https://tkroe.com theodore roe Tue, 17 Jun 2025 22:03:27 +0000 https://tkroe.com en https://tkroe.com/home Fri, 06 Jun 2025 03:11:34 +0000 theodore roe https://tkroe.com/home <img width="1782" height="465" width_o="1782" height_o="465" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/92cd70a3027856fb1ab8c10e8d3cabba3a28a7bf95bf47da13b735926d1f292e/Untitled_Artwork-12.png" data-mid="234236381" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/92cd70a3027856fb1ab8c10e8d3cabba3a28a7bf95bf47da13b735926d1f292e/Untitled_Artwork-12.png" /> about <img width="371" height="364" width_o="371" height_o="364" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b5cee180670c2829479e2275569037ab15f233ca335c3c0b4468b811b5c14ee8/Untitled_Artwork-14.png" data-mid="234236451" border="0" data-scale="55" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/371/i/b5cee180670c2829479e2275569037ab15f233ca335c3c0b4468b811b5c14ee8/Untitled_Artwork-14.png" /> fine arts <img width="381" height="430" width_o="381" height_o="430" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0d3c36552b36c51cfd12e67d095c76730431597609bc0444bef5ed5395792036/Untitled_Artwork-15.png" data-mid="234236452" border="0" data-scale="51" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/381/i/0d3c36552b36c51cfd12e67d095c76730431597609bc0444bef5ed5395792036/Untitled_Artwork-15.png" /> design <img width="396" height="435" width_o="396" height_o="435" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f96f79cdecb2a6e8eb7396f6b9119c7aeed4f0a3b8d5cf4950805e858815e283/Untitled_Artwork-17.png" data-mid="234236457" border="0" data-scale="53" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/396/i/f96f79cdecb2a6e8eb7396f6b9119c7aeed4f0a3b8d5cf4950805e858815e283/Untitled_Artwork-17.png" /> https://tkroe.com/about Fri, 06 Jun 2025 03:11:37 +0000 theodore roe https://tkroe.com/about <img width="1039" height="1386" width_o="1039" height_o="1386" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a6664b8298f0fc02ae360f9feb7ec0475840ba756ab398ffe74f50325a8b0c49/FullSizeRender.JPG" data-mid="234236291" border="0" data-scale="32" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a6664b8298f0fc02ae360f9feb7ec0475840ba756ab398ffe74f50325a8b0c49/FullSizeRender.JPG" /> theodore kang e roelofs (they/them, b.2001) is a multi-media sculpture artist from portland, oregon. they engage with historical material practices in textiles, printmaking, ceramics, architecture, and drawing. their practice explores tensions and dualities: of birth and death, preservation and decay, grief and love. they are inspired by natural phenomena, transsexuality and anthropology. BFA RISD textiles + nature-culture-sustainability studies 2024 CV ✹ CONTACT https://tkroe.com/cv Fri, 06 Jun 2025 03:11:37 +0000 theodore roe https://tkroe.com/cv Theodore Roelofs b. 2001, Portland, OR U.S.A. Education 2024 BFA Textiles, Rhode Island School of Design Honors, Nature-Culture-Sustainability Studies concentration Exhibitions &amp; Published Works 2025 Group exhibition, To Every Orange Tree, AS220, Providence, RI 2024 Senior Textiles exhibition, A Stitch in Time, Wood-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI 2024 Group exhibition, Rubrica, Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI 2023 Group exhibition, Safe in My Garden, Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI 2022 Group exhibition, Inherent Vice, RISD Museum, Providence, R 2022 Group exhibition, There’s No Hope for Love in Rhode Island, Memorial Hall, Providence, RI 2021 Cover, VISIONS Magazine, Volume XXII, Brown University Grants and Awards 2023 Barbara Kuhlman Foundation Grant https://tkroe.com/contact Fri, 06 Jun 2025 06:15:47 +0000 theodore roe https://tkroe.com/contact contact theodorekroelofs@gmail.com 9712036440 https://tkroe.com/design Tue, 17 Jun 2025 22:03:27 +0000 theodore roe https://tkroe.com/design design <img width="2514" height="2048" width_o="2514" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/072008a59011a62207d363b289998bb6fb534b064a26da35ae06cc9d8a679df3/IMG_0547.png" data-mid="249952889" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/072008a59011a62207d363b289998bb6fb534b064a26da35ae06cc9d8a679df3/IMG_0547.png" /> rift rug 2026 100% nz wool on cotton backing <img width="4024" height="6048" width_o="4024" height_o="6048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a3c86e951c1fbb49957073596a18b55f58dfcfaae0062e159f9aed0438f31459/ROETEDDY08.jpg" data-mid="234711106" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a3c86e951c1fbb49957073596a18b55f58dfcfaae0062e159f9aed0438f31459/ROETEDDY08.jpg" /> <img width="4024" height="6048" width_o="4024" height_o="6048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a108dd282bb6fd9194cf883c8ca08059fd4d3ffcabfcc8c17957415d36458002/ROETEDDY07.jpg" data-mid="234711104" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a108dd282bb6fd9194cf883c8ca08059fd4d3ffcabfcc8c17957415d36458002/ROETEDDY07.jpg" /> chrysalis lamp 2023 made in collaboration with Lily Wu devoré on satin, steel rod, ash wood <img width="2999" height="3020" width_o="2999" height_o="3020" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/83e31a65fc6bd6e3fca61be20d52ba16a4f7e72749f17439f37f92e141955415/IMG_6452.png" data-mid="234941726" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/83e31a65fc6bd6e3fca61be20d52ba16a4f7e72749f17439f37f92e141955415/IMG_6452.png" /> rainbow check scarf 2024 double weave on 8-harness floor loom, cotton <img width="3380" height="2552" width_o="3380" height_o="2552" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f3ed3d31c6e722dc5c63bec04c6d1e835b804a41fe0346137c1bd7b0782e4118/IMG_8235.jpg" data-mid="242027498" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f3ed3d31c6e722dc5c63bec04c6d1e835b804a41fe0346137c1bd7b0782e4118/IMG_8235.jpg" /> <img width="2250" height="2035" width_o="2250" height_o="2035" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/458c64628906d176975f5e925d986173db42ce80fbc5684e79f3299c164cd9c6/IMG_8229.jpg" data-mid="242027496" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/458c64628906d176975f5e925d986173db42ce80fbc5684e79f3299c164cd9c6/IMG_8229.jpg" /> <img width="1014" height="1104" width_o="1014" height_o="1104" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f93e3070201e07086f1508d3823ca668e8af6b2e1fa2303bd1fad1e4ea62c717/IMG_4932.jpg" data-mid="242027494" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f93e3070201e07086f1508d3823ca668e8af6b2e1fa2303bd1fad1e4ea62c717/IMG_4932.jpg" /> <img width="2490" height="2896" width_o="2490" height_o="2896" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/772d033f588715410a50589dceb48f9c67a85ef01399778c0ff6a96072510230/IMG_8245.jpg" data-mid="242027499" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/772d033f588715410a50589dceb48f9c67a85ef01399778c0ff6a96072510230/IMG_8245.jpg" /> <img width="2242" height="2730" width_o="2242" height_o="2730" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/888e6289f0c694f42db2d01a1be1d296fab03f2b81946a2ebc6ac9c6b3687b68/IMG_8230.jpg" data-mid="242027497" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/888e6289f0c694f42db2d01a1be1d296fab03f2b81946a2ebc6ac9c6b3687b68/IMG_8230.jpg" /> <img width="2308" height="2218" width_o="2308" height_o="2218" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/263d937406f78afd0dab911590f07f334589cff7e0315489d3395c7a736b23b3/IMG_8244.jpg" data-mid="242027501" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/263d937406f78afd0dab911590f07f334589cff7e0315489d3395c7a736b23b3/IMG_8244.jpg" /> garden of eden dobby samples 2023 woven on a 24 harness AVL dobby loom, various fibers <img width="1388" height="1593" width_o="1388" height_o="1593" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b365f8699ff1a0fe411afbda9c0789e113253e2ce0f853af1b54747e245e41fe/weaving-1.jpg" data-mid="242027489" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b365f8699ff1a0fe411afbda9c0789e113253e2ce0f853af1b54747e245e41fe/weaving-1.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="1033" width_o="900" height_o="1033" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/529dbb38b6b70182d750adfbb3ad929bb1766d4d5c57b6820ebf6ccceb3f003e/weaving2-1.png" data-mid="242027491" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/529dbb38b6b70182d750adfbb3ad929bb1766d4d5c57b6820ebf6ccceb3f003e/weaving2-1.png" /> double weave block samples 2022 double weave on 8-harness floor loom, cotton https://tkroe.com/fine-arts Fri, 06 Jun 2025 03:11:42 +0000 theodore roe https://tkroe.com/fine-arts fine arts collections devotion greater empires have fallen decay drawing https://tkroe.com/devotion Fri, 06 Jun 2025 04:08:12 +0000 theodore roe https://tkroe.com/devotion devotion Questions of memory and preservation come naturally through working with textiles, as fibers are inherently ephemeral and imbued with feelings of nostalgia, comfort, and intimacy.&nbsp;What do we consider sacred, and what do we consider disposable? How do we, as a collective culture, choose to remember and memorialize things? What is worthy of preservation?&nbsp;What remains after we are gone? <img width="2849" height="2893" width_o="2849" height_o="2893" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b7b27dcf965a7b45ecf9ed911e2a450ab639c2fc705b091ef10f48057a85c3ec/IMG_8733.png" data-mid="234238246" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b7b27dcf965a7b45ecf9ed911e2a450ab639c2fc705b091ef10f48057a85c3ec/IMG_8733.png" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0d269d8ba9e2e5cda995c4a7fa23d81287aeee3d3ee27085da0aa11f1376570e/IMG_1943.png" data-mid="234238588" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0d269d8ba9e2e5cda995c4a7fa23d81287aeee3d3ee27085da0aa11f1376570e/IMG_1943.png" /> <img width="2584" height="2386" width_o="2584" height_o="2386" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b96910f5955d2e3312eeeec0d68baf68113076671f795b67d0061d302504fa9a/IMG_5407-2.png" data-mid="234393261" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b96910f5955d2e3312eeeec0d68baf68113076671f795b67d0061d302504fa9a/IMG_5407-2.png" /> <img width="1861" height="3403" width_o="1861" height_o="3403" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/49acfd33341ac97a83777af752cf31337de71a39a19269a19110c857eccce196/IMG_2321.png" data-mid="234238245" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/49acfd33341ac97a83777af752cf31337de71a39a19269a19110c857eccce196/IMG_2321.png" /> <img width="1466" height="1166" width_o="1466" height_o="1166" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/000574268a80cfff596cc6a621e5f49d7da7f4c22263c0f72f4745ae9c055ea0/IMG_5410-2.png" data-mid="234393255" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/000574268a80cfff596cc6a621e5f49d7da7f4c22263c0f72f4745ae9c055ea0/IMG_5410-2.png" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/796921d986855d961866230040c1c29c0835d4af7f73eda6f09d41b2ff55a768/IMG_9403.png" data-mid="246521297" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/796921d986855d961866230040c1c29c0835d4af7f73eda6f09d41b2ff55a768/IMG_9403.png" /> <img width="3261" height="1850" width_o="3261" height_o="1850" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f8b9265aff739d0dc55431c98d60ea894d2e7c33dca0bc90278206ebe6fa719/IMG_1954.png" data-mid="234280563" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4f8b9265aff739d0dc55431c98d60ea894d2e7c33dca0bc90278206ebe6fa719/IMG_1954.png" /> <img width="2550" height="2472" width_o="2550" height_o="2472" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dd47254a5203bd2bf6dc2dd887372c82f056cce7a6a75d72e6d7056fd6f9f1d7/Untitled_Artwork-18.png" data-mid="234238646" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dd47254a5203bd2bf6dc2dd887372c82f056cce7a6a75d72e6d7056fd6f9f1d7/Untitled_Artwork-18.png" /> <img width="2675" height="1856" width_o="2675" height_o="1856" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/41b4fcd88ad24d2fef396af947f0cdc60c8288c909dda1ecd685a7ecad9141a0/IMG_8735-2.png" data-mid="234393253" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/41b4fcd88ad24d2fef396af947f0cdc60c8288c909dda1ecd685a7ecad9141a0/IMG_8735-2.png" /> https://tkroe.com/decay Fri, 06 Jun 2025 06:11:41 +0000 theodore roe https://tkroe.com/decay decayThrough this body of work, I mean to reveal the process of decay as translation: decomposition not as a value inherent to a material, but rather as the way that objects accrue and lose meanings over time. As information is translated through different materials, spaces, and contexts, how does it grow and change? How are the systems we live under inadequate at addressing this evolution/degradation, and how do humans attempt to create systems of recording? <img width="3024" height="3260" width_o="3024" height_o="3260" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c2cdae5146d5fe23f04a0054349cca1f71cc51a0a0c7a087c947ade161dff0b7/03916B4C-771A-4B95-A163-083C69EE4B75.png" data-mid="246521398" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c2cdae5146d5fe23f04a0054349cca1f71cc51a0a0c7a087c947ade161dff0b7/03916B4C-771A-4B95-A163-083C69EE4B75.png" /> <img width="2785" height="2389" width_o="2785" height_o="2389" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5dbb24dde997028bed4193e517e0a3e0f993aa9ec322e418c78cdf4b3f9fe493/IMG_2339.png" data-mid="234238582" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5dbb24dde997028bed4193e517e0a3e0f993aa9ec322e418c78cdf4b3f9fe493/IMG_2339.png" /> <img width="2318" height="2018" width_o="2318" height_o="2018" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2d48569a36859ca9b06fb7bf9ec802c24bc9d0d8ceb0ac80cfb1efe62b2b1e18/IMG_2417.png" data-mid="234944920" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2d48569a36859ca9b06fb7bf9ec802c24bc9d0d8ceb0ac80cfb1efe62b2b1e18/IMG_2417.png" /> <img width="1784" height="3437" width_o="1784" height_o="3437" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d56c55d33ad7011d2bac88e43a3a838d3d8805fc091aaf7b5c47dfe289118dd8/IMG_2313.png" data-mid="234281858" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d56c55d33ad7011d2bac88e43a3a838d3d8805fc091aaf7b5c47dfe289118dd8/IMG_2313.png" /> <img width="2987" height="2844" width_o="2987" height_o="2844" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/abc05af5e78ed0b5d3059d85cf22f074f36c6790e49e94b62df6b7643e7a0c9c/IMG_7675.png" data-mid="234280565" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/abc05af5e78ed0b5d3059d85cf22f074f36c6790e49e94b62df6b7643e7a0c9c/IMG_7675.png" /> https://tkroe.com/gehf Fri, 06 Jun 2025 05:29:42 +0000 theodore roe https://tkroe.com/gehf greater empires have fallen <img width="1440" height="1440" width_o="1440" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/97e9a14756831817ad0ad4c7fe701113a165f20ced5586a6b7fc9bfc1f9658df/43A44C35-13FB-4A16-B57A-03E8E3A56897.png" data-mid="234483150" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/97e9a14756831817ad0ad4c7fe701113a165f20ced5586a6b7fc9bfc1f9658df/43A44C35-13FB-4A16-B57A-03E8E3A56897.png" /> inherent vice (greater empires have fallen)2022 natural dye print pastes silkscreened on habotai silk, polyester lace Made to go along with the themes of the RISD Museum's 2022 exhibition Inherent Vice, this pattern contrasts the wealth and violence of the Gilded age with the time we are in now, often referred to as a contemporary Gilded age due to the extreme wealth disparities and material overconsumption. It contrasts violent and modern imagery, such as guns, drug paraphernalia, and police images, with depictions of opulence and wealth. The pattern was printed on habotai silk with a hibiscus and iron print paste, and edged with polyester lace, which in hundreds of years from now will stand as an empty frame once the silk has rotted away. When marginalization and state violence are written into the fabric of a nation, dependent on genocide and slavery for its existence, it is doomed eventually to fail. <img width="2872" height="2882" width_o="2872" height_o="2882" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3c79af8c2399c780a7c001dfef70b59d85e114e60f25df5c50afd9dc76c05c4a/IMG_8738.png" data-mid="234238577" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3c79af8c2399c780a7c001dfef70b59d85e114e60f25df5c50afd9dc76c05c4a/IMG_8738.png" /> Free Palestine (greater empires have fallen) 2023 cotton jacquard woven from digital collage As a precursor to early computers, the Jacquard loom represented a new age of modernity and industrialization, where cloth that was previously laboriously handwoven became more machine automated: an immediate, loud, industrial process that generates textiles from digital files. However, whenever “advancements” are made in capitalist, colonial systems, people, animals and the land get sacrificed as supposedly unfortunate but necessary consequences in the race forward. In what ways can a digital loom be compared to a car, or missile systems, or other tools advancing genocidal governments? Will we always be prey to industry? 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