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John Roloff
American sculptor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John Roloff (b. 1947) is an American sculptor and conceptual craft artist.[1] He is known for his site-specific work dealing with natural systems and the environment.[citation needed]
Education and early life
Roloff was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1947.[2] He attended UC Davis where he studied geology and art.[citation needed] He completed his graduate work in 1973.[3]
Work
During the late 1970s through the early 1990s, Roloff produced a series of site-specific kiln/furnace pieces.[4] In addition to ceramic work and sculpture, Roloff has created numerous works of public art including the work, Green Glass Ship–Deep Gradient/Suspect Terrain, at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco.[5]
Collections
Roloff's work is held in the permanent collections of the National Museum of American Art,[6] the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,[2] the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco,[7] the Chazen Museum of Art,[8] among other institutions.
His papers from 1980 to 2002 are held in the Archives of American Art of the Smithsonian Institution.[1]
References
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