Caroline Roberts explores the uneasy relationship between people and the wildness of the natural world. She prefers alternative processes, especially lumens and cyanotypes, for their inherent, wild unpredictability. Her highly experimental practice mirrors our human attempts to understand and control nature through systems of knowledge, such as museum displays. She disrupts and pushes the boundaries of her processes, highlighting the fragmentary nature of knowing and discovery. Her work ranges in size from unique prints to delicate books to room-size installations.
Roberts’ has a background in Chemical Engineering and an MFA in Painting from the University of Houston. Her solo and small group exhibitions include The Printing Museum, HCC Southwest, BOX13 ArtSpace, Lawndale Art Center and San Jacinto college in Houston, Texas, as well as A Smith Gallery, Austin, Texas, and Anzenberger Gallery, Austria. She has been a resident at The Printing Museum and at BOX13 ArtSpace, and she teaches cyanotype printing processes at The Printing Museum.
Often found hiking in state and national parks, she lives and works in Houston, Texas where there is ample sunshine for alternative processes!
