Roberta Delaney                                                             508-655-2675
46 Pleasant St.                                                                Email  rhdelaney@verizon.net
Sherborn, Ma. 01770


 
Education:       Tufts University/School of the Museum of Fine Arts, MFA
                         SUNY Buffalo, BS Art Education
 
Awards:             Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant, Works on Paper
 
Selected Collections:
                        Boston Athenaeum Print Collection, Rare Book Collection, Boston
                        Boston Public Library, Prints, Drawings and Rare Book Collections
                        Boston Scientific Corporation, Natick, Ma.
                        Boston University, Special Collections
                        Cornell University, Carl A Kroch Library, Collection of Rare Books
                        Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, Ma.
                        Dartmouth College
                        Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
                        George Mitchell Dept. of Special Collections, Bowdoin College Library
                        Houghton Library, Philip Hofer Collection, Harvard University
                        Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collection
                        Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Print Collection
                        National Gallery of Art, Collection of Rare Books, Washington DC
                        New York Public Library, Print Collection
                        Stanford University, Special Collections
                        University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Special Collections
                        Pennsylvania State University, Special Collections
                        Walker Art Museum, Bowdoin College
                        Wheaton College, Norton, Ma.
                        Wm. Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, Maine
                        Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Ma.
                        Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 

Selected Exhibitions:
                        2011     Boston Printmakers Biennial, Jim Dine curator, Prize awarded
                        2010     Philagrafik at The Library Company, Philadelphia
                        2008     Boston Printmakers Biennial
                        2007     Four at 535, Boston Mass.
                        2007     In Residence: Artists and the MacDowell Colony, traveling exhibition
                        2006     Maine Print Project, Center of Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport      
                        2006     "Facets," Weir and Beard Gallery, Wheaton College
                        2005     Boston Printmakers Biennial
                        2003     Black and White with Color, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University
                        2002     A Nation Mourns & Artists Respond, Fitchburg Art Museum
                        2001     Workshop Traditions: Prints in Boston since 1960,  Boston University
                        1999     Translations and Transformations, Northeastern University, Boston
                        1997     Boston Printmakers Member Exhibition, Duxbury, Ma. Juried Award
                        1996     Turning the Page, Honolulu Printmakers, Hawaii
                        1996     When is a Book Not a Book, Exeter Academy, Exeter, N. H.
                        1995     Natural Resources, Galerie Mourlot, Boston, Ma.
                        1993     Why Artist Books, Houghton Library, Harvard University
                        1992     Working Proof, Print Dept., Boston Public Library
                        1990     A Salute to Boston, Print Dept., Boston Public Library
                        1989     Two Points of View, Wheaton College, Norton, Ma. 
                        1986     Artists Books, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, Ma.
                        1985     Works on Paper, Brockton Art Center, Brockton, Ma.
                        1984     MFA Thesis Exhibition, Gallery 11, Medford, Ma. (One person)

Publications:
                        “Ekphrasis and Roberta Delaney’s Bookwork”, Contemporary Impressions,                           The Journal of American Print Alliance, Fall-Winter 2009
                        “Prints in Boston” Contemporary Image, fall 2001
                        “Why Artist Books?” Houghton Library, Harvard University
                        “Working Proof”, Boston Public Library
                          Print Collectors Newsletter, winter 1996, Summer 1993

Employment:
                        1979-92 Wheaton College, Norton, Ma. Asst. Professor of Art
                        1979 Boston University of Fine Art, Instructor


Professional Affiliations:
                        MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, N.H.
                        Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, Va.
                        Boston Printmakers, Boston, Ma.
                        New England Book Artist, Boston, Ma.