John Roloff Explained

John Roloff (b. 1947) is an American sculptor and conceptual craft artist. He is known for his site-specific work dealing with natural systems and the environment.

Education and early life

Roloff was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1947. He attended UC Davis where he studied geology and art. He completed his graduate work in 1973.^[1]

Work

During the late 1970s through the early 1990s, Roloff produced a series of site-specific kiln/furnace pieces.^[2] 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.^[3]

Collections

Roloff's work is held in the permanent collections of the National Museum of American Art,^[4] the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,^[5] the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco,^[6] the Chazen Museum of Art,^[7] among other institutions.

His papers from 1980 to 2002 are held in the Archives of American Art of the Smithsonian Institution.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: John Roloff/MATRIX 110 . Berkeley Art Museum . 22 December 2014 . 22 April 2022.
2. Web site: John Roloff, Osher Fellow . Exploratorium . 22 April 2022.
3. Web site: John Roloff, Green Glass Ship . Yerba Buena Center, Gardens . 22 April 2022.
4. Web site: John Roloff . Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American Art . 22 April 2022.
5. Web site: John Roloff . San Francisco Museum of Modern Art . 22 April 2022.
6. Web site: John Roloff . Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco . 22 April 2022.
7. Web site: John Roloff . Chazen Museum . 22 April 2022.
8. Web site: John Roloff Papers (1980–2002) . Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Art . 22 April 2022.