Inge Roberts was born and educated in Germany.  She lived and worked for many years in California.  During that time she studied with several ceramic artists including Pamela Neely, Zoe Snyder, Alyce Buchanan and Philip Cornelius. 

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe University
Bachelor of Science equivalent

San Francisco State University
Post Graduate Certification

Working with various porcelain bodies, I have adopted and modified Philip Cornelius’ thin-slab method for most of my hand built forms.  I also use a variety of appropriated attachments collected over thirty years.

Drawn to ancient buildings and sites, the icons of those who came before us and whose words, signs and imprints litter the centuries, I touch old stones, wondering what links can be created between my hands and those of the past.

While traveling, I trace those links:  pressing wet clay against walls, onto floors, on bridge railings and doorknobs, on eroded statuary details and onto monuments of the living and dead.  I scour museum and cathedral shops for plaster copies, which I use in fragmented and sometimes distorted form.

Antique cookie molds conjure up story lines, with their recent peasant simplicity in bizarre juxtaposition to ancient sophistication.  On my work I stamp the symbols of ancient worship, sacred and secular texts, frivolous and earnest Gallo-Roman images, medieval symbols, hands and faces, the feet of Renaissance monks and the heads of Celtic gear from a Viking chess set.  I do this gratefully and sometimes not without hesitation.  My intent is to honor those forgotten artists.

January at MUSEO, Langley, WA (invited)

TORSO, at Museo, Langley, WA (invited)

ART OF THE WRITTEN WORD, Everett, WA (juried)

NATIONAL JURIED FINE CRAFT EXHIBITION, ACCI GALLERY, Berkeley, CA (juried)

2006

THE MAD HATTERS TEA, OPA NCECA EXHIBITION, Portland, OR (juried)

WPA JURIED INVITATIONAL, The Art Stop, Tacoma, WA (juried)

ACGA IN DAVIS, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA (juried)

CALIFORNIA CLAY COMPETITION - CCC, THE ARTERY, Davis, CA (juried)

2ND BIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION, Herbst International Exhibition Hall, San Francisco, CA (invited)

NORTH WEST DESIGNER CRAFTSMEN, membership (juried)

BOLINAS MUSEUM MINI SHOW, Bolinas, CA (invited)

60 YEARS OF FIRE, FORM&FUNCTION, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
(juried)

2ND BIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION, Herbst International Exhibition Hall, San Francisco, CA (juried)

CLAY, HANDS, WORDS - THREE POTTERS, MUSEO Gallery, Langley, WA (invited)

COMING HOME, CLAUDIA CHAPLINE GALLERY, Stinson Beach, CA (juried)

BEYOND BOUNDARIES, Gallery 'IN DER ALLERT', Keispelt, Luxembourg (invited)

CONTEMPORARY CLAY, WPA AT THE NORTHWEST CRAFT CENTER, Seattle, WA
(juried)

AMERICAN COLLECTOR WEST, Alcove Books (juried)

HOMAGE, MUSEO, Langley, CA (invited)

TWO BY TWO, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA (juried)

ACGA/BCG JOINT EXHIBITION, DESIGN CENTER, San Francisco, CA (juried)

ACGA in Oakland, Craft and Cultural Art Gallery, Oakland, CA (juried)

CCC - SIXTEENTH ANNUAL CALIFORNIA CLAY COMPETITION, Davis, CA (juried)

HOLIDAY SHOW AT MUSEO, Langley, WA (invited)

VISIONS IN CLAY, Stockton, CA (juried)

EAST MEETS WEST, Danville Fine Arts Gallery, Danville, CA (juried)

ONE OF A KIND, Design Center, San Francisco, CA (juried)

CCC, FIFTEENTH CALIFORNIA CLAY COMPETITION, The Artery, Davis, CA (juried)

BAULINES CRAFT GUILD MASTER/APPRENTICE ANNUAL, San Rafael, CA (juried)

BOLINAS MUSEUM MINI SHOW, Bolinas, CA (invited)

WPA Holiday Show, Everett, WA (invited)

FAR OFF THE RUNWAY; Images Of Clothing, V Breier Gallery, S F, CA (invited)

GALLERY 'IN DER ALLERT', Holiday I.,  Keispelt, Luxembourg (invited)

AWD, Associate Members Exhibition, San Rafael, CA (juried)

ONE OF A KIND, Design Center, San Francisco, CA (juried)

THE WORD MADE CLAY: Ceramic in its Own (W)rite, Athenaeum, La Jolla
(invited)         
                  
FIGURATIVEE, Gallery Alexander, La Jolla, CA ( juried)

AMERICAN COLLECTOR -WEST, Alcove Books (juried)

CCC, THRIRTEENTH ANNUAL CLAY COMPETITION, The Artery, Davis, CA (juried)

TEA, Virginia Breier Gallery, San Francisco, CA (invited)

CRAFT OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA", Alcove Books (juried)

14TH ANNUAL MINI SHOW, Bolinas Museum, CA, (invited)

1ST NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION, Artisans, Mill Valley, CA (juried)

POTS AND PANS, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA (juried)

OPAQUE/TRANSPARENT; CLAY/GLASS, College of Marin, Kentfield. CA (juried)

THE BALULINES CRAFT GUILD 30TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION, Falkirk, San Rafael and Bolinas Museum, Bolinas (juried)