(b. 1982, Albion, CA)
EDUCATION
2012
MFA Studio Art, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)
2008
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2005
BFA Printmaking, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
2003-04
RISD EHP (Rhode Island School of Design European Honors Program), Rome, Italy
SOLO / TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024
Generative Earth: Solange Roberdeau and Nick Schwartz, Municipal Bonds, San Francisco, CA
2022
Continuance: Solange Roberdeau and Izumi Yokoyama, Fechin Studio at Taos Art Museum, Taos, NM
2021-22
Jochen Holz and Solange Roberdeau, Blunk Space, Point Reyes Station, CA
2021
Solange Roberdeau: Beyond Latitude, Municipal Bonds, San Francisco, CA
Colloquy: Works by Solange Roberdeau, Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, IA
2019-20
Moments In Time: Solange Roberdeau, Nichols Gallery, Mendocino, CA
2018
Impressions: Shannon Brinkley and Solange Roberdeau, Arcade Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2017-18
First There Is A Mountain: Afton Love and Solange Roberdeau, Revolt Gallery, Taos, NM
2017
Collaborations in Red Clay: Havana Davidson and Solange Roberdeau, Northcoast Artists Gallery, Fort Bragg, CA
2016
New Work: Solange Roberdeau and Ido Yoshimoto, Cobalt Gallery, Mendocino, CA
Elemental: Solange Roberdeau and Ido Yoshimoto, Tartine Bakery, San Francisco, CA
2013
The Dispersal and Recollection of Knowledge: Fritz Horstman and Solange Roberdeau, Lost Coast Culture Machine, Fort Bragg, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS / ART FAIRS
2023-24
100 Hooks, Blunk Space, Point Reyes Station, CA
First Person: Explorations in Printmaking, Mendocino College, Ukiah, CA
2023
Making & Community: A Group Exhibition, Cobalt Gallery, Fort Bragg, CA (Curator)
Impressed, Mendocino County Museum, Willits, CA
Plunge Group Show x Chandran Gallery, Chandran Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Art Market San Francisco with Municipal Bonds, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
2022
Odyssey: Danielle Dimston, Sarah Koik, Solange Roberdeau, Municipal Bonds, San Francisco, CA
Conetober, TC Space, Fort Bragg, CA
Conversations in the Dark, Municipal Bonds, San Francisco, CA
2020-21
Contemporary Art / Taos 2020, The Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM (Jurors: Nicole Dial-Kay, Chief Curator, Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM; Douglas Dreishpoon, Chief Curator Emeritus at the Albreit-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY; Dakota Hoska, Assistant Curator, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO)
Monument, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA
2017
AIM, Oddfellows Gallery, Mendocino, CA
2015
Finding Urpflanze: Drawings Through Collaboration, Fritz Horstman, Martha Lewis and Solange Roberdeau, The Institute Library, New Haven, CT
2014
Transfert et Autres Capillarites, Abbaye Notre-Dame de la Couronne, La Couronne, France
2013-14
Drawing More, the New Image Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA; the Niche in the Fine Arts Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2013
Young: Emerging Artists in Mendocino County, Mendocino College, Ukiah, CA
2012
Recalibration / A Group Exhibition With Fiber, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Published by the Artist, International Print Center, New York, NY
2011
Scripted, Gross McLeaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2010
NonSolo: A Traveling Group Exhibition On Tour, Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY; Hunter College, New York, NY
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2018
Pomo Basket, Ukiah Mural Arts Project, Ukiah, CA (Juried, Arts Council of Mendocino County)
Otsuchi, Fort Bragg Coastal Trail Mural Arts Project, Fort Bragg, CA (Juried, Fort Bragg Mural Arts Committee)
2016
Elemental, Tartine Bakery, San Francisco, CA (installation in collaboration with Ido Yoshimoto)
RESIDENCIES / GRANTS / HONORS
2023
2023 ACMC & Mendocino County Board of Supervisors Artist Champion Award
2022
GASP (Get Art in the Schools Program) Grant, Arts Council of Mendocino County and Mendocino County Office of Education
2021
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA, (one week)
GASP (Get Art in the Schools Program) Grant, Arts Council of Mendocino County and Mendocino County Office of Education
2018
Fayoum Art Center, Fayoum, Egypt (one week)
2017
Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Bethany, CT (two months)
A-Z Lab Weaving Studio, Joshua Tree, CA (one week)
Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, Taos, NM (one month)
2016
A-Z Lab Weaving Studio, Joshua Tree, CA (one week)
2015
Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, Taos, NM (three months)
2014
Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Bethany, CT (two months)
2013
Can Serrat, El Bruc, Spain (two months)
2012
MFAST Graduate Thesis Award (shared with Bart O’Reilly), Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)
DESIGN COLLABORATIONS
VISITING ARTIST / INTERVIEWS
“2023 Arts Champion Interviews,” Art Waves on KZYX, Philo, CA, November 21, 2023. https://jukebox.kzyx.org/
“CAT/2020 Artist Interview Series: Solange Roberdeau,” Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM, April 14, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiLA_a4mQ-0
“Shelter in Studio Tour: Solange Roberdeau,” San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA, March 25, 2021. https://vimeo.com/530900984
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), MFA in Studio Art, Baltimore, MD; Visiting Artist (lecture & studio visits)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
CURRENT:
Art Explorers, Fort Bragg, CA: Teacher
Mendocino College, Ukiah, CA: Adjunct Faculty Fine Art
2nd Sea Studio: Virtual Fine Art Workshops
PAST:
The Albion Elementary School, Albion, CA; Teaching Artist
Bement School, Deerfield, MA; Substitute Teacher Visual Arts
The Branson School, Ross, CA; Teaching Artist-in-Residence
Cairo American College, Cairo, Egypt; Teaching Artist-in-Residence
The Comptche Elementary School, Comptche, CA; Teaching Artist
Form & Concept, Santa Fe, NM; Teaching Artist
The Galloway School, Atlanta, GA; Teaching Artist
Image Flow, Mill Valley, CA; Teaching Artist
Ink.Paper.Plate, Point Reyes Station, CA; Teaching Artist
Inverness A-Frame, Inverness, CA; Teaching Artist
KALA Art Institute, Berkeley, CA; Teaching Artist
Little Artistas, San Francisco, CA: Substitute Teacher
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD; Adjunct Faculty
Mendocino K-8, Mendocino, CA; Teaching Artist
Montessori Del Mar, Fort Bragg, CA; Teaching Artist
San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA; Teaching Artist
Sawmill Studio, Oakland, CA; Teaching Artist
Textile Art Center, Brooklyn, NY; Teaching Artist
Workshop SF, San Francisco, CA; Teaching Artist
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023-24
Art Explorers, Fort Bragg, CA; gallery curator
2019-21
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD; MFAST program coordinator
2012-13
Lost Coast Culture Machine, Fort Bragg, CA; programming committee member
2011-12
Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH; studio assistant
2007-12
Robert Kushner (painter), New York, NY; studio assistant
2010-11
Yvonne Jacquette (painter), New York, NY; studio assistant
2010
Specific Object, New York, NY; digital archivist
2007-08
Joyce Kozloff (painter), New York, NY; studio assistant
2007
Brand X Editions, New York, NY; studio assistant
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022
Tamra Testerman. “Continuance Opens at the Fechin.” Tempo, Feb. 10, 2022. 12-13.
2021
Solange Roberdeau. “In/Formal Conversations.” Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, IA: catalogue essay.
Brooke Sahni, Before I Had The Word, (Huntsville: Texas Review Press, 2021): cover.
2020
Solange Roberdeau. “Monument”, Municipal Bonds for Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA: artist statement for the exhibition.
2019
Devreaux Baker, Hungry Ghosts, (San Francisco: Wild Ocean Press, 2018): cover.
2017
Solange Roberdeau. “A Motion to Move Forward.” Ground Up, Issue 06: Of Process, Cristina Bejarano and Gene Stroman eds. (Berkeley, CA: UC Berkeley Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, 2017): 94 - 99.
2011
Solange Roberdeau, "One Picture/One Paragraph: Calico,” Saint Lucy Publications, one picture/one paragraph, 2011. https://saint-lucy.com/one-picture-one-paragraph/solange-roberdeau/
2009
Brian Shure, Magical Secrets about Chine Collé: Pasting, Printing, Mounting, and Leafing Step-by-Step, (San Francisco: Crown Point Press, 2009): 131.
INTERNSHIPS/VOLUNTEER/ART DONATIONS
2022
Access Institute, “Spectrum Gala & Art Auction”, San Francisco, CA: art donation
2019
Creative Growth, “Beyond Trend”, Oakland, CA: volunteer
ArtSpace, “Chromaphilia ArtSpace Benefit”, New Haven, CT: art donation
2018
Textile Art Center, “Give Back Holiday Market”, New York, NY: art donation
2017/18
“California Fire Help”, San Francisco, CA: art donation
2016/17
Textile Art Center, “Give Back Holiday Market”, New York, NY: art donation
2015
Ortega y Gasset Projects, “Ortega 100”, Brooklyn, NY: art donation
2015
The Museum of International Folk Art, “The International Folk Art Market”, Santa Fe, NM: volunteer
2014
“California Sparks: Place of Inspiration and Romance”, Santa Rosa, CA: art donation
2013
Sylvia Rivera Law Project, ”Small Works for Big Change 2013”, New York, NY: art donation
2009
Printed Matter at P.S.1 Artists' Book Fair, Long Island City, NY: volunteer
2007
Lower East Side Print Shop, New York, NY: internship with master printer Jamie Miller
2005
Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center Printshop, Maui, HI: internship with master printer Paul Mullowney
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
Municipal Bonds, San Francisco, CA