John Roloff

bio
                            
works
                            
John Roloff
San Francisco Wharf Complex/American Industrial Center/ Towards a Geologic Narrative (Data Reservoir/Sheared)
2015
inkjet print on paper
John Roloff
San Francisco Wharf Complex/American Industrial Center/ Towards a Geologic Narrative
2015
single channel HD video, silent, 00:5:30
John Roloff
San Francisco Wharf Complex: Coral Orchid/Seamount, 2012, and San Francisco Wharf Complex: Sea Knot (Meso- zoic/ Holocene Seas), 2012
2012
inkjet print on paper
40h x 96w in
John Roloff
Study III: Expanded Ceramics/Earth/Biome Ship Vectors/ Anthropocene/Tertiary/Quaternary
2021
inkjet print on paper
24h x 48w in
John Roloff
Site Study I: Expanded Ceramics/Museum Displacement/ Natural/Agrarian Systems
2021
inkjet print on paper
24h x 48w in
John Roloff
Expanded Ceramics: Plow/Nutrient Studies // Ceramics/ Earth Reversal/Peat Extraction
2021
inkjet print on paper
24h x 28w in
John Roloff
Site Study II: Expanded Ceramics/Museum Displacement/ Natural/Agrarian Systems (Inversion)
2021
inkjet print on paper
24h x 48w in
John Roloff
Study: Land/Sea Ship Terranes/Western Cordillera
concept circa 1976 - updated 2020
inkjet print on paper
60h x 36w in
John Roloff
Vector Ship: Vascular Sea/Ancient Sunlight III
2023
ceramic, stains, fused silica, glass, silicone, wood, acrylic vitrine
21h x 56 1/2w x 12d in
John Roloff
Vector Ship: Vascular Sea/Iron Rain II
2023
ceramic, stains, fused silica, glass, silicone, wood, acrylic vitrine
21h x 56 1/2w x 12d in
John Roloff
Vector Ship Transect: Vascular Mantle/Ancient Sunlight
2023
ceramic, stains, fused silica, glass, silicone, wood, acrylic vitrine
21h x 56 1/2w x 12d in
John Roloff
Vector Ship: Vascular Sea/Ancient Sunlight II
2023
ceramic, stains, fused silica, glass, silicone, wood, acrylic vitrine
21h x 56 1/2w x 12d in
John Roloff
Vector Ship: Vascular Sea/Iron Rain I
2023
ceramic, stains, fused silica, glass, silicone, wood, acrylic vitrine
21h x 56 1/2w x 12d in
John Roloff
Vector Ship: Vascular Sea/Ancient Sunlight I
2023
ceramic, stains, fused silica, glass, silicone, wood, acrylic vitrine
21h x 56 1/2w x 12d in
John Roloff
Meta-site Flag: Vascular Facies (Serpentinite/Chlorophyll)
2023
duplex printed satin, canvas, grommets
42h x 96w in
John Roloff
Meta-site Flag: Vascular Facies (Iron Rain/Hemoglobin) I
2023
duplex printed satin, canvas, grommets
42h x 96w in
John Roloff
Meta-site Flag: Vascular Facies (Hemoglobin/Chlorophyll) II
2023
duplex printed satin, canvas, grommets
42h x 96w in
John Roloff
Meta-site Flag: Vascular Facies (Iron Rain/Hemoglobin) I
2023
duplex printed satin, canvas, grommets
42h x 96w in
John Roloff
L/S Ship (Silicate Sea)
2019
Ceramic, glass, silicone, wood and acrylic vitrine
21¼ × 56½ × 12 inches
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Education


1973

MA Art, California State University, Humboldt, Arcata, CA


1970

BA Art, BS Geology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA


1966

American River Junior College, Sacramento, CA


Select Solo Exhibitions


2023

Sentient Terrains, Anglim/Trimble, San Francisco, CA


2022

Venice Substructure Complex, Archivio Emily Harvey, Venice, Italy


2019

The Sea Within the Land 1980-2019, Anglim Gilbert Gallery, San Francisco, CA


2012

The Sea Within the Sea, Sherwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA


Select Group Exhibitions


2022

Synapse 15: Intersections of Art and Science, Myers School of Art, University of Akron, Akron, OH (curated by Mathew Kolodziej, (catalog)


2022

Divinations, with Neil Forrest, Sheraton Grand Hotel, NCECA Conference, Sacramento, CA


2019

Strange, UC Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA

Two Sites with a Similar Problem, with Neil Forrest, Architecture Library, Rapson Hall, University of  Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.


2018

40 by 40: The Fortieth Anniversary Exhibition, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA (curated by Michael Schwager, catalog). 


2017

Diderot/Forrest/Roloff, Furthermore Gallery, OCAC/PNCA Studios, Portland, OR

Organic Logic: Howard Fried, John Roloff, Mark Thompson, The Garage Gallery, 500 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA


2015

Retrospective, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA

Hydrarchy: Power, Globalization and the Sea, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA


2014

Sym.bi.osis: Art and Science Intersects, Robert F. Agrella Art Gallery, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA (curated by Debra Lehane and Satri Pencak)


2013

Solid Concept, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA


Select Collections


National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA

de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA

Achenbach Foundation, San Francisco, CA

Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA

Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI

Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, Alfred, NY

University Art Museum, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

Newport Harbor Museum, Newport Beach, CA

Museum of American Crafts, New York, NY

Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO

Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA

Lannon Foundation, Palm Beach, FL

Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC

Weisman Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV

Colorado Collection, University of Colorado Art Museum, Boulder, CO

Robert Pfannebecker, Lancaster, PA

Hootkin Collection, New York, NY

Rene deRosa Collection, Napa, CA

Djerassi Foundation, Woodside, CA.

Fung/Talley Collection, Carmel, Woodside, CA

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