ROBERTA SURGAN BUCKLES
rsbbuckles@aol.com
210-408-2325

EDUCATION:

2007 MFA, University of Texas San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
        Painting concentration with secondary interest in drawing, collage and digital arts
2005 Post Baccalaureate Art, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
1977 B.S. Communications, School of Communications, Boston University, Boston, MA

EXHIBITIONS:

2008 Art Nuevo, UTSA Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2008 Tradition and Transformation, WomanMADE Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008 Spectrum, Luminaria Event, San Antonio, TX
2008 Shown at Galleria Ortiz Contemporary, San Antonio, TX
2007 Illuminations, Solo Exhibition, UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, TX
2007 Solo Exhibition, Bear Moon, Boerne, TX
2007 Mo + PoMo, UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, TX
2007 UTSA Juried Student Art Exhibition, UTSA Art Gallery, San Antonio, TX
        (Juror, David Rubin, Curator of Contemporary Art, San Antonio Museum of Art)
2006 Fire in the Belly, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, TX
2006 Unlocked, UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, TX
2006 Attraction of Abstraction, artSA, San Antonio, TX
2006 Gradiant, The Radius, San Antonio, TX
2006 UTSA Student Art Exhibition, UTSA Art Gallery,San Antonio, TX
        (Juror, Rene Paul Barilleaux, Chief Curator, McNay Art Museum)
2005 UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, TX
2004 Focus, Werby Gallery, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
2004 Coordinated Chaos, Werby Gallery, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
2003 Explore This!, Court House Cultural Center, Stuart , FL
2003 Spring Exhibition, Showcase Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
2002 Award Winning Artists Exhibition, Seaside Gallery, Laguna Niguel, CA
2002 Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA

SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS:

2007 UTSA Juried Student Art Exhibition, First Place - Graduate Division
2007 College of LIberal and Fine Arts Second Place Award Art, Research Competition
2007 UTSA International Education Financial Award Scholarship
2006 Angelika Janzen-Brown and Robert Brown Endowed Scholarship
2006 Herman and JoAnn Wigodsky Scholarship
2005 Art and Art History Graduate Art Scholarship

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS AND COMMISSIONS:

PUBLICATIONS:

Dan R. Goddard, Artbeat, mySA.com, Dec. 13, 2007
Dan R. Goddard, "Gradiant features 9 UTSA artists," San Antonio Express News, February 9, 2006, P. F10
Sandra Carpenter (Editor), "Making the Leap," The Artist’s Magazine, March 2005
"Learn from the Masters: Five Questions for Roberta Buckles," www.myamericanartist.com, online publication of American Artist’s Magazine, August, 2003
"Art has a home in San Clemente," Sun Post News, Feb 21, 2002, p 10

PROFESSIONAL:

2001-2003 Colored Pencil Society of America, National Ways and Means Director
2000-2005 Buckles Media, Principal, Owner
1986-2000 Corporate career in national advertising sales and marketing