CV
EDUCATION & TRAINING
•London Metropolitan University School of Art, Architecture and Design, London, UK
MFA with distinction; LMU International Scholarship. 2019 - 2021
•Washington University School of Fine Art, St. Louis, Missouri, US
BFA with honors; Miliken Traveling Award. 1989 - 1993
•Erasmus project with LMU Centre for Urban and Built Ecologies, Community, Architecture, Migration, Participation Project, Belmonte Calabra, IT 2022
•The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, US, 2003-2004
•Temple University, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, US, 1998
•Santa Reparata Graphic Arts Centre, Florence, IT, 1992
•The Textile Museum, internship. Washington DC, US, 1988
AWARDED RESIDENCIES
Herekeke Arts Center. Lama, New Mexico, US. 2017
CentralTrak, University of Texas at Dallas, Texas, US. 2014
Cité Internationale des Arts Foundation, Paris, FR 1993
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Galerie Im Körnerpark, Anonymous Drawings 2022, Berlin DE
2021 London Metropolitan University, DECEM: MFA Thesis Exhibition, UK
2019 4COSE, The Power of Seven, London, UK
LondonMet Cass School of Art, Christmas Cracker, UK
2016 Santa Fe Arts Commission Gallery, Breaking the Block. Santa Fe, US
Gedok Gallery, Kunstpostelle, Berlin, DE
2015 Pennsylvania State University Gallery, The Unspoken, New Kensington, US
2014 Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Winter Group Show. Philadelphia, US
2013 Santa Fe Arts Commission Gallery, Viva Flora!. Santa Fe, US
2011 Center for Contemporary Art, 18 Days. Santa Fe, US
2009 Whitaker Center for Science & Arts, Ten Year Retrospective. Harrisburg, US
Salon Mar Graff, July Exhibition. Santa Fe, US
2008 Santa Fe Convention Center Community Gallery, ReNew. Santa Fe, US
2007 Chiaroscuro Gallery. Santa Fe, US
2005 Addison Arts Gallery. Santa Fe, US
2002 Locus Gallery. St. Louis, US
2000 International Print Triennial 2000, invitational traveling show. Cracow, PL
1999 University of Hawaii, 1999 Pacific Rim Internat’l Print Biennial. Hilo, US
1998 State Museum of Pennsylvania, Art of the State: 1998. Harrisburg, PA, US
1997 Artemisia Gallery. Carving the Forces of Change. Chicago, US
Pernod Liquid Art Award Exhibition. New York, US
1996 Galerie Egelund, Paper Road International Exhibition. Copenhagen, DK
Galeria Mesa, Inside Story. Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, US
University of Pittsburgh Gallery, Printmakers 1996. Pittsburgh, US
1995 Korean Cultural Center, 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Los Angeles, US
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 New Mexico Centennial Foundation, Romi Sloboda. Santa Fe, US
2011 Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Waiting for Rain. Philadelphia, US
2010 Omega Gallery, Wayne Ngan & Romi Sloboda. Vancouver, CA
2008 Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Works from Agua Fria. Philadelphia, US
2006 Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Works on Paper & Paintings. Philadelphia, US
2004 Center for Contemporary Arts, Vessel Preludes & Fugues. Wilmington, US
2004 Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Nine Cups and Other New Works. PA, US
2003 Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Seven Seasons. Philadelphia, US
2003 Whitaker Center for Science & the Arts, Romi Sloboda. Harrisburg, US
2001 Peng Gallery, Vessel. Philadelphia, US
1996 University City Library Gallery, Tilting the Jar, Spilling the Moon, US
1995 St. Louis Design Center, Songs to the Moon in the Well. St. Louis, US
WORKING EXPERIENCE
LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY, London, UK.
•Visiting Lecturer, September 2022
Tutor for a ceramics CPD course for secondary school art teachers.
•Print Technical Demonstrator, Sep-Nov 2021
Responsibilities as interim workshop technician included general maintenance and preparation in support of tutors and students for classes and independent study.
YANKEE LONDON STUDIO — 2021 - present
Self-employed artist, London.
RED PRESS STUDIOS — 1993 - 2019
Self-employed artist, St. Louis / Philadelphia / Santa Fe, US. Contract printing of large scale woodcut editions for artist Sandy Walker, 1993-2006.
SELF-EMPLOYED CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR — 1997 - 2019
Specializing in design-build consultancy, including remodeling.
NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF ART, SANTA FE, US — 2009 - 2015
Co-chair of Friends of Contemporary Art + Photography, a nonprofit, working with curators and staff to support acquisition of contemporary art through educational outreach, member activities and fundraising.
SANTA FE ARTS COMMISSION, SANTA FE, NM — SEP 2012
Guest judge; juried prizes for “City of Santa Fe Art Exhibit and Prize.”
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ART, ST LOUIS, US — MAY 2006
Visiting critic; formal critiques of undergraduate print students’ work.
RIVERS EDGE CIVIC ASSOCIATION, PHILADELPHIA, US — 1998 - 2005
Parks Secretary duties included coordinating maintenance and liaising with
City of Philadelphia agencies to oversee improvements and infrastructure.
AWARDS & GRANTS
•Santa Fe Arts Commission Prize. Santa Fe, New Mexico. 2015
•Art in Public Places Purchase Award, State of New Mexico. 2011
•Window of Opportunity Award, The Leeway Foundation.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2000-01
•Acquisition Award, Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.
Honolulu, Hawaii. 1999
•Pernod Liquid Art Fourth Annual Awards. New York, 1997
•Westinghouse Purchase Award, Pittsburgh Print Group. 1996
•Honoree at St. Louis Salute to Women Artists, National Association of Women Business Owners, Women’s Caucus for the Arts and Artists’ Guild. St. Louis, Missouri. 1996
PUBLIC TALKS
•London Metropolitan University, guest speaker: Digital Media and the US Presidential Election, 2020
•Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, 2004
•St. Louis Women’s Caucus for the Arts, 1996
COLLECTIONS
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Georgia, US
Hawaii State Art Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, US
State of New Mexico Collection, New Mexico, US
Barnes Jewish Children’s Hospitals Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, US
HK International Design, Potomac, Maryland, US
Missouri Baptist Hospital Women’s Center, St. Louis, Missouri, US
Nicaya Conseil, Venelles, FR
Westinghouse Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
PRESS
http://www.romisloboda.com/press.html
•London Metropolitan University School of Art, Architecture and Design, London, UK
MFA with distinction; LMU International Scholarship. 2019 - 2021
•Washington University School of Fine Art, St. Louis, Missouri, US
BFA with honors; Miliken Traveling Award. 1989 - 1993
•Erasmus project with LMU Centre for Urban and Built Ecologies, Community, Architecture, Migration, Participation Project, Belmonte Calabra, IT 2022
•The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, US, 2003-2004
•Temple University, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, US, 1998
•Santa Reparata Graphic Arts Centre, Florence, IT, 1992
•The Textile Museum, internship. Washington DC, US, 1988
AWARDED RESIDENCIES
Herekeke Arts Center. Lama, New Mexico, US. 2017
CentralTrak, University of Texas at Dallas, Texas, US. 2014
Cité Internationale des Arts Foundation, Paris, FR 1993
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Galerie Im Körnerpark, Anonymous Drawings 2022, Berlin DE
2021 London Metropolitan University, DECEM: MFA Thesis Exhibition, UK
2019 4COSE, The Power of Seven, London, UK
LondonMet Cass School of Art, Christmas Cracker, UK
2016 Santa Fe Arts Commission Gallery, Breaking the Block. Santa Fe, US
Gedok Gallery, Kunstpostelle, Berlin, DE
2015 Pennsylvania State University Gallery, The Unspoken, New Kensington, US
2014 Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Winter Group Show. Philadelphia, US
2013 Santa Fe Arts Commission Gallery, Viva Flora!. Santa Fe, US
2011 Center for Contemporary Art, 18 Days. Santa Fe, US
2009 Whitaker Center for Science & Arts, Ten Year Retrospective. Harrisburg, US
Salon Mar Graff, July Exhibition. Santa Fe, US
2008 Santa Fe Convention Center Community Gallery, ReNew. Santa Fe, US
2007 Chiaroscuro Gallery. Santa Fe, US
2005 Addison Arts Gallery. Santa Fe, US
2002 Locus Gallery. St. Louis, US
2000 International Print Triennial 2000, invitational traveling show. Cracow, PL
1999 University of Hawaii, 1999 Pacific Rim Internat’l Print Biennial. Hilo, US
1998 State Museum of Pennsylvania, Art of the State: 1998. Harrisburg, PA, US
1997 Artemisia Gallery. Carving the Forces of Change. Chicago, US
Pernod Liquid Art Award Exhibition. New York, US
1996 Galerie Egelund, Paper Road International Exhibition. Copenhagen, DK
Galeria Mesa, Inside Story. Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, US
University of Pittsburgh Gallery, Printmakers 1996. Pittsburgh, US
1995 Korean Cultural Center, 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Los Angeles, US
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 New Mexico Centennial Foundation, Romi Sloboda. Santa Fe, US
2011 Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Waiting for Rain. Philadelphia, US
2010 Omega Gallery, Wayne Ngan & Romi Sloboda. Vancouver, CA
2008 Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Works from Agua Fria. Philadelphia, US
2006 Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Works on Paper & Paintings. Philadelphia, US
2004 Center for Contemporary Arts, Vessel Preludes & Fugues. Wilmington, US
2004 Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Nine Cups and Other New Works. PA, US
2003 Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Seven Seasons. Philadelphia, US
2003 Whitaker Center for Science & the Arts, Romi Sloboda. Harrisburg, US
2001 Peng Gallery, Vessel. Philadelphia, US
1996 University City Library Gallery, Tilting the Jar, Spilling the Moon, US
1995 St. Louis Design Center, Songs to the Moon in the Well. St. Louis, US
WORKING EXPERIENCE
LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY, London, UK.
•Visiting Lecturer, September 2022
Tutor for a ceramics CPD course for secondary school art teachers.
•Print Technical Demonstrator, Sep-Nov 2021
Responsibilities as interim workshop technician included general maintenance and preparation in support of tutors and students for classes and independent study.
YANKEE LONDON STUDIO — 2021 - present
Self-employed artist, London.
RED PRESS STUDIOS — 1993 - 2019
Self-employed artist, St. Louis / Philadelphia / Santa Fe, US. Contract printing of large scale woodcut editions for artist Sandy Walker, 1993-2006.
SELF-EMPLOYED CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR — 1997 - 2019
Specializing in design-build consultancy, including remodeling.
NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF ART, SANTA FE, US — 2009 - 2015
Co-chair of Friends of Contemporary Art + Photography, a nonprofit, working with curators and staff to support acquisition of contemporary art through educational outreach, member activities and fundraising.
SANTA FE ARTS COMMISSION, SANTA FE, NM — SEP 2012
Guest judge; juried prizes for “City of Santa Fe Art Exhibit and Prize.”
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ART, ST LOUIS, US — MAY 2006
Visiting critic; formal critiques of undergraduate print students’ work.
RIVERS EDGE CIVIC ASSOCIATION, PHILADELPHIA, US — 1998 - 2005
Parks Secretary duties included coordinating maintenance and liaising with
City of Philadelphia agencies to oversee improvements and infrastructure.
AWARDS & GRANTS
•Santa Fe Arts Commission Prize. Santa Fe, New Mexico. 2015
•Art in Public Places Purchase Award, State of New Mexico. 2011
•Window of Opportunity Award, The Leeway Foundation.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2000-01
•Acquisition Award, Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.
Honolulu, Hawaii. 1999
•Pernod Liquid Art Fourth Annual Awards. New York, 1997
•Westinghouse Purchase Award, Pittsburgh Print Group. 1996
•Honoree at St. Louis Salute to Women Artists, National Association of Women Business Owners, Women’s Caucus for the Arts and Artists’ Guild. St. Louis, Missouri. 1996
PUBLIC TALKS
•London Metropolitan University, guest speaker: Digital Media and the US Presidential Election, 2020
•Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, 2004
•St. Louis Women’s Caucus for the Arts, 1996
COLLECTIONS
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Georgia, US
Hawaii State Art Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, US
State of New Mexico Collection, New Mexico, US
Barnes Jewish Children’s Hospitals Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, US
HK International Design, Potomac, Maryland, US
Missouri Baptist Hospital Women’s Center, St. Louis, Missouri, US
Nicaya Conseil, Venelles, FR
Westinghouse Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
PRESS
http://www.romisloboda.com/press.html
