ARTIST STATEMENT
Working as an artist is the way I process the world around me…sounds obvious, but it is not always clear or easy. Some of my works deal with topics that overwhelm me such as issues of migration, immigration and the environmental crisis we find ourselves in. Some works tease apart elements of myself and my relationships/all our relationships such as when I consider the ‘things we carry’ and the ‘threads that bind us’ in my textile sculpture.
Grounded in drawing/painting/printing, I have always found myself drawn to textiles both aesthetically and contextually. Sewing and costume design as well as my time at the loom are processes that I integrate into my work. Drawing and various mark making methods are also important to me. As are the movement and interaction shapes and color. These foundational ideas coalesce in both my 2-d and 3-d works.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Priscilla Roggenkamp is an artist and educator from NE Ohio.
She is recently retired from the art faculty at Ashland University.
She studied art at Kent State University (M.F.A.), University of Arkansas (M.Ed.) and Heidelberg College (B.A.).
Priscilla’s studio highlights:
an Individual Excellence Award from the Ohio Arts Council FY21
a site-specific sculpture in Akko, Israel,
a residency at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine,
collaboration on a sculpture for Galion Hospital,
a sabbatical trip to Lodz, Poland to study contemporary textiles
curation of group exhibitions,
exhibition of my work around the country and internationally.
Priscilla is represented in Columbus, OH, Hilton Head, SC and Taos, NM by Muse Gallery.
When not making art or teaching, Priscilla makes music in the band, Rock Salt and Nails. She and her husband, Rudy, live on a farm south of Alliance, OH.
© Priscilla Roggenkamp