Installation of "Reticulum" at Onondaga Community College
About
Materials vary from hot to cold during their journey through the cosmos. It’s a joy to work with materials like steel, which is high in iron. A cosmic circumstance: as a massive star fuses iron, which absorbs energy rather than expelling it, gravity takes over and it collapses. This collapse triggers a massive explosion; a supernova. The doomed star will spray tons of iron into the void, to coalesce and join the many other elements created by such a massive event. Said elements have miraculously piled and burned long enough to create the Earth and myself. I bend, clamp, weld, melt and crush it to express a burst of my physical energy into an erratic composition. Gestural abstractions frozen in time, quick and abrupt yet meticulously conceived. Scales and mounts vary from massive to light. Notes, drawings, and pigments are torn, cut and clamped into steel bends. As I play, polish, and ponder the many implications of the metal’s strength; I wish to capture a moment of exposed thought. A minuscule explosion that is fleeting, fragile, generative and strong.
Jason Roth
Bryan TX
607-888-0584
Artist Resume
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Education
2013: Master of Fine Arts Montclair State University, NJ
2010: Bachelor of Fine Arts Plattsburgh State University, NY
2005-2008: SUNY Onondaga Community College, NY
Employment
2013-2021: Sculpture Studio Manager, Residency Coordinator, Resident Artist. Gilbertsville Expressive Movement Inc.
2011-13 Graduate Assistant, Montclair State University.
2009-2010: SUNY Plattsburgh Art Department: Ceramics/Sculpture Studio Work Study.
Exhibitions
2016: “Independant Spirit, 24 Artists” Martin-Mullen Gallery, SUNY Oneonta Fine Arts Building
“Separate Matters” Group Show. Index Art Center Newark NJ
2015: Temporary installation of “Blown” Outdoor Steel Sculpture. Cooperstown Community Arts Building Entrance
“November at the Mansion” Group show. Wilber Mansion. Community Arts Network of Oneonta, NY
“Freedom of Line Frozen in Metal” Solo show at The Smithy Gallery, Cooperstown NY
2014: “Hatch” Group show at More Art Space. Oneonta NY
Outdoor Sculpture Competition Award. The Smithy Gallery Cooperstown NY
2013: "This Show Means Right Now" MFA Thesis Magnan Metz Gallery, Chelsea NY
2012: "Scaled to the Infinate" Group show at Index Art Gallery, Newark, NJ
"Sculptoure" Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit by The Shore Institute Of Contemporary Art. Asbury Park and Long Branch, NJ
Group Exhibition: Clayscapes Pottery. Syracuse, NY
Prime Steak House Sculpture Exhibit. Syracuse NY
2011: Taste of the Arts Group Exhibition, Eve Galleria, Syracuse NY
Solo Exhibition: Crouse Memorial Hospital Local Artist Showcase. Syracuse NY
Ceramics Showcase: Earthtones Coffee House. Syracuse NY
2010: Solo Exhibition: State of Mind Gallery Plattsburgh NY
SUNY Plattsburgh Senior Show
Ceramics Showcase: Carlene’s Custom Framing. Cicero, NY
Nature Walk and Sculpture Exhibit. Stroh House. Gilbertsville, NY
2009: Assistant and Collaborator: “Drawing in Air” By Andrew Schuster. Lipe Art Park, Syracuse NY.
2008: Plattsburgh State Undergraduate Exhibition
Suny Plattsburgh Summer Exhibition
Commissions and Private Collections
2021 “Portal” Gilbertsville Expressive Movement Inc.
2019 “Specimen” Gilbertsville Expressive Movement Inc.
2017 “Oculus” Gilbertsville Expressive Movement Inc.
2016 “Droplet” Gilbertsville Expressive Movement Inc.
2015 “Vacancy” and “Conduit” Gilbertsville Commons
“Winter’s Flare” Gilbertsville Commons
2014: “Poration” Mr. Barry Skolnick Gilbertsville NY
“Foster” Quarry Hill Estate Gilbertsville NY
“Wisp” Alice Siegfried
2012: “Reticulum” Onondaga Community College
2011: "A Moment In Flux" Gilbertsville Commons NY
2011: “Cycle” Syracuse Art Foundation, Henninger High School, Syracuse, NY
2010: “Junction” Paul Hendrick Cicero, NY
“Lucidity in Flight” Barry Skolnick. Gilbertsville, NY
2009: “Spark,” “The Remains Of Time” Jonathan Dokuchitz & Michael Arnold
Teaching Experience
2018-2020: Figure drawing workshop, Gilbertsville Expressive Movement Inc.
Residency coordinator, Shop Tech for all resident artists selected regarding outdoor and indoor work. Gilbertsville Expressive Movement Inc.
2012-13: Positions at Montclair State University as Graduate Assistant:
Advanced and intermediate Sculpture
Ceramics and Clay Sculpture
Intermediate and Advanced Drawing
2009-2010: Introduction to Ceramics, Studio Teachers Aid. SUNY Plattsburgh
2010: Introduction to Sculpture, Studio Teachers Aid SUNY Plattsburgh
Awards, Internships, and Scholarships
2013-2021: Long term sculpture residency. Gilbertsville Expressive Movement Inc.
2013: Lead fabricator for Saya Woolfalk, Franconia Sculpture Park MN
2012: Internship at the studio of Saya Woolfalk for preparation of a solo show at Montclair Art Museum, NJ
2011-13: Graduate Assistantship. Montclair State University, New Jersey
2008: Eliot Allen Scholarship. SUNY Plattsburgh
Workshops
2015 Raku Firing workshop. The Smithy Center for the Arts, Cooperstown NY
2009&10: Inter-collegiate Iron Pour. Salem Art Works. Salem, NY
2010: Assistant to Drew Goerlitz for sculpture installation. Plattsburgh NY
2007: Ceramic Wood Firing Onondaga Community College