Romi Sloboda
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Romi Sloboda was born in the United States and spent her childhood living in both the United States and her mother’s native city, Seoul, Korea. She studied printmaking at the School of Fine Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, and at the Santa Reparata Graphic Arts Centre in Florence, Italy. After living in Paris during a residency fellowship at the Cité International des Arts Fondation, she returned to the United States and moved to Philadelphia,  for eight years, before moving to Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States. 

Exhibition Record
Selected Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2011  Waiting for Rain. Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2010  Wayne Ngan & Romi Sloboda. Omega Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

2008  Works from Agua Fria. Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2006  Works on Paper & Paintings. Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2004  Vessel Preludes & Fugues. Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington,Delaware
          Nine Cups and Other New Works. Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2003  Seven Seasons. Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
          Romi Sloboda. Whitaker Center for Science & the Arts, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
2001  Vessel. Peng Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1996  Tilting the Jar, Spilling the Moon. University City Public Library Gallery, Missouri
1995  Songs to the Moon in the Well. St. Louis Design Center, St. Louis, Missouri


Selected Group Exhibitions
2019   4COSE, The Power of Seven, London, UK
           Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design, Cracker '19, London UK
2018  
The Columbus Museum, H♀LOGRAPH: Women on Paper. Columbus, Georgia.
          
Santa Fe Community Gallery, Nature & Art: Source, Subject and Spirit. Santa Fe, NM
2016   Santa Fe Community Gallery, Breaking the Block. Santa Fe, New Mexico 
2015   Pennsylvania State University Gallery, The Unspoken. Kensington, Pennsylvania
           Santa Fe Community Gallery, Common Ground. Santa Fe, New Mexico 
    
          Boxheart Gallery, The Unspoken, traveling exhibition. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2014  Rodger LaPelle Galleries. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2013  Santa Fe Community Gallery, Viva Flora!. Santa Fe, New Mexico
2011   Center for Contemporary Art, 18 Days. Santa Fe, New Mexico
2010   Rodger LaPelle Galleries. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2009  Whitaker Center for Science & the Arts, Ten Year Retrospective. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
           Salon Mar Graff, July Exhibition. Santa Fe, New Mexico
           Santa Fe Community Gallery, Monoprints. Santa Fe, New Mexico
           Rodger LaPelle Galleries. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2008   Santa Fe Community Gallery, ReNew. Santa Fe, New Mexico
2007   Chiaroscuro Gallery. Santa Fe, New Mexico
           Rodger LaPelle Galleries. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2006   Addison Arts Gallery. Santa Fe, New Mexico
2005   Rodger LaPelle Galleries. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
           Addison Arts Gallery. Santa Fe, New Mexico
2002   Locus Gallery. St. Louis, Missouri
2000   International Print Triennial 2000, invitational traveling show. Cracow, Poland
           Peng Gallery. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1999   University of Hawaii, 1999 Pacific Rim International Print Biennial. Hilo, Hawaii
           Peng Gallery. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1998   State Museum of Pennsylvania, Art of the State. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
1997   Artemisia Gallery, Carving the Forces of Change. Chicago, Illinois
           Pernod Liquid Art Award Exhibition. New York, New York
           Spiva Center for the Arts, 47th SPIVA Annual Competition. Joplin, Missouri
1996   Galerie Egelund, Paper Road International Exhibition. Copenhagen, Denmark
           Galeria Mesa, Mesa Arts Center, Inside Story. Mesa, Arizona
           University Art Gallery, University of Pittsburgh, Printmakers 1996. Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania
           Maryville University, New Abstractions. St. Louis, Missouri
1995   Korean Cultural Center, 25th Anniversary Exhibition. Los Angeles, California


Residencies
Herekeke Arts Center, Lama, New Mexico, 2017
​University of Texas at Dallas CentralTrak Residency, 2014
Cité International des Arts Fondation. Paris, France, 1993


Grants & Awards
2019  International Students House/London Metropolitan University scholarship
2001   Window of Opportunity Award grant, The Leeway Foundation. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2000   Window of Opportunity Award grant, The Leeway Foundation. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1999   Acquisition award, Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii
1997   Showcased artist, Pernod Liquid Art Fourth Annual Awards. New York, New York
           Honorable Mention Award, 47th Annual SPIVA Art Competition. , Missouri 
1996   Westinghouse Purchase Award, Pittsburgh Print Group. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
           Honoree, St. Louis “Salute to Women Artists”, sponsored by the National Association of             Women Business Owners, St. Louis Women’s Caucus for the Arts, St. Louis Artists’ Guild
1993   Grace Miliken Traveling Award scholarship. Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
1992   Marsha Hertzman Blasingame Prize in printmaking. Washington University 
1991   Edmund Henry Wuerpal drawing award. Washington University 
1989   Chancellor Merit Scholarship. Washington University


Selected Public and Private Collections
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Georgia
Hawaii State Art Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii    
State of New Mexico, Art in Public Places, City Hall, Lovington, New Mexico
Barnes Jewish Children’s Hospitals Inc., St. Louis, Missouri
HK International Design
Missouri Baptist Hospital Women’s Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Westinghouse Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 
Nicaya Conseil, Venelles, France

Publications
Karrie Ross, "Artists, Art and Story: A Moment in Time, 2017"

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (February 25, 2018) English
ISBN-10: 1986004228 ISBN-13: 978-1986004220


Selected Bibliography
  • Debbie Black, "Penn State New Kensington exhibit features works created through visual communication", Pittburgh Tribune-Review, July 2015
  • Mia Johnson, "Romi Sloboda and Wayne Ngan", Preview - The Gallery Guide, November 2010
  • Victoria Donohoe, "American Abstract Artists: Muscle and Rain”, review of Waiting for Rain, The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 2011
  • R.B. Strauss, "First Friday of a New Age," review of Works from Agua Fria, The [Philadelphia] Weekly Press, November 2008 
  • Caitlin Gutekunst, "November’s First Friday," review of Works on Paper & Paintings.                 www.fallonandrosof.blogspot.com 2006
  • Edward J. Sozanski, "Korean Ghosts", review of Nine Cups and Other New Works, The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 2004
  • R.B. Strauss, "Delaware Roundup," review of Vessel Preludes & Fugues, Art Matters, June 2004 
  • Burt Wasserman, "Natural Selection," review of Seven Seasons, Primetime Arts & Entertainment, December 2003 
  • Roberta Fallon, "Nice and Old," review. www.fallonandrosof.blogspot.com. (sloboda 11/03) 
  • R.B. Strauss, "Spirited and Spiritual," review of Seven Seasons. The [Philadelphia] Weekly Press, November 2003 
  • Jeff Daniel, "Four Parts, Harmonic Whole," review of Tilting the Jar, Spilling the Moon, St. Louis Post Dispatch, May 1996 
  • Jeff Daniel, "Surging with Spontaneity," profile. St. Louis Post Dispatch, April 1996 
  • Jeff Daniel, "Songs to the Moon in the Well," review of Songs to the Moon in the Well, St. Louis Post Dispatch, September 1995
  • Central West End Journal, "Sloboda Works with Oriental Elements," review of Songs to the Moon in the Well, August, 1995

Education
Washington University School of Fine Arts, St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
     Diploma in Fine Arts with honors, concentration in printmaking.
Santa Reparata Graphic Arts Centre, Florence, Italy. Printmaking session.
The Textile Museum, Washington D.C., United States. Internship.

Related Skills & Activities
  • New Mexico Museum of Art, Friends of Contemporary Art, Chair, 2009-2015
  • Guest judge, Santa Fe Arts Commission “Common Ground: City of Santa Fe Art Exhibit and Prize,” 2012
  • Visiting critic, Washington University School of Fine Arts. St. Louis. Missouri, 2006 
  • Presentation, Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, Delaware, 2004 
  • Artist's talk, St. Louis Women’s Caucus for the Arts, St. Louis, Missouri, 1996 
  • Contract printer for artist Sandy Walker 1993 - 2006


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