Roxanne Colyer
STATEMENT
Alaska has taught me visual communication is an important part of processing what I experience. The vastness informs my perceptions and I investigate my experiences through art making.
This exploration is a perpetual process of self-examination, inquiry and developing structure with materials. The reflection of wilderness is a consistent thread through the work. I love color, unashamed line and lean toward disrupted realism. Portraying the vigor of the subject is a constant focus with a backstory of how we’ve abandoned the earth and each other, betrayal, power inherent in environment and exploitation. I’m interested in engaging various mediums to physically interact with the surface and narrate the voice.
I divide my time between a home and studio in Alaska and an Oregon studio.
Roxanne Colyer
EXHIBITION HISTORY
Solo Exhibitions
2019 - 2020 Alaska Art Residency
2018 Working The River Clackamas Federal Credit Union Gallery, Milwaukie, Oregon
2017 Working The River In Bocca al Lupo Fine Art, Oregon City, Oregon
2016 Living Their Memories In Bocca al Lupo Fine Art, Oregon City, Oregon
2014 Living Their Memories Aurora Gallery, Vancouver, Washington
2014 Borderland: Conscious and Unconscious Landscape CCAA, Oregon City, Oregon
2014 Pastel Landscapes and Florals Clackamas Credit Union Gallery, Milwaukie, Oregon
2009 Pastel Portraits and Florals Art Media, Portland, Oregon
2001 Faces, Places, and Things Along the Way Crawford Gallery, Spokane, Washington
Duo Exhibition
2015 Pastel Landscapes In Bocca al Lupo Fine Art, Oregon City, Oregon
2014 Archetype: Sculpture and Paintings In Bocca al Lupo Fine Art, Milwaukie, Oregon
Group Exhibitions
2016 Maps and Place In Bocca al Lupo Fine Art, Oregon City, Oregon
2016 Art Moves In Bocca al Lupo Fine Art, Oregon City, Oregon
2015 First City Paintings In Bocca al Lupo Fine Art, Oregon City, Oregon
2015 Living Their Memories In Bocca al Lupo Fine Art, Oregon City, Oregon
2015 Children of Picasso In Bocca al Lupo Fine Art, Oregon City, Oregon
2015 We Don’t Walk Alone In Bocca al Lupo Fine Art, Oregon City, Oregon
2014 Pollen Count In Bocca al Lupo Fine Art, Milwaukie, Oregon
2013 It’s All About Me… It’s All About We In Bocca al Lupo Fine Art, Milwaukie, Oregon.
2012 Summer Breeze Grapevine Gallery, Oregon City, Oregon
2002 Colville Arts Foundation Regional Art Gallery, Colville, Washington
2001 Riverbend Art Gallery, Post Falls, Idaho
Juried Shows
1996 Kenai Fine Art Center, Kenai, Alaska People’s Choice Award
1994 Refuse Renaissance: The Art of the Found Object Best of Show, First
1994 28th Annual Kenai Fine Art Guild Show Juror Gary Lyon
1993 Kenai Fine Art Center
1993 Freeburg Gallery, Soldotna, Alaska
1992 Sacred Art Show, Anchorage, Alaska Honorable Mention
Portrait and Architectural Commissions
Juror
2018 North Clackamas Art Guild with Juror’s Talk
2017 North Clackamas Art Guild
Workshops Saturday Art Adventure Children’s Workshop Program, Kenai Fine Art Center
Media
Spitaleri, Ellen. “New OC gallery to showcase ‘We Don’t Walk Alone.” Oregon City News/Clackamas Review, 4 February 2015.
Spitaleri, Ellen. “’Archetype’ on display at Milwaukie Gallery.” Oregon City News/Clackamas Review, 3 December 2014, p. A3.
Best Bets. “Our Picks for the week of Sept 12-18.” The Columbian, 12 September 2014, p. F17.
Costigan, Thomas. “Up To The Challenge.” Tribune, 12 December 2001, p. 9.