Deborah Roberts (American, Born 1962)

Place: Austin

Born: 1962

Biography:

Deborah Roberts is an American contemporary artist born in 1962 in Austin, Texas. She received a BFA degree from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas; and a MFA degree from Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. Roberts is a mixed media collage artist whose figurative works depict the complexity of Black subjecthood and explore themes of race, identity, and gender politics taking on the subject of otherness as understood against the backdrop of existing societal norms of race and beauty. Her work challenges the existing notion of a universal beauty, arguing instead for a more inclusive and subjective understanding of visual culture. Roberts was named 2023 Texas Medal of Arts Award Honoree for the Visual Arts. She lives in Austin, Texas.