JOE ROBERTS
cloud creek, 2023
acrylic on wood panel
14 x 11 in
35.6 x 27.9 cm
cloud creek, 2023
acrylic on wood panel
14 x 11 in
35.6 x 27.9 cm
cloud creek, 2023
acrylic on wood panel
14 x 11 in
35.6 x 27.9 cm
Joe Roberts (b. 1976, Madison, WI) was raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Roberts moved to San Francisco from the Midwest to write graffiti and do board graphics but somehow stumbled into transcendence. Most people trudge though the everyday to, once in a while, touch on revelatory insight though either a psychedelic experience or a direct experience of reality. Seldom are these experiences fused, outside of Joe’s art. His work directly transmits that encounter, which is non-verbal, hyper-visual, and immediate. The fewer words we use to introduce his work, the better. He would want if that way, but he would never say so outside of his work.
- Text by Ted Barrow
Joe Roberts (b. 1976, Madison, WI) was raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Roberts studied at the San Francisco Institute. Solo presentations include Club Rhubarb, Fuse Gallery, Los Angeles; Marlborough, New York City; Capital, San Francisco; and Home Alone Gallery, New York City. His work was included in group shows at The Luggage Store, San Francisco; SHRINE, New York City; MASH Gallery, Los Angeles; Galerie Steinsland Berliner, Stockholm, Sweden; and SITUATIONS, New York City. Roberts lives and works in San Francisco, CA.