Florida Artists Group

Roberta's Bio

Schofield earned an MFA in Painting and Photography in 1979 from the University of South Florida. Since then, she has exhibited her work all over the US in solo and group shows, appeared in international magazines, and had a 2-person show in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Her work was included in “The Heroic and Sublime: Large-Scale Work by Contemporary Women Artists” at the Gulf Coast Museum of Art in Largo, FL and in “Peoples Choice” exhibition at the Polk Museum of Art, and was included in a seminal 3-person exhibition “130 Years: Lynn Fostkett / Leslie Neumann / Roberta Schofield” at Gallery 221 at Hillsborough Community College.  She has held faculty appointments at the University of South Florida, South Florida Junior College, the University of Wisconsin in Eau Claire, and at St. Petersburg Junior College, and has lectured extensively.  Schofield’s digitally altered photographs have won many awards and her biography is in Who’s Who in American Art and Who’s Who in America.

Artists Statement:

Our reality is now so tied to photographs that everyone carries a camera and the photos that document our reality are being regularly shared in a global forum. As an artist, I can easily change that reality into fantasy - the moment in time becomes the timeless moment – through photo-editing software. This digital world, made up of discrete pixels, when enlarged to mural size, becomes intensely pure. The textures, values, colors, and lines peculiar to the digital world, are all formed by tiny squares even smaller than the tesserae of mosaics. I find these characteristics to be infinitely fascinating. Computer software provides a wide variety of possible combinations that can be manipulated to create odd and rich imagery. I have only scratched the surface of the possible so far because "happy accident" is a major characteristic of this exploration which keeps the process always fresh and new.  I do not create editions. I destroy all but low-quality files of pieces that are sold to ensure that the images are one-of-a-kind.

Exhibitions and Awards:

Solo and Two Person Exhibits (significant):

2014          Clayton Galleries, Tampa, FL
2011           TECO Plaza Gallery, Tampa, FL
2006          Pakhuis6 Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
                    Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta, GA
2005          Clayton Galleries, Tampa, FL
2003          Clayton Galleries, Tampa, FL
                   Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, FL
2002          Cudahy’s Gallery, Richmond, VA
2000          The Capitol Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
1999           Cudahy's Gallery, Richmond, VA
1997           Cudahy's Gallery, Richmond, VA
1996           Waterworks Visual Arts Center, Salisbury, NC
1995           Broward Community College, Pembroke Pines, FL
1994           Visual Arts Center of NW Florida, Panama City, FL
1993           Clayton Galleries, Tampa, FL
                    Cudahy's Gallery, Richmond, VA
1991           Jacksonville Coalition for the Visual Arts, FL


Group Exhibits (significant):

2021          Dunedin Fine Arts Center, Dunedin, FL
2020          Foosaner Museum, Melbourne, FL
2019          Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
2018          The Butler Institute of Visual Arts, Youngstown, OH
2018 & 2011    Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock IL
2018 & 2017   Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA
2016          Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, FL
2013          Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY
2012          Selby Gallery, Ringling School of Art & Design, Sarasota, FL
2010          Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
2009          Leepa Rattner Museum of Art, Tarpon Springs, FL
2006          Museum of Science & Industry, Daytona Beach, FL
2005          Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
2000          National Assoc. of Women Artists, New York, NY

Awards (significant):

2013          Ru Israels Memorial Award: LeMoyne Cener for the Visual Arts, Tallahassee, FL
                   Honorable Mention: Eastern Kentucky University Chautauqua, Richmond, KY
2010          Equal Merit Award: Boca Raton Museum of Art, FL
2003          Best of Show: St. Augustine Art Center, FL
2002          Best of Show: The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL
2001          Grant: Arts Council of Hillsborough County, FL
1997           Second Prize: Ridge Art Assoc., Winter Haven, FL
1995           Third Prize: Port Royal Plantation, Hilton Head, SC
1990           Grant: Arts Council of Hillsborough County, FL
1987-88     Grant: Florida Individual Artist’s Fellowship
1986           Best of Show: Ridge Art Association, Winter Haven, FL
1984           First Prize: Eau Claire Arts Council, WI
1983           Best in Show: The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL
1982           Second Prize: Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL
1982           Second Prize: The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL
1982           Mary Hulitar Award: The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL