SOLO

2024               Finding Form, Turn Park Art Space, West Stockbridge, MA

2024               Always, and the Lake, McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH

2023               Where Things Set, Brattleboro, Museum of Art, Brattleboro, VT

2023               Something at this Distance, 57w57arts, NY, NY            

2021        Between Uncertainty, Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA              

2020 Light in the Middle of the Day, Ready Wipe Gallery, Holyoke MA

2018               Then Again, Anna Kaplan Contemporary, Buffalo, NY

2018               Objects and Color, Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2016                Early One Morning, BT&C Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2015                In Conversation, Hermitage Museum and Gardens, Norfolk, VA

2015                Some Things, BT&C Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2014                The Shape of the Afternoon, deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA

2010                The Other Landscapes, Alan Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

2009                Inside/out, Laumeier Sculpture Park and Museum, St Louis, MO

2009                Wonder, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL

2008                Becoming Blurred, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2007                Blurred, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA

2006                At Play, Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2004                Dressing, Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2002                Trace, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY

TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2022       Future Fair, Raft of Sanity and Garvey Simon Gallery, with Sandy Litchfield 

2022 Duality: Sculptures by Roberley Bell and Paintings by Sandy Litchfield, The Raft Gallery, Buffalo and Brooklyn, NY  

2021       Positions and Props, with Sandy Litchfield, A.P.E. LTD, Northampton, MA

FELLOWSHIPS, RESIDENCIES, awards

2024    Artist Residency, Monson Arts Residency, Monson, ME

2023             Public Art Learning Grant, New England Foundation for the Arts, Boston, MA

2022 Research Residency, Malmo University, Department of Urban Studies, Malmö, Sweden 

2022           Artist Residency, Hewnoaks, Lovell, ME

2021        Artist Residency, Westport Land Trust, Westport, MA

2020 Artist Residency, Cite International, Paris, France

2017                Research Residency, Hillwood Museum and Gardens, Washington, DC

2017                Fulbright Specialist, Sharjah, UAE

2016                Artist Residency, Institute for Electronic Arts, Alfred, NY

2016                Artist Residency, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY

2015                Artist Residency, Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA

2014                Fulbright Specialist, Istanbul, Turkey

2012                Grant, Dave Bown Project

2012                Fellowship, Turkish Cultural Foundation

2011                Grant, Puffin Foundation, Teaneck, NJ

2010                Fulbright Senior Scholar, Istanbul, Turkey

2009                Artist Residency, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA

2007                Artist Residency, Kunstlerhaus Stadt Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

2004                Year in Review Award, Public Art Network

2003                Book Production Grant, Women Studio workshop, Rosedale, NY

2001                Fellowship, Pollock Krasner, New York, NY

2001                Fellowship, New York Foundation for The Arts, NY, NY

2001                Individual Artist Grant, Community Based Projects, New York Council on the Arts, NY, NY

2000                Studio Residency, International Studio Program, NY, NY

2000                Work Space Residency, Dieu Donne Paper Mill, NY, NY

PUBLIC  PROJECTS

2023               Here, There, Back Again, Canal Side, Buffalo, NY

2023 The Landscape Stares Back, Turn Park, West Stockbridge, MA

2022               Playscape Seating, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA

2021       Social Seating, Pynchon Plaza, Springfield, MA

2021           I Remember a Tree, Westport Land Trust, Westport, MA

2019  Lake Erie Benches, Oleatha Wilson Park, Cleveland, OH

2018               Crosstown, Contemporary Art Museum, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

2017                From this Window, Stanec, Toronto, Ontario, CN

2016                Locus Amoenus, Tifft Nature Preserve, public project of the Albright Knox Art Museum Buffalo, NY

2014                Chasing the Sky, Albany International Airport, Albany, NY

2012                Tree Seat, streetscape project, Rochester, NY

2011                Desk Projects, Gallery 5533, Istanbul, Turkey

2010                Flora & Fauna, International Terminal, Philadelphia Airport, PA

2009                Paradise re-made, Tower Kronprinz, Kaliningrad, Russia

2008                Gates, Costa Lopez Park, Cambridge, MA

2008                Bloom for Burchfield, Burchfield Art Center, Buffalo, NY

2008                Hovering, Abington Art Center, Philadelphia, PA

2007                Anomaly, I Park, East Haddam, CT

2004                Second Nature, Gardens 2004, Grant Park, Chicago, IL               

    

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024               Allmänningar och Stråk, Form/Design Center, Malmö, Sweden

2023 Rotational Invitational, Marquee Projects, Bellport, NY

2022               Split and Becloud, Hyde Collection, Glenn Falls, NY 

2022               Mappings, Design Building Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA   

2019 Avant Gardens, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI

2019 Best Foot Forward, Sibley Art Space, Rochester, NY 

2017               Out of Site, Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA

2017               Wanderlust, University of Buffalo Fine Arts Center Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2016               Nature Pops, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY

2016 Urban Explorations-Works and Words, Medea Lab Gallery, Malmö, Sweden

2015               Compartment, Lyric Theater, Rochester, NY

2013               Second Nature, Albany Airport Gallery, Albany, NY

2013 Beyond Nature, University of North Texas galleries, Denton, Texas

2012               Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair, Istanbul Turkey, represented by Alan Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

2012 The World According To… Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2011                Pulse Miami, Miami, FL, represented by Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2011                Secret Garden, Denise Bibro Gallery, NY, NY

2011                Figuration and Disconnects, University of Buffalo Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2010               Winter Salon, Denise Bibro Gallery, NY, NY

2010               Art Miami, Miami, FL, represented by Denise Bibro Gallery, NY, NY

2008               Aqua Art Fair, Miami, FL, represented by Curators Office, Washington DC

2008               Fantastical Imaginings, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE    

2007                Beyond in Western New York, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY

2006                SCOPE, Miami, FL, represented by The Curators Office Washington, DC 

2006                Epoch, Coffer Gallery Toronto, Ontario, CN

2006                Garden, Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond, VA

2006                Among the Trees, Visual Art Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ

2005                SCOPE, New York represented by Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2005               Art Miami, represented by Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2004                Works on Paper, Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2004                Public Art Artist's Proposals, Meghan Gallery, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA

2003                Public Art Biennial, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY

2003                New Prints, International Print Center, NY, NY

2002                Pushing Paper, Hand Workshop, Richmond, VA

2001                Paper remix, Dieu Donne Paper Mill, NY, NY

2001                Books at Evergreen, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

2001                Small Treasures, Fassbender-Stevens gallery, Chicago, IL

2000               The View from Here, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia

2000               Welcome, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY

LECTURES and WORKSHOPS

2024   Walking Workshop, Sensory Observation in the City, Form Design Center, Malmö, Sweden

2022 Walking Workshop, Reading Landmarks, Brattleboro Museum of Art, Brattleboro, VT

2022    Walking Workshop, One Foot Before the Other, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden

2022  Walking Workshop, Where is Home, Växtvärket, Malmö, Sweden

2022 Artist Lecture, In and Out of the Studio, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

2021               Walking Workshop, From the Meadow to the Woodlands, Westport Land Trust, Westport, MA

2021               Artist Talk, Studio to the Landscape, DeDe Shattuck Gallery, Westport, MA

2019               Artist Lecture and Critiques, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD

2017               Reading, Do You Know this Tree? Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY

2017               Conversation with Tate Shaw, Director Visual Studies Workshop, Center for the Arts Gallery, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

2017               Walking Workshop, American University of Sharjah School of Architecture, Sharjah, UAE

2016              Artist Lecture and Critiques, Rinehart School of Sculpture, MICA, Baltimore, MD

2016               Walking Workshop, American University of Sharjah School of Architecture, Sharjah, UAE

2016              Conversation with Curator Rachel Adams, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY

2015              Artist Lecture, School of Art, Alfred University, Alfred, NY

2015               Walking Workshop, Architecture Program, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden

2014              Walking Workshop, (Fulbright Specialist), Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, KOC University, Istanbul, Turkey

2014               Conversation with Curator Lexi lee Sullivan, The Shape of The Afternoon, deCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA

2014               Lecture, Artifacts and the Landscape: Thought on Sculpture, Hermitage Museum Norfolk, VA

2014              Visiting Artist Lecture and Critique, Making with Technology, Art Department, SUNY New Paltz 

2013              Artist Lecture, An Artist’s Life in the Garden and Classroom, Alfred University, Alfred, NY

2012               Artist Lecture, “Fulbright Demystified.” - Art Links, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO

2012              Artist Lecture, Western Arizona University, Yuma, AZ

2012               Workshop, Finding Form, Yuma Art Symposium, Yuma, AZ

2012              Workshop, Studio Practice: Chautauqua Institute School of Art, Chautauqua, NY, two weeks (also 09,08,07)

2011                Visiting Artist, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2011                Workshop, Mapping as Walking as Learning to See the Digital Age, ISEA Conference, Istanbul, Turkey 

2010                Workshop, Intervention in Public Transport, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, one month 

2010                Artist Lecture, Minmar Sinan University, Istanbul, Turkey

2010                Artist Lecture, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey

2010                Lecture, Art Play with Nature, Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey

2009                Artist Lecture, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL

2008                Artist Lecture, Burchfield Penny Art Center, Buffalo, NY

2008                Artist Lecture and Critique, Weber State University, Ogden, UT

2007               Artist Lecture, Transact Institute, Linz, Austria

2006                Workshop, Design as Seeing as Thinking, (UNESCO) Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey, (one week) 

2005                Artist Lecture and Critique, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey

2005                Artist Lecture, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY

2003                Artist Lecture and Workshop, University of Miami, Miami, FL

2003                Workshop, “Sculpture: Ideas and Solutions”, Anderson Ranch Snowmass, CO, two weeks (also 2001)

2002                Workshop, Preparing for the First Year, Summer Design Institute, Cooper, Hewitt National Design Museum, NY, NY

2001                Artist Lecture, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

2001                Artist Lecture, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

2000               Workshop, “Land Use”, Albion, MI, one week

2000               Artist Lecture, “Public Art and Community”, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

EDUCATION

State University of New York College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, New York, MFA, Sculpture                                              

University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, BFA