Stray Show (as part of the Seven Three Split Gallery), Chicago,
Illinois |
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Chris
Verene, with Scott Roberts, side gallery installations, Wendy
Cooper Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin |
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Realm
of the Lair (curated by Ben Stone and Siebren Versteeg), Joymore
Gallery, Chicago, Illinois |
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Guest
Artist, GenCon Game Fair, Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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Rockford
Midwestern Juried Exhibition, Rockford
Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois
Purchase award |
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Wisconsin
Triennial (juried), Madison
Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, Wisconsin |
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2001 |
Monochromatic (curated by Paula Schulze), Walkers Point Center for the Arts,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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2000 |
*
"My Favorite Character is a Wizard" (original version),
MFA exhibition, Madison, Wisconsin |
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* Armada, window installation project (curated by Paul Druecke),
Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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1999 |
*
Ubutopia 1.0 (curated by Sara Krajewski), Madison Art Center,
Madison, Wisconsin |
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Wisconsin
Film Festival, Madison, Wisconsin |
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1998 |
Spike
and Mike's Sick and Twisted Animation Festival (nationally exhibited
theatrical release) |
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California
SUN International Animation Festival, Northridge, California |
AWARDS/HONORS |
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2005 |
Visiting
artist, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Interlink
Visiting Artists Program |
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$7,000 Illinois Arts Council Artist Fellowship Award |
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Visiting
artist, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Teacher
Institute in Contemporary Art Program |
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2004 |
Nominated
for a $10,000 Individual Artist Award from the Richard H.
Driehaus Foundation |
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Guest lecture, Illinois State University, Normal,
Illinois |
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2002 |
Rockford
Midwestern Juried Exhibition Purchase Award, Rockford Art
Museum |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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Peter
Frank ,
"'Still, Things Fall from the Sky' at the UCR/CMP" Artweek
Magazine, February, 2006 |
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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
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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 |
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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 |
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Pedro
Velez, "Puerto Rican Sun," Artnet Magazine,
December 15, 2003
http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/reviews/velez/velez12-15-03.asp |
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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 |
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Barry
Blinderman, “Out on a Phantom Limb”, The eShow
Catalogue, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois,
Champaign, Illinois, 2003
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"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 |
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Pan
Xing Lei, REDO China Catalogue, Ethan Cohen Fine
Art, New York City, New York, 2003 |
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Michael
Workman, "Eye Exam: Sun Worship," New City Chicago,
July 9, 2003
http://www.newcitychicago.com/chicago/2650.html |
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Fred
Camper, "Inspiration on a Budget," Chicago Reader,
March 7, 2003
http://seventhreesplit.org/roberts_lerma_camper.html
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"Bridge Magazine DVD", Bridge Magazine, March, 2003 |
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Scott Speh, "Realm of the Lair," Bridge Magazine Online , January, 2003
http://www.bridgemagazine.org/1_03art/speh.html |
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Roberta Fallon, "Visiting Ours," Philadelphia Weekly,
January 22, 2003
http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/archives/article.asp?ArtID=5035 |
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"Recommend" (image of Devil Cat from the Wisconsin Triennial),
New Art Examiner, May-June, 2002 |
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Stephen Fleischman, Sheri Castelnuovo, Sara Krajewski, Wisconsin
Triennial Exhibition Catalogue, Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin,
2002 |
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Jennifer Smith, "The Here and Now," Isthmus, Madison,
Wisconsin, March 15, 2002 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Neil Kendricks, "The 'Sick & Twisted Festival' Animates Some
Skewed Views", The San Diego Union-Tribune, August 27,
1998 |
COLLECTIONS |
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Beth
Rudin DeWoody, New York City, New York |
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Daryl
Gerber Stokols and Jeff Stokols, Chicago, Illinois |
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Thurston
and Sharon Twigg-Smith, Honolulu, Hawaii |
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Rockford
Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois |
EDUCATION |
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M.F.A., M.A. 2000 University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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B.F.A. 1987 Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design |
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