Josie Love Roebuck
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Josie Love Roebuck (b. 1995) is an interdisciplinary artist from Chattanooga, TN. Her process addresses, hardships and resilience, exclusions and triumphs, and ultimately, the path to healing. Past series have focused on her lived experiences as a biracial woman reflecting on her own childhood to convey stories of her life and that of her family’s.
Roebuck received her M.F.A (2021) at the University of Cincinnati and her B.F.A with an emphasis in drawing and painting, from the University of Georgia (2019). She is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Northern Kentucky University.
Roebuck has exhibited at NADA House, NY with LatchKey Gallery, Denny Dimin Gallery, NY, Christie's at Rockefeller Plaza in collaboration with 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair. Additional exhibitions include Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH (2024), Kunstheille Krems Art Museum, Austria (2022) and Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH (2021). Her work is part of numerous private and public collections most notably, A. Boafo, Accra, Ghana, T. El Glaoui, London, UK, Jimenez-Colón Collection, San Juan, Puerto Rico Beth Rudin DeWoody, Florida, A. Shariat, Vienna, Austria, C. Shen, Brooklyn, NY and Espacio Tacuarí, Buenos Aires, Argentina
WORKS
We Can Grow or Wither, 2024
Screenprint ink, screenprint, upcycled fabric, upcycled tassel trim, upcycled trim, upcycled fabric, vintage hands, vintage candle fixture,
vintage doilies, soft pastel, fabric, and yarn
96 x 49 in. | 243.84 x 124.46 cm
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Combining embroidery and painting to create emotional narratives, Roebuck often reflects on her own childhood to convey stories of her experiences and that of her family’s.
Roebuck’s process itself is symbolic to the re-awakening of memory. Through the repetition of sewing - pushing and pulling needles, nails or awls through material - she considers the painful process in reliving trauma. Symbolizing the stages of struggle in the path to healing, Roebuck uses layers and shapes that fade the figure into camouflage, which acts as patterns of protection. The resulting images show the duality of pain and triumph, exclusion and acceptance.
This To Shall Pass , 2024
Screenprint ink, screenprint, upcycled fabric, tassel fringe trim, soft pastel, fabric, glass and metal beads, vintage patches, and yarn
44 x 29 in. | 111.76 x 73.66 cm
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We Are A Force I, 2024
Screenprint ink, fabric, soft pastel, crochet edge, and yarn
12 x 12 in. | 30.48 x 30.48 cm INQUIRE
We Are A Force VII, 2024
Screenprint ink, fabric, soft pastel, crochet edge, and yarn
12 x 12 in. | 30.48 x 30.48 cm
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We Are A Force VI, 2024
Screenprint ink, fabric, soft pastel, crochet edge, and yarn
12 x 12 in. | 30.48 x 30.48 cm
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Love That Women Could Mother, 2024
Screenprint ink, up-cycled fabric, crochet border, glass bead, rivet studs, upcycled rivet studs, upcycle button, upcycle bead, embroidery floss, pastel, fabric, and yarn
54 x 48 in.
137.16 x 121.92 cm
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