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ROBERTA DELANEY
Artist
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.

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