Margaret Roleke

Margaret Roleke - Artist Resume

Listed on P.S.1. MoMA Studio Visit 

Listed on the curated Drawing Center Viewing Program

Listed on the art site re-title.com

2010

• "Pool Art Fair" Gershwin Hotel, New York, N

2009

•  On Aggression The Philoctetes Center  New  York, NY
• "Index 2" Art Space New Haven New Haven, CT
• "Annual Exhibition" Ridgefield Guild of Artists Ridgefield, CT

2008

• "Margaret Roleke PLAY:WAR" Norwalk Community College Norwalk, CT
• CONNcentric  Art Space New Haven  New Haven, CT 
• Video Dumbo "1800 Frames" Galapagos Art Space Brooklyn, NY
• 1800 Frames City Without Walls    Newark, NJ
• 3489  Hewitt Gallery of Art Marymount Manhattan College NY, NY
• Art of the Northeast  Silvermine Art Gallery  New Canaan, CT
•  1800 Frames Keane University Union, New Jersey
• "Aldrich Undercover" The Aldrich Museum Ridgefield, CT

2007 Exhibitions

• "Studio Exhibit" First Run at Emergency Arts New York, NY
• "Death" Bar Niagra  New York, NY         

2006 Shows

• "Armed" Mandeville Gallery  Union College, Schnectady, NY
• "Risky Business," PPOW Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY
• "Aldrich Undercover" The Aldrich Museum Ridgefield, CT

2005 Shows 

• “Rapture: 23rd Annual BWAC Outdoor Sculpture Show” Brooklyn, NY
• “The Kingston Maquette Show” Kingston, NY
• “The Kingston Biennial” Kingston, New York
• “Creative Contraptions” Stamford Museum and Nature Center, Stamford, CT
• “One Night Stand: The Sex Show” Viscaya Lounge, New York, NY,  curated by D. Dominick Lombardi
• “New Members Exhibit” Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, CT
• “rural, urban &otherwise” City Without Walls, Newark, NJ

2004 Shows

• “Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Show” Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
• “Blast!” Branchville Gallery, Ridgefield, CT
• “The 14 Show” Branchville Gallery, Ridgefield, CT
• “Inaugural Exhibit” Zoe and Floyd Gallery, Seymour, CT
• “Light Additions” Branchville Gallery, Ridgefield, CT

2003 Shows 

• “Hex” Le Petite Versailles, E. Houston St., New York, NY
• “Multiple Memorials” Viridian Gallery, New York, NY
• “What’s Going On?! BWAC Outdoor Sculpture Show” Empire Fulton Ferry State Park, Brooklyn, NY
• “Art of the Northeast” Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
• “10 at 13: Works on Paper” Gallery 13,  Danbury, CT

2002 Shows   

• “BWAC 20th Outdoor Sculpture Show” Empire Fulton Ferry State Park, Brooklyn, NY
• “The Brewster Project” curator Jessica Hough, Brewster, NY
• “Snapshot” The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art,  Ridgefield, CT

2001 Shows

• “The Brewster Tree Project” Southeast Museum, Brewster, NY
• “Pier Walk 2001 Maquette Exhibition” 3-D Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
• “BWAC Outdoor Sculpture Show” Empire Fulton Ferry State Park, Brooklyn, NY
• “Art of the Northeast” Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
• “Material/ Immaterial” Earthplace - The Nature Discovery Center,  Westport, CT

2000 Shows

• “The Line Project” (outdoor installations) New Haven sponsor Art Space, New Haven, CT
• “The Best of Art X” University of Connecticut, Stamford, CT
• “The Home Show” John Slade Ely House,  New Haven, CT
• “Pier Walk 2000 Maquette Exhibition” James R. Thompson Center, Chicago, IL
• “The Art Annual” Stamford Museum and Nature Center, Stamford, CT

1999 Shows

• “Closing House” Cannondale Gallery, Wilton, CT
• “Emerging Artists” Ridgefield Guild of Artists Ridgefield, CT/ sponsor The Aldrich Museum
• “Pier Walk ’99 Maquette Exhibition” Vedanta Gallery, Chicago, IL

1998 Shows

• "The Light Show” Cannondale Gallery, Wilton, CT
• “Pier Walk 98” Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
• “Light in the Garden” The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
• "Pier Walk ’98 Maquette Exhibition” Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

1997 Shows

• “Meterology” Cannondale Gallery, Wilton, CT
• “Weir Farm Artists” The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
• “First Annual Juried C.W. Post Art Alumni Exhibition” Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island University, C.W. Post, Brookville, NY

Solo Exhibitions:

2002    “Margaret Roleke” Gallery 13, Danbury, CT

Education:

• Long Island University, C.W. Post, Brookville, NY, MFA 1989
• Marymount Manhattan College New York, NY,  BA 1984

• Selected Reviews:
• Review in Culture Catch.com
  

• Bischoff, Dan, “Siege mentality: Plastic-clad, duct-taped ‘Fortified Home ‘makes a striking exhibit at City Without Walls” The Star Ledger Newark, NJ,  January 21, 2005.

• Streitifeld, Lisa,  “Silvermine welcomes new blood” The Stamford Advocate Stamford, CT,  January 16, 2005.

• Streitfeld, Lisa, “Blast!” The Stamford Advocate, Stamford, CT,  June 6, 2004.

• Kimmelman, Michael, “A Seasonal Migration of Cultural Scope” The New York Times, August 8, 2003.

• Curtis, Lisa, “Park Views” The Brooklyn Papers, July 28, 2003.

• Lombardi, D. Dominick, “65 Artists at Work in Stamford” The New York Times (CT section), March 26, 2000.

• Pier Walk 98 (book) pub. Chicago, IL, 1998.

• Weir Farm Visiting Artists 1997 (catalog) pub. Weir Farm Heritage Trust,  Wilton, CT.

• Filey, Amanda, “One Year After Visiting Artists Talk about Weir Farm”, The Wilton Villager, Wilton, CT, 1997

Artist Statement

       I am an artist who creates politically aware work. There are problems and chaos in the world around us and I deal with these issues in my art. I work in several media including sculpture, wall relief, works on paper, mail art, photography, and video. Past projects include seating for the day laborers who gathered in Brewster, New York and a September 11th anniversary billboard project in the East Village.
       Currently, I am creating a body of work based on war. Children’s war toys and packaging for these toys fascinate me, and have become integrated elements of my work.
      My large wall relief’s and drawings read first as abstractions. Only on closer examination does one notice that they are composed of “army men” or war stickers. In both the relief’s and sticker pieces I am using multitudes of small elements to create a very large scale piece. These vast quantities of small elements add complexity to the work.
           Photography is also important to me. I have been working on a series of staged photographs involving toy army men placed in a variety of settings. Another ongoing series is titled “ Palestine/ Israel”.  In this body of work I have been photographing the same people carrying Palestinian flags and then in another instance carrying Israel flags. The exploitation of “patriotism” is an idea I have been working with.
        My video pieces also explore issues of war and patriotism. Several short videos were shot at a local shooting range in Connecticut. Another short group involves children responding to a toy army man piñata and explores violence and aggression.
        The themes in my work  I have come upon very naturally. There seems to be much pertinent territory in our current state of affairs to explore.


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