CV Summary
PETAL JOAN ROBERTS
Born in Georgetown, Guyana (formerly British Guiana) 1944. 1955-1968 resident in the United Kingdom. 1968-1971 resident in Denmark. From 1971 resident in Sweden. Lives in Uppsala.
CHARACTERISTICS
”Pictures that delve into the mysteries of life, visions, legends etc. Clear colours or black and white.”
ARTISTIC EDUCATION
Edinburgh College of Art and Edinburgh University, Scotland 1963-1968: painting, drawing, printmaking, silversmithing, under Robin Philipson, and art history/theory M.A. (Hons) under Prof. David Talbot Rice.
Interior decoration techniques, AMS, Sweden 1992. Exterior decoration techniques, AMS 1995.
Artistic design for motorways, AMS/NBV, 1996 as well as other short-term courses in casting, papermaking, etc.
SELECTED ONE-MAN SHOWS 
From 1995: Work-place exhibitions in Uppland, 1995, Stockholm 1995; Galleri 1, Uppsala; Galleri Art et Uniqum, Stockholm 1995;
Galleri Näcken, Hudiksvall, 1998;
Galleri 1, Uppsala; Af Kultur/Media, Uppsala 1999;
Teatergalleriet, Uppsala 2002;
Aguélimuseet, Sala 2003;
Slottsgalleriet Ekebyhov, Ekerö 2004;
Drabantsalen, Uppsala 2005.
Galleri 1, Uppsala, 'Heavens, the Earth, Underworlds', 2009.
JOINT EXHIBITIONS
From 1995: (UKK = Uppsala Artists’ Club, KRO = Swedish Artists’ National Organisation)
EVENTA 2 ’Wind’ 1995; EVENTA 3 ’Mankind’ 1996;
’Miljöresan’-Mässa, Jälla , Bomässan; UKK club exhibition ‘Spår’ 1995;
’Konst på väg’ Tierp; Skoklosterspelen; ’26 ögon ser på E4’; ’Slå Broar’ Konstens Vecka 1996;
’Kuben’, Art on Upptåget (UL); Tunåsens Nursing Home, Uppsala; Galeria d ’art Zero, Barcelona 1998; KulturNatten 1999;
Konst åt Alla, Uppland, 2000;
FSK Jubilee Exhibition, Stockholm 2000;
LAA Vilnius, Lithuania 2001;
Sigtuna Kulturgård; Konstfrämjandet, Uppsala ’My Uppsala’ 2005;
‘Utanför Systemet’, Gottsunda (UKK + KRO) 2006.
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
From 1992: 1992-93: 2 whole stairwells, UppsalaHem.
1997-98: electrical substation ’Holmfrid’, Uppsala Energi.
Reconstructions of existing decoration in stately homes and the like, Mälardalen 1996, 1998.
GRANTS, ETC.
2001, Uppsala Municipality, travel grant to Vilnius, Lithunia.
REPRESENTED AT
The Talbot-Rice Memorial Collection, Edinburgh University; County Council, Uppsala; Uplands konstförening; Uplandsbankens konstförening; Folketshusföreningarnas RO; Våra Gårdar RF; UNT (Upsala Nya Tidning); Håbo kommuns Board of Culture; Boservice Eriksberg; Stora Cell, Skutskär; Rest. Katalin Uppsala; and in a number of private collections.
Other work
Interested in archaeology and history--have worked as guide at Skokloster Castle in Uppland. 1983-85, secretary for Uppsala Artists’ Club (UKK); union work for Artists’ Organisation, District-16 (KRO-16); taught art at various night schools. 1989-91 custodian of UKK’s ’Galleri 1’, Uppsala. 1990 produced documentary film ’Artists at work’ shown during KulturNatten (Arts Night)1990 in Uppsala.
1991-1995 president of UKK. 1996-1998 president of KonstnärsCentrum-Öst (a contact organ between professional artists and art commissioners).
2005-2007, 2009-2011, part-time at the Uppsala Art Museum.
Member of the Association of Swedish Women Artists (FSK) and BUS (Swedish Artists’ Copyright Bureau).
2010, 2011: Chair of the Association Konstens Hus Nu, working to achieve a completely new building in Uppsala to house the Art Museum. See konstenshusnu.wordpress.com (Swedish text only).
Freelance translator from Swedish to English. Translated Agnes Nobel’s book ‘Educating through Art’ to English (Floris Books), 1996.
2010: “Survival—whose terms?” PowerPoint show presenting South American tribes and their struggle for survival. |
