Margaret Roleke

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Born: New York, NY
Lives: Connecticut USA

Education
Studied at Arts Students League, NY, School of Visual Arts, NY
b.a. Marymount Manhattan College
M.F. A. CW Post, Long Island University Brookville, NY

Solo Exhibitions
Margaret Roleke "War" Norwalk Community College, Norwalk, CT (2008)
Roleke "Gallery 13" Danbury, CT
"Sound Machines and Other Objects" Stamford Museum and Nature Center, Stamford, CT.

Group Exhibitions
2008 “1400 Frames” City Without Walls Newark, New Jersey
"AONE" Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
"Solos" Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT
2007 “Armed” Mandeville Gallery, Union College, Schnectady,NY
“Open Studio Exhibit” Emergency Arts Building New York, NY
“Studio Exhibit” First Run at Emergency Arts New York, NY
“Death” Bar Niagra New York, NY
2006 “Aldrich Undercover” The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art Ridgefield,CT
“Risky Business” PPOW Gallery New York,NY
2005 “Rapture: 23rd Annual BWAC Outdoor Sculpture Show” Brooklyn, NY
“The Kingston Maquette Show” Kingston, NY
“The Kingston Biennial” Kingston, New York
“Creative Contraptions” Stamford Museum and Nature Center Stamford, CT
“One Night Stand: The Sex Show” Viscaya Lounge New York, NY
curated by D. Dominick Lombardi
“New Members Exhibit” Silvermine Guild of Artists New Canaan, CT
“rural, urban &otherwise” City Without Walls Newark, NJ
2004 “Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Show” Appalachian State University Boone, NC
“Blast!” Branchville Gallery Ridgefield, CT
“The 14 Show” Branchville Gallery Ridgefield, CT
“Inaugural Exhibit” Zoe and Floyd Gallery Seymour, CT
“Light Additions” Branchville Gallery Ridgefield, CT
2003 “Hex” Le Petite Versailles E.Houston St. New York, NY
“Multiple Memorials” Viridian Gallery New York, NY
“What’s Going On?! BWAC Outdoor Sculpture Show”Empire Fulton Ferry State Park
Brooklyn, NY
“Art of the Northeast” Silvermine Gallery New Canaan, CT
“10 at 13: Works on Paper” Gallery 13 Danbury, CT
2002 “BWAC 20th Outdoor Sculpture Show” Empire Fulton Ferry State Park Brooklyn, NY
“The Brewster Project” curator Jessica Hough, Brewster, NY
“Snapshot” The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art Ridgefield, CT
2001 “The Brewster Tree Project” Southeast Museum Brewster, NY
“Pier Walk 2001 Maquette Exhibition” 3-D Chicago Chicago, Illinois
“BWAC Outdoor Sculpture Show” Empire Fulton Ferry state Park Brooklyn, NY
“Art of the Northeast” Silvermine Gallery New Canaan, CT
“Material/ Immaterial” Westport Nature Center Westport, CT
2000 “The Line Project” (outdoor installations) New Haven sponsor Art Space
“The Best of Art X”, University of Connecticut, Stamford, CT
“The Home Show”, John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT
“Pier Walk 2000 Maquette Exhibition” James R. Thompson Center Chicago, Illinois
“The Art Annual” Stamford Museum and Nature Center Stamford, CT
1999 “Closing House” Cannondale Gallery Wilton, CT
“Emerging Artists” Ridgefield Guild of Artists Ridgefield, CT/ sponsor The Aldrich
Museum
“Pier Walk ’99 Maquette Exhibition” Vedanta Gallery Chicago, Illinois


Bibliography
Selected Bibiiography:

2007 Armed catalog , Mandeville Gallery, Union College, Schenectady, NY.

2005 Bischoff, Dan“Siege mentality: Plastic-clad, duct-taped ‘Fortified Home ‘makes a striking exhibit at City Without Walls” The Star Ledger Newark, NJ Jan. 21, 2005
Streitifeld, Lisa “Silvermine welcomes new blood” The Stamford Advocate Stamford, CT Jan. 16,2005
2004 Streitfeld, Lisa “Blast!” The Stamford Advocate Stamford, Ct June 6, 2004
2003 Kimmelman, Michael, “A Seasonal Migration of Cultural Scope” The New York Times
Aug. 8, 2003
Curtis, Lisa, “Park Views” The Brooklyn Papers July 28, 2003
2000 Lombardi, D. Dominick, “65 Artists at Work in Stamford” The New York Times (CT section)
March 26, 2000
1998 Pier Walk 98 (book) pub. Chicago, Illinois
1997 Weir Farm Visiting Artists 1997 (catalog) pub. Weir Farm Heritage Trust Wilton, CT
Filey, Amanda, “One Year After Visiting Artists Talk about Weir Farm”, The Wilton Villager
Wilton, CT.