Phone: 828-227-3593
Email: ROLAND@wcu.edu
Office Address: FPAC 142
Website: http://www.sisyphusproject.net/

Education:

• M.F.A., University of Washington
• B.A., University of California, Berkeley

Publications & Presentations:

One-person exhibitions include:

• William King Regional Art Center
• Tough Gallery, Chicago Illinois
• Cage, Cincinnati Ohio
• Gallery Northwest, Indiana University

Group exhibitions include:

• Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA
• 3TenHaus Studio, Atlanta, GA 
• Tryon Center for the Visual Arts, Charlotte, NC
• Duke University, Durham, NC
• Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
• zone one contemporary, Asheville, NC
• Nexus, Philadelphia, PA
• Weatherspoon Gallery, Greensboro, NC

Publications include:

• Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “’Gender in Motion' and 'Green' speak volumes about the power of feminist values” Jerry Cullum. March 10, 2005
• Surface Matters catalogue. Trizec Properties Thirteenth Annual Art Exhibit. Joie Lassiter. 
• Asheville Citizen-Times, Asheville, NC.  “Gunning for Answers” Robert Godfrey. 
• Not Just Another Pretty Face catalogue.  
• Summer Exhibition catalogue. Grounds for Sculpture. 
• Art Papers, “Gallery Retrospective 1991-2001” Jean Hess. (vol. 24 no. 4).

Authored Articles include:

• “David Nash” review, ART PAPERS; Sept./Oct. 2003, Vol. 27, No. 5.
• “David Dawson: Peculiar Characteristics” review, ART PAPERS, March/April 2001.  Vol. 25, No. 2
• “Remnants of Memory” review, ART PAPERS, July/August 2000. Vol. 24, no. 4.
• “Family Matters” review of “Dismal Science: Photo Works 1972-1996 by Allan Sekula,” afterimage January/February, 1999. Vol. 26, no. 4.

Awards/Grants include:

• Western Carolina University Summer Research Grant
• State of North Carolina Arts Council Artist Fellowship
• Regional Artists’ Projects Grant (Midwestern states)
• State of Illinois Arts Council Artist Fellowship
• Illinois State University Research Grant