Roberta Barbara Marks

Background

Marks, Roberta Barbara was born in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Daughter of Philip W. and Eleanore (Margolis) Dilner.

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts, U. Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, 1980. Master of Fine Arts, United States Florida, 1981.

Career

Instructor, lecturer multi-media, lecturer, visiting artist to numerous art schools, including United States Florida, Tampa, Chicago The Art Institute of Chicago, Valparaiso University, Indiana, Rochester Institute Technology American School of Crafts, New York, Galerie de Koull, Murten, Switzerland, SantaFe Community College, Gainesville, Brookfield Craft Center, Connecticut, Florida Keys Community College, University of Wisconsin -Milwaukee, Parson School Design, Key West (Florida) Community College, 1991, American Embassy, Bern, Switzerland, 1993. Juror RiversideAvondale Preservation Art Festival, Jacksonville, Florida, 1981, Ybor Square Art Festival, Tampa, 1980, Miami Lakes Art Festival, Florida, 1975. One woman shows include Brevard Community College, Melbourne, Florida, 1982, Cocoa, Florida, 1982, Coventry Galleries, Limited., Tampa, 1983, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, 1984, 87, Tennessee Williams Fine Arts Center, Key West, 1985, Garth Clark Gallery, New York City, 1985, Fred Gros Gallery, Key West, 1985, Key West Art and Historical Society East Martello Museum and Gallery, 1985, U. Miami New Gallery, Florida, 1987, Katie GingrassGallery, Milwaukee, 1987, Zimmerman Saturn Gallery, Nashville, 1987, Bern, Zurich Switzerland, 1988, Galerie Alte Krone, Altstadt, Biel, Switzerland, 1990, Helander Gallery, New York City, 1990, Gump"s Gallery, San Francisco, 1990, Helander Gallery, New York City, 1991, LeMieux Gallery, New Orleans, 1991, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, 1992, Galerie Etc., Bern,1992, Galerie Belorussian Arte, Lengnau, Switzerland, 1992, Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, 1994, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida, 1994, Galerie Vinelz, Switzerland, 1994, Galerie Quattro, Zurich, 1994, many others

Exhibited in group shows at Netsky Gallery, Miami, 1982,The Craftsman"s Gallery, Scarsdale, New York, 1982, Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, 1983, Nelson-Atkins Museum Art, Kansas City, Missoury, 1983, American Craft Museum, New York City, 1984, North. Miami Museum and Art Center, 1985, JoanneLyon Gallery, Aspen, Colorado, 1984, Key West Art and History Society East Martello Museum and Gallery, 1985, Garth Clark Gallery, New York City and Los Angeles, 1985, 24X24, Ruth Siegel Limited., New York City, 1987, Artforms Gallery, Louisville, 1986, The Private Collection Women Artists, Ohio, 1987, East Martello Museum, Key West, Florida, 1990, East Martello Museum, Key West, Florida, 1990, Philharmonic Center for Arts, Naples, Florida, 1993, Center forArts, Vero Beach, Florida, 1993, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, 1993, Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, 1993, many others

Represented in permanent collections Smithsonian Institution, Renwick Gallery, Rochester Institute Technology Fine Arts Department, U. Utah Museum, U. South Florida Fine Arts Department, Galeriedu Manoir, Louisiana Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, Valencia Community College, Okum Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, International Business Machines Corporation, Jacksonville, Florida, American Telephone & Telegraph Company, New York City, others

Achievements

• Roberta Barbara Marks has been listed as a notable educator, artist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member World Craft Council, Artists Equity Association, International

Connections

Children: Jeffery Allen, Steven Craig.

Father:

Philip West. Dilner

Mother:

Eleanore (Margolis) Dilner

child:

Jeffery Allen Marks

child:

Steven Craig Marks