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Selected Exhibitions
2021
Solo Exhibition, Terrestrial Ghosts, 410 Project Gallery, Mankato, MN, April
Solo Exhibition, Drunken Forest, Waseca Art Center, Waseca, MN, March-April
2020
Solo Exhibition, Drunken Forest, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN, October
Please Do Not Touch: Art From the Pandemic, Biggins Gallery, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, Sept.-Oct. (curated by Sarah Odens)
Art and Science, Anderson Center for the Arts, Red Wing, MN, June-August (curated by Stephanie Rogers)
Creative Confinement, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN, July-December (curated by Sheila Dickinsen)
Online exhibitions for Rosalux Gallery, Home (April-May), Intimacy (May-June), Mirror (July-August), Friends (September-November)
Solo Exhibition, Drunken Forest, Solarium Gallery, Geneva, NY, March-April
Midwest Midwinter, Minneapolis College of Art and Design Galleries, Minneapolis, MN, February (juried by Ellen Mueller)
2019
Nature of Disappearance, Silverwood Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, October-November (juried by Mara Duvra)
Landscape: In Relation to the Land, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, August-September (received Director’s award from Hamidah Glasgow, show juried by Rebecca A. Senf)
Flora and Fauna, The Anderson Center, Red Wing, MN, July-August (curated by Stephanie Rogers)
Solo Exhibition, Drunken Forest, Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, June
Driving South in a Mostly Straight Line, ICOSA, Austin, TX, March-April (curated by Andrea Mellard)
Bestiary, Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, February-March
La Mese delle Donne, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN, February-March (juried by Suzanne Szucs and Cassandra Bucks)
Times End, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley, PA, January-March (juried by Alisha B. Wormsley)
2018
Art(ists) on the Verge Fellows 9, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN, October-December
Shultz Gallery, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, September-March 2019
So Long, Farewell, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD, March-June
Member Show, Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, May
2017
Cultivated Nature, Mills Building, San Francisco, CA, December 2017-March 2018
Solo exhibition, Feral Fables: O Pioneer and Family Fremds, Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, October
Midwest Society for Photographic Education Members Juried Exhibition, Contemporary Art Center, Peoria, IL, Jurors: Marivi Ortiz and Marico Fayre, September- October
Faculty, Emeriti, Alumni, 150 (Sesquicentennial Exhibition), Carnegie Art Center, Mankato, MN, October
2016
Solo exhibition, O Pioneer, Normandale Community College Gallery, Bloomington, MN, November-December
Arts Quarter Festival, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, October 5
Superusted, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI, August-November (juried by Cheryl Wilgren Clyne)
Solo exhibition, Pattern Recognition, Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, July-August
Menagerie, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN, March-May (juried by Bob Bowman)
Split Second, Quarter Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, April-May
2015
Superusted, 4th Midwest Biennial, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN, September-November (curated by Cheryl Wilgren Clyne)
Solo exhibition, O Pioneer, Coffman Union Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, November 2015 – January 2016
Stereo Trees, Greenway Glow, June 20, Minneapolis, MN
118th Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland, December 2015– January 2016
2014
60th Arrowhead Regional Biennial, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN November-January (Awarded First Prize) (juried by Diane Mullin)
The Faculty Show: Mixed Media, Gordon Parks Gallery, St. Paul, MN, September- October
Stereo Trees, Open Streets St. Paul, September 21, St. Paul, MN
Stereo Trees (Open Field and First Free Saturdays installations), Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 19 and September 6
The Watchtowers (installation), Northern Spark Festival, Greenway Bike Path, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 14-15
Open Door, Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June (juried by Jill Schroeder)
Solo Exhibition, O Pioneer, Phipps Center for the Arts, Atrium Gallery, Hudson, WI, February-March
2013
Solo Exhibition, Vivarium, St. Johns University Gallery, Collegeville, Minnesota, November-December
Two-person exhibition, Terra Nova, Gallery 122, Minneapolis, MN, September – November
Half Wild, Stevens Square Center for the Arts, Minneapolis, MN, March
The Peaceable Kingdom, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, March-May
2012
Tamed Territory, Gray Duck Gallery, Austin, TX, July-August
Solo Exhibition, Habitat, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN, June-July
Two-person exhibition, Behavioral Modification, IFP Center for Media Arts, Minneapolis, MN, April-June
Freeze Frame, Bell Museum of Natural History, Minneapolis, MN, January-May (Artist in Residence)
Art on the Plains XI, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND, January-May (awarded best in show)
Solo Exhibition, Natural History, Notre Dame University Department of Art, Notre Dame, IN, March-April
2011
Everybody is an Astronaut (Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition), Katherine Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, March–April
9×12 Works, Ferencvárosi Gallery, Budapest, Hungary, May–June
Outlandish Invitational, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, July– September
Regarding Place, Photographic Centre Peri, Turku, Finland, August–September
Other Possible Titles, Grizzly Grizzly, Philadelphia, PA, November
2010
Tangible Digital Matter, U of M Libraries, Minneapolis, February–April
The Art of Community, Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, March–April
Of Memory, Bone, & Myth, Empire Arts Center, Grand Forks, ND, April (awarded best in show)
Beyond Audubon, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, May–June
Untitled 7, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN, July – September
Solo Exhibition, Natural History, University of Wisconsin Marathon County, Ahrnsbruck Gallery, Wausau, WI, October
Education
Master of Fine Arts, 2011, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Studio Art, Minor in Museum Studies
Bachelor of Arts, 2001, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
Professional Experience and Employment
Assistant Professor, Photography Area, Department of Art, August 2017-present
Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN
Community Faculty, August 2012-2017
Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN
Adjunct Faculty, August 2015-2017
University of Minnesota, Department of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Fellowships and Awards
Art(ists) on the Verge 9, Fellowship, Northern Lights, 2017-2018
Artist Initiative Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board, 2014, 2016, and 2019
Named by Minneapolis City Pages as one of the Artists of the Year, 2013
Minnesota Citizens for the Arts State Fair Award 2012
Finalist for Jerome Emerging Artist Grant 2011
Walker Art Center Innovator Award, Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts, 2011
Honorable Mention in Blurb Photography Book Now contest, 2011
Society for Photographic Education Student Award for 2011 National Conference
Walter H. Judd International Graduate & Professional Fellowship, Office of International Programs, University of Minnesota, for travel to Hungary in August 2010
Publications
Housebroken, with Introduction by Tamatha Perlman, self-published run of 175, March 2015.
Visiting artist lectures
Artist talk and critiques, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN, Oct. 23, 2020
Virtual artist talk, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN, Oct. 15, 2020
Virtual artist talk, Biggin Gallery, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, Sept. 29, 2020
Gallery talk, Hobart and William Smith College in Geneva, NY, March 6, 2020
Virtual artist talk, Belmont University, TN, May 17, 2020
Lunch with a Scientist, Virtual Artist in Residence talk, Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve, Jan. 13, 2020Normandale Community College, Bloomington, MN, November 21, 2016
St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, Dec. 3, 2015
St. John’s University, Collegeville, MN, November 22, 2013
College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN, October 3, 2012
University of Wisconsin Marathon County, Wausau, WI, October 4, 2010
Other Experience
Member of Title Collective, artist book collective in Minneapolis, MN, 2020-present
Artist in Residence, Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve, East Bethel, MN, 2019-2020
Goodbye Biome, interactive installation at Northern Spark Festival, St. Paul, MN, June 10-11, 2017
Member of Rosalux Gallery artist cooperative, Minneapolis, MN, October 2015-present
Commission: Artists Book for The Floating Library, Minneapolis, MN, August 2014
Curator, Half Wild, Stevens Square Center for the Arts, Minneapolis, MN, March 2013
Artist in Residence, Bell Museum of Natural History, Minneapolis MN, December 2011 – April 2012
Co-creator, The Fort Shanty, Art Shanty Projects 2012, Plymouth, MN, January-February 2012
Featured artist, CSA (Community Supported Art), sponsored by Springboard for the Arts and mnartists.org, Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 2011
Co-organizer, North American Graduate Art Survey (NAGAS), a show of MFA graduate student work from around the continent, Katherine Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, January - February 2011
Co-organizer, West Bank TASK Party, a night of artistic experimentation (in consultation with Oliver Herring, the creator of TASK), West Bank Social Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 2009
Service
Juror for Artscape, The Grand, New Ulm, MN, 2018
Juror for Photography, Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, 2017
Member of Photography Panel for Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant, Oct. 2016
Member of jurying panel for Bell Museum Artist in Residence program, Oct. 2014
Press
Rosalux Gallery website, Artist 2 Artist Interviews, Terrence Payne, June 2020, https://www.rosaluxgallery.com/post/artist-2-artist-with-areca-roe
Katherine E. Nash Gallery blog, Practice and Interpretation (Interview), Teréz Iaciovino, June 2020
Le Monde, Hors-série, SOS Animaux, March 19, 2019, p. 31
National Geographic, Liz Langley, “Snakes in the Shower? See Exotic Pets in Conventional Homes,” June 18, 2018
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2018/06/pictures-unusual-household-pets/
Colossal, Laura Staugaitis, “A Photographic Series of Miniature Faux Fur Landscapes Examines the Myth of the Wild West,” March 15, 2018, http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2018/03/miniature-faux-fur-landscapes/
New Landscape Photography, Featured Artist, February 15, 2018, http://newlandscapephotography.com/2018/02/15/areca-roe/
Minnesota Women’s Press, Sarah Whiting, “Housebroken,” February 2018: p. 33
Der Spiegel Wissen, “Stubenrein,” November 2017: p. 16
Don’t Take Pictures Blog, Photo of the day, August 8, 2017, http://www.donttakepictures.com/photo-of-the-day/2017/8/14/areca-roe
Fraction Magazine, “O Pioneer by Areca Roe,” September 2016, http://www.fractionmagazine.com/areca-roe
Feature Shoot, Rachel Oakley, “Atypical Pets Photographed in their Domestic Environments,” March 8, 2016, http://www.featureshoot.com/tag/areca-roe/
SilverLake Voice, “Wild Animals at Home – Areca Roe,” Apr. 13, 2016 http://www.silverlakevoice.com/interview/wild-animals-at-home-areca-roe/
Juxtapoz, “Areca Roe’s Housebroken,” March 11, 2016, http://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/areca-rose-s-housebroken/
WIRED, Taylor Glascock, “Pigs, Pythons, and Other Animals People Call Their Pets,” Jan. 27, 2016, http://www.wired.com/2016/01/areca-roe-housebroken-exotic-pets/
Slate, David Rosenberg, “When Wild Animals Become Pets,” Jan. 11, 2016, http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2016/01/11/areca_roe_s_photographs_wild_animals_in_tame_environments.html
Fast Company Design, John Brownlee, “Wild But Housebroken: 14 Photos of Exotic Pets Living in Suburbia,” Jan. 14 2016, http://www.fastcodesign.com/3055450/exposure/wild-but-housebroken-portraits-of-14-exotic-pets-living-in-suburbia
Feature Shoot, Jenna Garrett, “From Kazakhstan to Kentucky: 36 Photos Provide a Glimpse Inside Zoos Around the World,” October 22, 2014, http://www.featureshoot.com/2014/10/zoo/
M. A. Rosko, “Floating Library on Cedar Lake,” Fox 9 News, August 15, 2014, Minneapolis, MN, http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/clip/10477895/floating-library-on-cedar-lake
“Habitat by Areca Roe,” YET Magazine, Featured Content, August 26, 2014, http://www.yet-magazine.com/habitat-areca-roe/
City Pages, Camille LeFevre, “2013 Artists of the Year,” City Pages, Minneapolis, MN, Dec. 25, 2013
St. Cloud Times, Stephanie Dickrell, “Twin Cities photographer reveals relationships with creatures,” St. Cloud, MN, Nov. 20, 2013
Sheila Regan, “Kate Casanova and Areca Roe at Gallery 122,” Sept. 25, 2013, http://blogs.citypages.com/dressingroom/2013/09/kate_casanova_and_areca_
roe_at_gallery_122.php
Chloe Nelson, “Weekend What’s What: 3/7-3/10,” L’etoile Magazine, March 7, 2013, http://www.letoilemagazine.com/2013/03/07/weekend-whats-what-37-310/
Wayne Alan Brenne “Tamed Territory: Three artists take on the Animal Kingdom and document wildlife with great creativity,” The Austin Chronicle, Austin, TX, Aug. 10, 2012
Tamatha Perlman, “Tamatha Perlman Explores the Psychology of the Guilded Cage in Areca Roe's work,” Soo Visual Arts Center (blog), June 15, 2012, http://soovac.blogspot.com/2012/06/tamatha-perlman-explores-psychology-of.html
Camille LeFevre, “Habitat: Work by Areca Roe/Sea Change,” City Pages, Minneapolis, MN, May 30 2012
Euan Kerr, “Bell Museum artwork looking for a few good photos,” Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, MN, Jan. 2, 2012
Max Sparber, “Our stuff is out to get us: Exhibitions at the Katherine E. Nash gallery and the Center for Book Arts,” Minn Post, Apr. 6, 2011, http://www.minnpost.com/max-about-town/2011/04/our-stuff-out-get-us-exhibitions-katherine-e-nash-gallery-and-center-book-art