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

1112 Marquis Drive, Bryan TX 77803

607-888-0584

JayRothSculpture@yahoo.com

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