Bio
Josie Love Roebuck (b. 1995) is an interdisciplinary artist from Rising Fawn, Georgia. Roebuck received her M.F.A from the University of Cincinnati (2021). She received her B.F.A with an emphasis in drawing and painting, from the University of Georgia (2019). Josie Love Roebuck is currently a Visiting Teaching Professor at Northern Kentucky University. Roebuck is a storyteller- a weaver of perspectives and identity. Her work delves into the depths of human pain, while simultaneously highlighting the healing journey that follows. Through the act of sewing, her canvas morphs into paper and her needle to a pen, and the stories—her own and those shared with Roebuck—are brought to life. She has exhibited her work internationally at The Exhibitionist Hotel (UK), Denny Dimin (HK) and Kunstheille Krems Art Museum (AUT), and nationally: Brave Lee Programs (NY), Art Gallery (OH), Phillips Auction House (NY), Charlie James Gallery (LA), Kavi Gupta Gallery (IL), Expo Chicago (IL), Akron Art Museum (OH), Ann Arbor Art Center (MI), New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art partnered with University of Southern Indiana (IN), Denny Dimin Gallery (NY), Roy G Biv (OH), Christie's at Rockefeller Plaza in collaboration with 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair (NY), NADA House (NY), LatchKey Gallery (NY), Contemporary Arts Center (OH) Portrait Society Gallery (WI), Dutoit Gallery (OH), Untitled Art Fair with Denny Dimin Gallery (NY/online), Yeiser Art Center Gallery (KY), Site: Brooklyn Gallery (NYC), BSB Gallery (NJ/online), Tabula Rosa (OH), Lupin Gallery (GA), Strohl Art Center (NY), and Fowler-Kellogg Gallery (NY).
josieloveroebuckstudio@gmail.com
Instagram: josieloveroebuckstudio
Website: https://josieloveroebuckstudio.net
Education:
2019-2021 MFA, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio
2014-2019 BFA with an emphasis in Drawing and Painting, University of Georgia,
Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, Georgia
Solo Exhibitions:
2024 We Can Grow or Wither, LatchKey Gallery, New York, New York City
Embracing One’s Wholeness, Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
2023 Intertwined, 3rd Floor Gallery,Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky.
2022 Collateral Experiences, LatchKey Gallery, New York, New York City.
2021 Magnificently Willful, NADA House with LatchKey Gallery, Governors Island, New York.
Street View, Downtown Cincinnati, Ohio.
2020 Same But Different, Tabula Rasa, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio. Some works made in collaboration with Rachel Linnemann
Group Exhibitions:
2026 Women Pulling at The Threads of Social Discourse: THE EPISTLE, CAMP Gallery, North Miami, Florida. Forthcoming
Sown Together: New Voices in Contemporary Textile Art, The Harvey B. Grant Center for African-American Arts + Culture and McColl Center, Charlotte, North Carolina. Forthcoming
Ties that Bind, Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio. Forthcoming
Shared State, Co-worker Gallery in partnership with OAC Riffe Gallery, Columbus, Ohio.
Material Witness, Meyers Gallery, University of Cincinnati, College of Design,
Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio
Summer Instructor Exhibition, Arrowmont Gallery, Knoxville, Tennessee
Instructor Exhibition, Arrowmont Gallery, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Faculty Exhibition, Main Gallery, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky.
Museum Exhibitions:
2024 Love Black, Cincy Nice in Partnership Art Noire, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Ohio. *Group Exhibition
2022 The New African Portraiture, Shariat Collections, Kunsthalle Krems Art Museum,
Krems an der Donau, Austria. *Group Exhibition
2021 More is More: Visual Richness in Contemporary Art, Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio. *Group Exhibition.
Catalogs:
2022 The New African Portraitures. Shariat Collections, Short Essay by Dr. Myrah
Brown Green
Josie Love Roebuck: Collateral Experiences, Essay by Jewels Dodson
Podcasts:
2025 Episode TBA, Unlimiting by Caressa Layne
2024 Episode TBA, Let’s Talk Art with Brooke: Perspective is Everything by Brooke Musterman.
2023 Cincinnati Spotlight: “Intertwined” at NKU Art Gallery, Cincinnati Public Radio (90.9 WGUC Music). https://www.wguc.org/spotlight/spotlight_archive.php?id=3299
2022 Episode 800: Ashante Kindle and Josie Love Roebuck by Christopher Hudgens, BAD AT SPORTS podcast. http://badatsports.com/2022/episode-800-ashantekindle-and-josie-love-roebuck/
Publications:
2024 The Press-On-Nail Renaissance, The New Yorker, https://www.newyorker.com/culture/goings-on/the-press-on-nail-renaissance
Where to Start with Frieze London by Rachel Barret, A Rabbitt’s Foot Magazine, https://www.a-rabbitsfoot.com/editorial/art/where-to-start-with-frieze-week/
We Can Grow or Wither, https://www.meer.com/en/82046-we-can-grow-or-wither
2023 A Q&A with Josie Love Roebuck ’14, Girls Preparatory School Blog.
https://blog.gps.edu/girltalk/josie-love-
roebuck?fbclid=IwAR3PO_X0XrcIwetmyKtF9XA9m089Xts0XCxsFOkgn7y80jxqJ mLRwaUQaL8
1-54 Presents its Sixth Annual Fair of Contemporary African Art During Frieze Week 2023, GothamToGo Art and Culture. https://gothamtogo.com/1-54presents-its-sixth-annual-fair-of-contemporary-african-art-during-frieze-week2023/
6 Galleries Changing the Conversation at New York’s 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair by Melissa Smith, Artnet News. https://news.artnet.com/market/1-54-fairnew-york-2023-2305959
LatchKey Gallery presents a solo exhibition by Josie Love Roebuck, at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair New York, World African Artists United. https://waau-art.com/2023/05/19/latchkey-gallery-presents-a-solo-exhibition-byjosie-love-roebuck-at-1-54-contemporary-african-art-fair-new-york/
1-54’s Smart, Sharp Selection of Contemporary African Art Shines in New York by Josie Thaddeus-Jones, Artsy. https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-154s-smart-sharp-selection-contemporary-african-art-shines-new-york