
Deborah Roberts
“Notorious Act: at play,” 2021
Mixed media collage on canvas
65" x 45" [HxW] (165.1 x 114.3 cm); 66 ¹⁄₂" x 46 ¹⁄₂" x 2 ¹⁄₄" [HxWxD] (168.91 x 118.11 x 5.71 cm) framed
Inventory #ROB456
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
“Notorious Act: at play,” 2021
Mixed media collage on canvas
65" x 45" [HxW] (165.1 x 114.3 cm); 66 ¹⁄₂" x 46 ¹⁄₂" x 2 ¹⁄₄" [HxWxD] (168.91 x 118.11 x 5.71 cm) framed
Inventory #ROB456
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
Deborah Roberts
“Notorious Act: at play,” 2021
Mixed media collage on canvas
65" x 45" [HxW] (165.1 x 114.3 cm); 66 ¹⁄₂" x 46 ¹⁄₂" x 2 ¹⁄₄" [HxWxD] (168.91 x 118.11 x 5.71 cm) framed
Inventory #ROB456
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
“Notorious Act: at play,” 2021
Mixed media collage on canvas
65" x 45" [HxW] (165.1 x 114.3 cm); 66 ¹⁄₂" x 46 ¹⁄₂" x 2 ¹⁄₄" [HxWxD] (168.91 x 118.11 x 5.71 cm) framed
Inventory #ROB456
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane

Deborah Roberts
“Let's not give up,” 2020
Mixed media collage on canvas
65" x 45" [HxW] (165.1 x 114.3 cm); 66 ¹⁄₂" x 46 ¹⁄₂" x 2 ¹⁄₄" [HxWxD] (168.91 x 118.11 x 5.71 cm) framed
Inventory #ROB458
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
“Let's not give up,” 2020
Mixed media collage on canvas
65" x 45" [HxW] (165.1 x 114.3 cm); 66 ¹⁄₂" x 46 ¹⁄₂" x 2 ¹⁄₄" [HxWxD] (168.91 x 118.11 x 5.71 cm) framed
Inventory #ROB458
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
Deborah Roberts
“Let's not give up,” 2020
Mixed media collage on canvas
65" x 45" [HxW] (165.1 x 114.3 cm); 66 ¹⁄₂" x 46 ¹⁄₂" x 2 ¹⁄₄" [HxWxD] (168.91 x 118.11 x 5.71 cm) framed
Inventory #ROB458
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
“Let's not give up,” 2020
Mixed media collage on canvas
65" x 45" [HxW] (165.1 x 114.3 cm); 66 ¹⁄₂" x 46 ¹⁄₂" x 2 ¹⁄₄" [HxWxD] (168.91 x 118.11 x 5.71 cm) framed
Inventory #ROB458
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane

Deborah Roberts
“False start,” 2020
Mixed media collage on paper
44 x 32" [HxW] (111.76 x 81.28 cm) paper size; 49.75 x 34.75 x 2" [HxWxD] (126.36 x 88.26 x 5.08 cm) framed
Inventory #ROB417
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff Mclane
“False start,” 2020
Mixed media collage on paper
44 x 32" [HxW] (111.76 x 81.28 cm) paper size; 49.75 x 34.75 x 2" [HxWxD] (126.36 x 88.26 x 5.08 cm) framed
Inventory #ROB417
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff Mclane
Deborah Roberts
“False start,” 2020
Mixed media collage on paper
44 x 32" [HxW] (111.76 x 81.28 cm) paper size; 49.75 x 34.75 x 2" [HxWxD] (126.36 x 88.26 x 5.08 cm) framed
Inventory #ROB417
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff Mclane
“False start,” 2020
Mixed media collage on paper
44 x 32" [HxW] (111.76 x 81.28 cm) paper size; 49.75 x 34.75 x 2" [HxWxD] (126.36 x 88.26 x 5.08 cm) framed
Inventory #ROB417
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff Mclane

Deborah Roberts
“Good Trouble,” 2020
Mixed media collage on canvas
100 x 72" [WxH] (254 x 182.88 cm)
Inventory #ROB439
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
“Good Trouble,” 2020
Mixed media collage on canvas
100 x 72" [WxH] (254 x 182.88 cm)
Inventory #ROB439
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Deborah Roberts
“Good Trouble,” 2020
Mixed media collage on canvas
100 x 72" [WxH] (254 x 182.88 cm)
Inventory #ROB439
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
“Good Trouble,” 2020
Mixed media collage on canvas
100 x 72" [WxH] (254 x 182.88 cm)
Inventory #ROB439
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles

Deborah Roberts
“La'Condrea is a noun La'Condrea is a noun,” 2020
Serigraph on paper
30" x 22" [HxW] (76.2 x 55.88 cm)
Inventory #ROB435
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
“La'Condrea is a noun La'Condrea is a noun,” 2020
Serigraph on paper
30" x 22" [HxW] (76.2 x 55.88 cm)
Inventory #ROB435
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Deborah Roberts
“La'Condrea is a noun La'Condrea is a noun,” 2020
Serigraph on paper
30" x 22" [HxW] (76.2 x 55.88 cm)
Inventory #ROB435
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
“La'Condrea is a noun La'Condrea is a noun,” 2020
Serigraph on paper
30" x 22" [HxW] (76.2 x 55.88 cm)
Inventory #ROB435
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles

Deborah Roberts
“I See You (RR),” 2019
Serigraph on paper
4 sheets, 17 x 11" [HxW] (43.18 x 27.94 cm) paper size each
Inventory #ROB441
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
“I See You (RR),” 2019
Serigraph on paper
4 sheets, 17 x 11" [HxW] (43.18 x 27.94 cm) paper size each
Inventory #ROB441
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Deborah Roberts
“I See You (RR),” 2019
Serigraph on paper
4 sheets, 17 x 11" [HxW] (43.18 x 27.94 cm) paper size each
Inventory #ROB441
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
“I See You (RR),” 2019
Serigraph on paper
4 sheets, 17 x 11" [HxW] (43.18 x 27.94 cm) paper size each
Inventory #ROB441
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles

Deborah Roberts
“Between them,” 2019
Mixed media collage on paper
67 x 86 x 1.75" [HxWxD] (170.18 x 218.44 x 4.44 cm) framed
Inventory #ROB131
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Dawn Blackman
“Between them,” 2019
Mixed media collage on paper
67 x 86 x 1.75" [HxWxD] (170.18 x 218.44 x 4.44 cm) framed
Inventory #ROB131
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Dawn Blackman
Deborah Roberts
“Between them,” 2019
Mixed media collage on paper
67 x 86 x 1.75" [HxWxD] (170.18 x 218.44 x 4.44 cm) framed
Inventory #ROB131
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Dawn Blackman
“Between them,” 2019
Mixed media collage on paper
67 x 86 x 1.75" [HxWxD] (170.18 x 218.44 x 4.44 cm) framed
Inventory #ROB131
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Dawn Blackman

Deborah Roberts
“Portraits: When they look back (No. 4),” 2020
Mixed media collage on canvas
45" x 35" [HxW] (114.3 x 88.9 cm)
Inventory #ROB433
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
“Portraits: When they look back (No. 4),” 2020
Mixed media collage on canvas
45" x 35" [HxW] (114.3 x 88.9 cm)
Inventory #ROB433
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Deborah Roberts
“Portraits: When they look back (No. 4),” 2020
Mixed media collage on canvas
45" x 35" [HxW] (114.3 x 88.9 cm)
Inventory #ROB433
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
“Portraits: When they look back (No. 4),” 2020
Mixed media collage on canvas
45" x 35" [HxW] (114.3 x 88.9 cm)
Inventory #ROB433
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles

Deborah Roberts
“Our destinies are bound,” 2018
Mixed media collage on panel
58 x 38" [HxW] (147.32 x 96.52 cm) panel size; 59.25 x 39.25 x 2.25" [HxWxD] (150.49 x 99.69 x 5.71 cm) framed
Inventory #ROB114
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
“Our destinies are bound,” 2018
Mixed media collage on panel
58 x 38" [HxW] (147.32 x 96.52 cm) panel size; 59.25 x 39.25 x 2.25" [HxWxD] (150.49 x 99.69 x 5.71 cm) framed
Inventory #ROB114
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Deborah Roberts
“Our destinies are bound,” 2018
Mixed media collage on panel
58 x 38" [HxW] (147.32 x 96.52 cm) panel size; 59.25 x 39.25 x 2.25" [HxWxD] (150.49 x 99.69 x 5.71 cm) framed
Inventory #ROB114
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
“Our destinies are bound,” 2018
Mixed media collage on panel
58 x 38" [HxW] (147.32 x 96.52 cm) panel size; 59.25 x 39.25 x 2.25" [HxWxD] (150.49 x 99.69 x 5.71 cm) framed
Inventory #ROB114
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
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“From feet to wings (Nessun Dorma Series),” 2018
Deborah Roberts
“From feet to wings (Nessun Dorma Series),” 2018
Mixed media collage on canvas
65 x 45" [HxW] (165.1 x 114.3 cm)
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
“From feet to wings (Nessun Dorma Series),” 2018
Mixed media collage on canvas
65 x 45" [HxW] (165.1 x 114.3 cm)
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles

Deborah Roberts
I do solemnly swear (Nessun Dorma Series), 2018
Mixed media collage on canvas
65 x 45" [HxW] (165.1 x 114.3 cm)
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
I do solemnly swear (Nessun Dorma Series), 2018
Mixed media collage on canvas
65 x 45" [HxW] (165.1 x 114.3 cm)
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Deborah Roberts
I do solemnly swear (Nessun Dorma Series), 2018
Mixed media collage on canvas
65 x 45" [HxW] (165.1 x 114.3 cm)
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
I do solemnly swear (Nessun Dorma Series), 2018
Mixed media collage on canvas
65 x 45" [HxW] (165.1 x 114.3 cm)
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles

Deborah Roberts
“trumpet of consciousness,” 2019
Steel, mixed media
48 x 17 x 26" [HxWxD] (121.92 x 43.18 x 66.04 cm)
Inventory #ROB110
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
“trumpet of consciousness,” 2019
Steel, mixed media
48 x 17 x 26" [HxWxD] (121.92 x 43.18 x 66.04 cm)
Inventory #ROB110
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
Deborah Roberts
“trumpet of consciousness,” 2019
Steel, mixed media
48 x 17 x 26" [HxWxD] (121.92 x 43.18 x 66.04 cm)
Inventory #ROB110
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
“trumpet of consciousness,” 2019
Steel, mixed media
48 x 17 x 26" [HxWxD] (121.92 x 43.18 x 66.04 cm)
Inventory #ROB110
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
- 1962
- Born in Austin, TX
- Lives and works in Austin, TX
- MFA, Syracuse University Research Fellow, Syracuse, NY
- San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
- Pont Aven School of Contemporary Art, (Summer Session) Pont Aven, France
- University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Selected Exhibitions
- 2023
- "come walk in my shoes," SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
- 2022
- "Deborah Roberts: I have something to tell you," Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
- "Deborah Roberts: I'm," Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, Jacksonville, FL
- "Deborah Roberts: I'm," Art + Practice, in collaboration with the California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
- 2021-2022
- "A look inside," Bluecoat, Liverpool, England
- 2021
- "O' Say Can't You See," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- "Deborah Roberts: I'm," The Contemporary Austin, Austin, TX
- 2019
- "Deborah Roberts: If They Come," Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
- "Native Sons: Many Thousands Gone," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- 2018
- "Fragile but Fixable," Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- "Uninterrupted," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- "Deborah Roberts: The Evolution of Mimi," Spelman Museum, Atlanta, GA
- 2017
- "Ingenue," Fort Gansevoort Gallery, New York, NY
- "Nobody’s Darling: New Works by Deborah Roberts," Christian-Green Gallery, Austin, TX
- 2016
- "Coil, Coarse, Twist, Re-twist," Art Palace, Houston, TX
- 2014
- "One and Many," Art Palace, Houston, TX
- "Domestic Disturbance," Diverse Art Gallery, Austin, TX
- "Consensual Marks," SDCC, Dallas, TX
- 2013
- "When We Just Existed," Community Folk Art Center, Syracuse, NY
- 2011
- "Resistance Begins at Home: Rethinking Otherness," Dallas, TX
- 2008
- "Forks and Spoons," South Dallas Culture Center, Dallas, TX
- 2006
- "Bearing Witness," Stone Metal Press, San Antonio, TX
- "Reconstructing, Rethinking, Reacting," O’Kane Gallery, Houston, TX
- 2004
- Chicago Culture Center (South Shore) Chicago, Ill
- Center for African & African American Studies, Austin, TX
Group Exhibitions
- 2023
- "Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage ," Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN
- "Creative Sources," Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
- "Deborah Roberts and Niki de Saint Phalle: The Conversation Continues," Two Person Exhibition, Galerie Mitterand, Paris, France
- "Deborah Roberts and Niki de Saint Phalle: The Conversation Continues," Galerie Mitterand, Paris, France
- 2022-2023
- "Put It This Way: (Re)Visions Of The Hirshhorn Collection," Hishhorn Museum, Washington D.C.
- "True Believers: Benny Andrews & Deborah Roberts," McNay Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
- "To Begin Again: Artists and Childhood," Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
- 2022
- "51 @ 51," Rennie Museum, Vancouver, Canada
- "Women Painting Women," The Modern, Fort Worth, TX
- "From Near and Far: Collage and Figuration in the Contemporary Age," Co curated by Deborah Roberts, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London UK
- "Rituals of Resilience," Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
- 2021-2022
- "Assembly: New Acquisitions by Contemporary Black Artists," Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX
- 2021
- Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
- "The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse," Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), Richmond, Virginia
- "The Slipstream: Reflection, Resilience, and Resistance in the Art of Our Time," Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (Link)
- 2020
- "Drawing 2020," Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY (Link)
- "The Outwin 2019: American Portraiture Today," National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC; Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri; touring to Alaska State Museum, Juneau, Alaska
- "20 Years," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- "100 Drawings from Now," The Drawing Center, New York, NY
- "25 Years," Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England
- "Artists for New York," Hauser & Wirth, New York, NY
- "True Likeness," Van Every/ Smith Galleries, Davidson College, Davidson, NC
- "Allied with Power: African and African Diaspora Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection," Pérez Art Museum, Miami, Florida
- "Doro Olowu: Seeing Chicago," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
- "LA stories," Brenau University Art Gallery, Gainesville, GA
- 2019-2020
- "Re/Devaluing Colorism: Intersections of Skin Color and Currency at Southwest School of Art," Texas
- "Pop Stars! Popular Culture and Contemporary Art," 21c Lexington, Kentucky
- "The Outwin 2019: American Portraiture Today," National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C. (touring exhibition)
- 2019
- "Melissa Cody, Bethany Collins, and Deborah Roberts: Heritage," Rebecca Camacho Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- "Charles White and the Legacy of the Figure: Celebrating the Gordon Gift," Art Galleries at Black Studies, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
- "Cut and Paste: 400 Years of Collage," Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- "Get Up, Stand Up Now - Generations Of Black Creative Pioneers," Somerset House, London, UK
- "Seeing Now," 21c Museum Hotel Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City, OK
- "Plumb Line: Charles White and the Contemporary," Californian African American Museum (CAAM), Los Angeles, CA
- "Still I Rise," MASS MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts, USA
- 2018
- "Sidelined," Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
- "In the Eye of the Beholder," Tarble Art Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
- "Go Figure," Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH
- "Reclamation! Pan- African from the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection," Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA
- "Talisman In The Age Of Difference," Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
- "Soul Recordings," Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- "Legacy of the Cool: A Tribute to Barkley L. Hendricks," Mass Art, Boston MA
- "Constructing Identity in America (1766-2017)," Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey
- 2017
- "Fictions," Studio Museum of Harlem, New York, NY
- "Your Body is Your Battleground," Volta Art Fair, New York, NY
- "March Madness," Fort Gansevoort, New York, NY
- 2016
- "I know why the caged bird sings," Carver Museum, Austin, TX
- 2015
- "Gently Fried," MACC, Austin, TX
- "The House on Mango Street," National Mexican American Museum, Chicago, Ill
- 2014
- "The Way Out- MFA," Rogue Space, New York, NY
- 2013
- "Gender Is A Kind of Doing," MCCLA Galleries, San Francisco CA
- 2011
- The Drawing Center, Viewing Program, New York
- "Mirame: 21st century portraits for Latino/a America," Sacramento, CA
- 2009
- "Women of Color," Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA
- "Her Stories," Park School, Baltimore. MD
- 2007
- "Taking Possession," University of Arkansas at Little Rock
- "Counter Intuitive," Chicago State University, Chicago, Ill
- 2006
- "Uncle Tom to Peeping Tom," University of Milwaukee UGA, Milwaukee, WI
- "Boundless, Perceptions from Within," DAC, Austin, TX
- 2005
- Museum of Science and Industry Juried Exhibition. Chicago, Ill
- Woman Made Gallery, Juried Exhibition, Chicago, Ill
- "Subjective Visions," UTSA, San Antonio, TX
- "Figure It Out," Art Palace Austin, TX
- 2004
- Susan Woodson Gallery, Chicago, Ill
- "Unmasked: A Collective Statement on Beauty," Butridge Gallery Austin, TX
- 2003
- "Bird," Juried Exhibition, Concordia University, Austin, TX
- "Our Heritage–Creating New Legacies," Juried Exhibition, Butridge Gallery, Austin, TX
- Austin Bergstrom International Airport Juried Exhibition, Austin, TX
- 2002
- Center for African American Studies, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Awards, Grants and Fellowships
- 2019
- Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition Finalist
- 2018
- Anonymous Was a Woman, NY
- 2017
- Artist of the Year, Austin, TX
- 2016
- Pollock Krasner Foundation, Grantee
- 2014
- SU MFA Exhibition “Best in Show”
- 2012-2014
- Creative Opportunity Grant, Syracuse University
- 2010
- San Francisco African American Legacy Scholarship
- 2008
- Artist of the Year, Austin, TX
- 1991
- President Point of Light Recipient, President George H. Bush
Residencies
- 2019
- Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Residency, Captiva, FL
- 2018
- Fountainhead Residency, Miami, FL
- 2014
- Ginsberg-Klaus Award Fellowship, Los Angeles, CA
- 2011-2014
- Syracuse University Graduate Research Fellow
- 2006
- Coronado Studios Austin, TX
- Stone Metal Press, San Antonio, TX
- 2005
- Ox –Bow Art Residency, MI
Group Exhibition Catalogues and Books
- 2023
- Gilman, Claire and Roger Malbert. "Drawing in the Present Tense," Thames & Hudson, New York, NY, pg 185-187, 2023.
- 2020
- Ringle, Hallie. “Deborah Roberts and Questions of Power,” Collecting Black Studies. University of Texas Press, Austin, TX.
- 25 Years, Exhibition catalogue, edited by Gerrie van Noord and Jonathan Horrocks, published by Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England
- 2019
- Elliot, Patrick, Dr. Freya Gowrley, and Yuval Etgar. "Cut and Paste 400 Years of Collage," Edinburgh: National Galleries of Scotland.
- Get Up, Stand Up Now: Generations of Black Creative Pioneers, Somerset House, London, England, p. 127
- Rose King, Daniella. "If they come," London: Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England
- Barnwell Brownlee, Andrea. "Deborah Roberts: The Evolution of Mimi," Atlanta: Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
- 2018
- Washington, Terence. “Deborah Roberts: At the Edge of White Spaces,” Fictions. New York: The Studio Museum in Harlem, NY
Bibliography
- 2023
- SITE Santa Fe. "SITE Santa Fe Presents Deborah Roberts: Come walk in my shoes," Hyperallergic, August 18 (Link)
- Hessel, Katy. "‘Black kids deserve to grow old’: collage legend Deborah Roberts on unjust America," The Guardian, February 6 (Link)
- 2022
- Szaroleta, Tom. "Multimedia show at Cummer Museum puts spotlight on Black children," The Florida Times-Union, September 25 (Link)
- Scott, Chadd. "‘Deborah Roberts: I’m’ Opens At Cummer Museum of Art And Gardens In Jacksonville For Final Stop Of National Tour," Forbes, September 18 (Link)
- Grant, Colin. "‘The story enraged me’ – US artist Deborah Roberts on her Child Q collage," The Guardian, June 7 (Link)
- Knight, Christopher. "Review: Five pandemic-postponed art shows worth seeing right now," The Los Angeles Times, May 12 (Link)
- Wilbekin, Emil. "This Is Deborah Roberts' America," ESSENCE, April 29 (Link)
- Harren, Natilee. "Reviews: Houston, The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse, Contemporary Arts Museum," Artfourm, pg 162, February
- White, Aude. "New York Magazine Special Issue: Ten Years After Trayvon Martin," New York Magazine, January 31 (Link)
- Rathe, Adam. "How And Just Like That... Made Lisa Todd Wexley's Apartment a Shrine to Modern Black Art Charlotte York Goldenblatt, meet Mickalene Thomas," Town and Country, January 6 (Link)
- 2021
- Robinson, Shantay, "Deborah Roberts’ Investment in Time Pays Off," Black Art In America, September 30 (Link)
- Ghassemitari, Shawn. "Deborah Roberts Collages the Strength and Plight of Young Black Children," HypeArt, 27 September
- Valentine, Victoria L., "Best of September: 13 New Museum Exhibitions Feature Artists Ulysses Jenkins, Adam Pendleton, Deborah Roberts, Naudline Pierre, Arthur Jafa, Lorna Simpson & More," Culture Type, Sept 21 (Link)
- Valentine, Victoria L., "5 New Art Gallery Exhibitions to See Now Feature Deborah Roberts, Carla Jay Harris, Jarrell Gibbs, LaKela Brown, and Brittney Leeanne Williams," CultureType, September 10 (Link)
- Bachetepe, Hilal. "Deborah Roberts’ “I’m” Debuts at the Museum of Contemporary Art This Weekend," 303 Magazine, September 8 (Link)
- Gipson, Amarie. "The Museum Now, Part II: Deborah Roberts: Contemporary Austin," Artfourm, September
- In Collaboration with Jo Malone London, Frieze Magazine. "Dr. V. Joy Simmons’ Los Angeles is ‘a place of possibility’," Frieze, July 23 (Link)
- Hernandez, Jasmin. "Magic, Joy and Celebration: New Art Examines the Eminence of Blackness," Sotheby's, May 19 (Link)
- Little, Colony. "Deborah Roberts’s Intricate and Thoughtful Depictions of Black Childhood," Hyperallergic, May 3 (Link)
- Bennett, Joshua. "I Will Not Be Taught How To Behave," Art in America, May/June (Link)
- Ragbir, Lise. "Deborah Roberts Shines a Light on the Mistreatment of Black Girls," Frieze, March 19
- Artnet News. “26 Art-World Women Celebrate the Women Who Inspire Them, From Feminist Art Critic Linda Nochlin to Arte Povera Legend Marisa Merz,” Artnet, March 8 (Link)
- Friel, Katie. "Dazzling San Antonio art museum adds landmark Texas artist to collection," Culture Map, February 26
- Jarrett, Renae. "Where the Black girls are: A review of Deborah Roberts’ ‘I’m’," Sight Lines, February 27
- Purcell, Barbara. "Deborah Roberts: I'm," The Brooklyn Rail, February 19
- Faires, Robert. "Deborah Roberts: I'm" at the Contemporary Austin," The Austin Chronicle, February 19
- Barnes, Michael. "Austin artist Deborah Roberts' Contemporary show 'I'm' concerns the art of being seen," Austin 360, February 9
- Lloyd-Smith, Harriet. "The powerful collages of artist Deborah Roberts," Wallpaper, January 25
- Florsheim, Lane. "Artist Deborah Roberts—a Favorite of Beyoncé and Barack Obama—Gets Her Due," Wall Street Journal, January 23
- Marius, Marley. "In Deborah Roberts’s Art, an Interrogation of What Society Imposes on Black Children," Vogue Magazine, January 21
- Brand, Heather. "With Fans Like Barack Obama and Beyoncé, Deborah Roberts Opens a New Exhibition in Her Hometown of Austin," Texas Highways, January 21
- Oyeniyi, Doyin. "Deborah Roberts Has Exhibited Art Worldwide. She Hasn’t Had a Solo Museum Show in Her Hometown—Until Now," Texas Monthly, January 14
- 2020
- Crable, Devorah. "Deborah Roberts, The Worst Of Times Are The Best Of Times," Pigment Magazine (print), Fall/Winter
- Valentine, Victoria. "‘Deborah Roberts: The Evolution of Mimi’ Exhibition Catalog Wins Publication Award," Culture Type, December 15
- Roberts, Deborah. "Remembering Juneteenth," Hyperallergic, June 21
- Pogrebin, Robin. "With Her First Solo Museum Show Delayed, an Artist Stands Fast," The New York Times, April 12 (Link)
- Cohen, Alina. "Why Some Artists Turn Away Would-Be Buyers," Artsy, March 27 (Link)
- Jones, Lauren. "6 must-see art exhibitions coming soon to Austin museums," CultureMap Austin, February 6 (Link)
- 2019
- Fullerton, Elizabeth. "Deborah Roberts Renders the Complexity of Black Childhood in Collage," Art in America, October 7 (Link)
- Valentine, Victoria L. "Black Female Artists Are Headlining Exhibitions Throughout London," The Culture Type, July 21 (Link)
- Lee, Erin. “10 art exhibitions to see in July,” Royal Academy of Arts Magazine, July 1
- Hutton, Belle and Daisy Woodward. “A List of Great Things to Do This July,” AnOther, July 1
- Epps, Philomena. "Deborah Roberts at Stephen Friedman," Artforum, July 1 (Link)
- Jansen, Charlotte. "The Artist Disrupting Perceptions of Black Youths," Elephant, June 25 (Link)
- Barrie, Lita. "Deborah Roberts Explores The Fragility of Black Masculinity in Native Sons," Riot Material, June 5 (Link)
- Grant, Colin. “Get Up Stand Up Now: Black British art’s response to the Windrush scandal,” The Guardian, June 2
- Brady, Anna and Margaret Carrigan. “Private view: must - see gallery shows opening this June,” The Art Newspaper, May 31
- Valentine, Victoria L. "Artist Deborah Roberts Joined Susanne Vielmetter Projects Los Angeles and Has an Exhibition at Gallery’s New Downtown Space," CultureType, April 23 (Link)
- Marcoci, Roxana. "Young Heroines: Deborah Roberts," Mousse Magazine, Spring (Link)
- 2018
- Roberts, Deborah. "The Lives They Lived: Linda Brown," New York Times Magazine, December 30 (Link)
- Sheets, Hilarie M. "A Collector Who Grew Up With Art Now Fosters Its Makers," New York Times, December 26 (Link)
- Greenberger, Alex. "Long-Running ‘Anonymous Was a Woman’ Grants Awarded for 2018, With Betty Tompkins and Deborah Roberts Among 10 Winners," ArtNews, December 11 (Link)
- Valentine, Victoria L. "Art Basel Miami Beach 2018: Select Galleries Throughout the Mega Fair are Showing Works By African and African American Artists, Here’s Where to Find Them," The Culture Type, December 6 (Link)
- Williams, Margaret. "People of the Year: Deborah Roberts," Tribeza Artists Curated, November 29 (Link)
- Onyewuwnyi, Ikechukwu Casmir. "Deborah Roberts at Luis de Jesus," Carla, Issue 13, August. (Link)
- Dambrot, Shana Nys. "Deborah Roberts at Luis de Jesus," Art and Cake, June 10 (Link)
- Luke, Ben. "Artist Deborah Roberts on Yinka Shonibare exhibition and why 'black is not a colour any more," Evening Standard, June 6. (Link)
- Mizota, Sharon. "Roberts' powerful statement of black female identity," LA Times, May 29 (Link)
- Miller, Ashia. “Deborah Roberts’ #EvolutionOfMimi art tackles heavy topic of colorism,” RollingOut, May 25. (Link)
- Amirkhani, Jordan. "Art Review: 'The Evolution of Mimi' at Spelman Museum," BURNAWAY, April 25. (Link)
- Cochran, Rebecca. "Deborah Roberts: The Evolution of Mimi," Art Papers, March 17.
- Sargent, Antwaun. “The Artist Changing the Face of Black Girlhood,” VICE, March 6 (Link)
- Feaster, Felicia. “The power and pathos of girlhood defines Deborah Roberts’ collages,” The Atlantic Journal Contribution, March 6.
- Van Proyen, Mark. “Deborah Roberts @ Jenkins Johnson,” Square Cylinder, February 19. (Link)
- Larocca, Amy. “Portfolio: Her Breakthrough Women,” The New York Magazine, February 5 (Link)
- Green, Tyler. “Deborah Roberts, Anita Witek,” Modern Art Notes Podcast, February (Link)
- Johns, Myke. “Artist Deborah Roberts ‘Emancipates’ Black Girlhood In Spelman Exhibit,” National Public Radio, January 25 (Link)
- 2017
- Twersky, Carolyn. “New Studio Museum Show,” ARTNEWS, August 23. (Link)
- Marino, Rebecca. “Q+A with Deborah Roberts,” Conflict of Interest, July 17 (Link)
- Scott, Andrea K. “March Madness in the Meatpacking District,” The New Yorker, April 10 (Link)
- Anspon, Catherine D. “Austin Gets Its Own Art Fair,” Papercity Magazine, March 30 (Link)
- Kamm, Rebecca. “You Can’t Deny Us: The Artists Showcasing the Power if Female Athletes,” Broadly, March 28 (Link)
- Evans, Dayna. “What Does It Mean to Be a Woman in Sports?,” The Cut, March 20. (Link)
- 2016
- Knudson, Rainey. “Naming and Shaming: Deborah Roberts at Art Palace”, Glasstire, November 21 (Link)
- Ryzin, Jeanne Claire van. “Contemporary art exhibit probes African-American identity," Statesmen, September 19 (Link)
- 2014
- Huete, Betsy. “Deborah Roberts: One and Many,” Glasstire, November 29 (Link)
- Ward, Jeff M. “Deborah Roberts: Reconstructing, Reacting and Rethinking at O’Kane Gallery,” Fluent Collaborative, issue 79, November 17 (Link)
Public Collections
- 21c Museum Hotels, Louisville, KY
- Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
- American Patrons of the National Library and Galleries of Scotland, Brooklyn, NY
- Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX
- Block Museum of Art, Evanston, IL
- Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
- Chazen Museum of Art, Wisconsin
- The Contemporary Austin, Austin, Texas
- Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
- The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY
- ICA Boston, Boston, MA
- Let Freedom Ring Vol. 2, Lafayette and Flatbush Avenues, New York (digital billboard)
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
- Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston
- Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
- Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, Washington, DC
- Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
- Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), Miami, FL
- Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH
- Ruby City, San Antonio, TX
- Scottish National Galleries, Edinburgh, UK
- The Studio Museum in Harlem, NY
- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY