John Roloff
Education and early life
Roloff was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1947. He attended UC Davis where he studied geology and art.{{cn|date=September 2022}} He completed his graduate work in 1973.{{cite web |title=John Roloff/MATRIX 110 |url=https://bampfa.org/program/john-roloff-matrix-110 |website=Berkeley Art Museum |date=22 December 2014 |access-date=22 April 2022}}
Work
During the late 1970s through the early 1990s, Roloff produced a series of site-specific kiln/furnace pieces.{{cite web |title=John Roloff, Osher Fellow |url=https://www.exploratorium.edu/collaborations/oshers/john-roloff |website=Exploratorium |access-date=22 April 2022}} In addition to ceramic work and sculpture, Roloff has created numerous works of public art including the work, Green Glass Ship–Deep Gradient/Suspect Terrain, at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco.{{cite web |title=John Roloff, Green Glass Ship |url=https://yerbabuenagardens.com/public-art/ |website=Yerba Buena Center, Gardens |access-date=22 April 2022}}
Collections
Roloff's work is held in the permanent collections of the National Museum of American Art,{{cite web |title=John Roloff |url=https://americanart.si.edu/search?query=John+Roloff |website=Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American Art |access-date=22 April 2022}} the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,{{cite web |title=John Roloff |url=https://www.sfmoma.org/?s=John+Roloff |website=San Francisco Museum of Modern Art |access-date=22 April 2022}} the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco,{{cite web |title=John Roloff |url=https://art.famsf.org/john-roloff |website=Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco |access-date=22 April 2022}} the Chazen Museum of Art,{{cite web |title=John Roloff |url=https://chazen.wisc.edu/collection/26070/untitled-no-79/ |website=Chazen Museum |access-date=22 April 2022}} among other institutions.
His papers from 1980 to 2002 are held in the Archives of American Art of the Smithsonian Institution.{{cite web |title=John Roloff Papers (1980–2002) |url=https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/john-roloff-papers-11587 |website=Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Art |access-date=22 April 2022}}
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