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Roberta Millman-Ide

was born in Southern California. She spent her childhood in both Hawaii and Southern California. She has traveled extensively across the United States and has ventured as far west as the Tahitian Islands, south throughout Mexico and Central America, and North into Canada. She has visited Great Britain, Italy and spent time in Israel. Under the influence and encouragement of her parents (who had a love and respect for the arts and the most sincere belief that Roberta's art "obsession" was a God-given talent) her multi-faceted creative expressions flourished. As a child, Roberta was drawing on any available surface. Her bedroom walls were covered with rolls of drawing paper. She went to school with sketch pads in hand and instructions to the teachers stating that it was to save their desks from being used as a canvas.

Her artistic talent developed quickly resulting in many achievements and awards throughout her youth. By the age of 9 when Roberta wasn't drawing, she was playing music on flute & piccolo. She gave solo recitals and won many music competitions throughout her High School years in Oceanside, California.

In 1976, on a music scholarship, she entered California State University in Long Beach (CSULB). During college, Roberta returned to her love of art and applied for the prestigious CSULB Graphic/Advertising two-year Design program. In 1979, she was one of approximately two dozen students accepted out of hundreds for the 1980-82 Program. Under the guidance of Archie Boston (the Director of the Design Program, an exceptional teacher and Graphic Designer) , Roberta honed her conceptual and visual art skills.

In 1982, she graduated with a BFA and spent the next decade working with two prestigious California Advertising Agencies (DFS/Dorland & BSB Worldwide), while continuing her art education at the Art Center of Pasadena. The combined elements of concept and strong visual design became the essence behind Roberta's award winning advertising and graphic design work.

In 1993, Roberta moved to Northern New Jerseywith her husband and two young sons where she established her design company "another bright IDEa, production".

Roberta has painted wall murals, created mosaic tile artwork, and, (even today) continues to design unique jewelry, including composites of her print art adhered and enameled onto glass medallions.Her work is often inspired by her dreams, taking the chaos of a dreamscape and simplifying the image to convey its underlying meaning. Roberta has created her own unique art style by a fusion of Conceptual, Illustrative and Contemporary Representation blended onto a single canvas.

Today Roberta devotes herself primarily to her oil painting and fine art. Although, in addition to creating art work for herself and for various exhibitions, she has produced many pieces to help raise money for non-profit organizations those to which she feels a personal connection). * She also creates artist's websites and offers workshops on Promoting Yourself on the Web. This stems from her belief that:

"alone we are just a candle in the wind...

...but... to be the fuel that inspires others to shine, one has the ability to illuminate the world."

Roberta Millman-Ide

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JURIED EXHIBITIONS

"Nature's Canvas" Exhibition; Paramus, NJ April 2012 (awarded Artist In Residency) in Nahariyah, Israel; May 2012

"Ev(e)olution II”Exhibition (“Deconstructing the Eve Myth”); Riverside Branch of NYPL, NYC; Mar ‘12

“Vernissage Des Femmes Artistes” ("H 2 O"); The Armory Art Center;
West Palm Beach, FL; Nov '11- Jan '12

"Illustrious" ("Enslaved by Green...Entombed by Greed") at the Guerilla Galleries (GUGA)
Nov '11 - Jan '12; One Gallery; One Gateway Center, Newark, NJ

"The Bayer Gallery Exhibit"("Recycling of Souls" & "Past,Present,&Future"); Bayer Health Care Pharmaceuticals; Wayne, NJ; Sept-Dec, '11

Response Art Exhibit  (“A.R.M. Yourself”/”A Bad Situation”/”Who’s your puppet-master?”); Industry City Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Sept’11  

"Ev(e)olution” Exhibition (“Timeless Beauty”); Riverside Branch of NYPL, NYC; Mar ‘11

"DNA" Exhibit, The Edward Williams Gallery (FDU), Hackensack, NJ, Dec.’10-Jan.’11

"The Modern Family", ( “Beyond Ourselves”); The Galleries at the Interchurch Center, NYC, May 27th-Jun.’10

Studio Montclair’s 2010 Summer Salon ;( “Who deems themself as worthy?”) Montclair Library, NJ, Jun.’10

LOVE art Exhibit,  (“A Modern Prophet”); Rivergarden Gallery; Denville, New Jersey. March,’o9

Summer Dreams Exhibit, (“Summer’s End”); Pomona Cultural Center, Pomona, New York, Jun.-Jul.’08

CURRENT & UPCOMING EXHIBITS

SUNDAY, APRIL 29th, 2012

The Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey's Partnership2Gether present

Nature's Canvas

Art Exhibition

location: JFNNJ Gallery; 50 Eisenhower Drive, Paramus, NJ

'Meet the Artists' Reception: 4-7pm

37 Artists... and over 70+ works of art celebrating the beauty of nature... both in Northern New Jersey and with our sister City, Nahariyah, Israel

I am very honored to be one, of four, artists chosen (who's work was juried in) to represent NNJ and travel to Israel to be part of

the Artists In Residence Program

in Nahariyah, Israel in May!

Please join us for the New Jersey Art Reception and see my painting that won me this A.I.R. opportunity.

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RECENT EXHIBITS

March 2012

Ev(e)olution II

location: The NYPL Riverside Branch (across from Lincoln Center) 127 Amsterdam Avenue, NY 10023

it included an Open Artist Panel Discussion: "The Changing Role of Women Artists". This was N.A.W.A.'s Celebration of Women's History Month.

January - April 2012

"State of the Art 2012"

Studio Montclair Group Exhibit
The SMI Gallery @ Academy Square & SMI Virginia S. Block Gallery; Montclair, New Jersey

February 2012

"The Power of Squares" with

Salute to Women in the Arts @ the Waltuch Art Gallery in the Kaplan JCC on the Palisades; Tenafly, NJ

November 2011-January 2012

"Illustrious"

at the Guerilla Galleries (GUGA)
Location: One Gallery; One Gateway Center, Lower Lobby, Newark, NJ 07102

November 2011-January 2012

“Vernissage Des Femmes Artistes”

A Multi-Media Exhibit – during Art Basel– Uniting N.A.W.A. Headquarters and the Florida Chapter. The Armory Art Center
1700 Parker Avenue
West Palm Beach, Florida 33401

PAST EXHIBITIONS

Ev(e)olution II;  The NYPL Riverside Branch (across from Lincoln Center), NYC  March 2012  *

"State of the Art 2012"; The SMI Gallery @ Academy Square & SMI Virginia S. Block Gallery; Montclair, New Jersey ;  Jan.-April 2012      (Studio Montclair Group Exhibit)   *

"The Power of Squares"; Waltuch Art Gallery @ the Kaplan JCC on the Palisades; Tenafly, NJ ; Feb. 2012 (Salute to Women in the Arts)

WINTERFEST-2012_"Women's Issues: Controversy and Challenge";  The Art Center of Northern New Jersey; New Milford, NJ; Jan 2012   (Salute to Women in the Arts) 

“Vernissage Des Femmes Artistes”; The Armory Art Center;  West Palm Beach, Florida; Nov. '11– Jan. '12 ( A Multi-Media Exhibit – during Art Basel– Uniting N.A.W.A. Headquarters and the Florida Chapter.) *

"Illustrious"; the Guerilla Galleries (GUGA); One Gallery, Newark, NJ; Nov. ‘11 – Jan., 2012 *

"The Bayer Gallery Exhibit"; Bayer Health Care Pharmaceuticals; Wayne, NJ; Sept.-Dec. '11  (Salute to Women in the Arts)   *

"Response Art Series"; Artists 4 Israel; the Brooklyn Industry City Art Gallery, Brooklyn,NY; Sept '11  *

"Who do we think we are?" by Sisters in Art ; NYC Public Library (Riverside Branch); Sept-Oct. 2011

NAWA's SUMMER SHOWCASE EXHIBITION; the N.A.W.A. Gallery; 80 Fifth Avenue - Suite 1405; New York City; July-August 2011

N.A.W.A.'s 122nd Annual Members Exhibition; Sylvia Wald/Po Kim Gallery; New York City; May 2011

Artists4Israel; a Response Art Series, May 2011, The JCC on the Palisades, Tenafly, NJ

PAST EXHIBITIONS

"The Costs of War"(Juried) Exhibition-selection: "Conflict"; The Puffin Cultural Forum; Teaneck, NJ; March-April 2011   *

National Association of Women Artists "Ev(e)olution"(Juried Exhibition. selection: "Timeless Beauty"); NYPL (Riverside Branch) 127 Amsterdam Ave. (at W. 65th st.); NYC; March 2011   *

"Winterfest 2011 -White Exhibit"; ACNNJ; New Milford, N J, Jan. 2011  (Salute to Women in the Arts)

National Association of Women Artists "DNA"(Juried Exhibition. selection: "H2O") , Edward Williams Gallery; Hackensack, NJ ; Dec. 2010-Jan.2011   *

"New Member's Exhibit "; N.A.W.A. Gallery; NYC; Nov.2010   *

"Melange" Exhibition, Riverside Gallery; Hackensack, NJ; Oct. 2010 (Salute to Women in the Arts)

"Green" Exhibition, Riveredge Cultural Cntr.; River Edge, NJ ; Oct. 2010 (Salute to Women in the Arts)

National Assoc. of Women Artists 121st Annual Exhibition, National Art's Club, NYC; June 2010

Studio Montclair's "Summer Salon”, Montclair, NJ; June 2010  *

"The Modern Family "; Interchurch Center Gallery, NYC; May-June 2010   *

The AAR (Art Association in Roxbury) 43nd Annual Members Show, Atrium Gallery Morristown, NJ.; May - Sept.. 2010 *

"The Self Portrait "; Wyckoff, NJ, Mar – Apr '10   (Salute to Women in the Arts)

"Winterfest 2010 - Nouveau"; ACNNJ; New Milford, N J, Jan. 2010   (Salute to Women in the Arts)

The AAR (Art Association in Roxbury) 42nd Annual Members Show, the Atrium Gallery in Morristown, NJ.; May - Aug. 2009 *

"Love Art " (Juried Exhibit- selection: "A Modern Prophet"), Denville, New Jersey, Feb. - Mar. 1,2009*

PAST EXHIBITIONS

The Water Exhibit ", ACNNJ, New Milford, New Jersey, Jan. 2009   (Salute to Women in the Arts)

"Put on Your Dancing Shoes ", Hoboken, New Jersey; Nov. 2008  

"The Journey ", Mahwah, New Jersey, Oct. 2006 (breast cancer fund-raiser)

"Summer Dreaming", Pomona, New York; June-July, 2008  *

"41st AAR Annual Member's Show", Morristown, New Jersey; May - Aug. 2008

AAR Group Exhibit , Morris County Library, Whippany, New Jersey, March 2008 AAR Long Valley Arts Building Cooperative and Studios , Long Valley, New Jersey, Apr-Aug'08

"Artist Pick ", Wykoff, New Jersey, March 2008 (Salute to Women in the Arts)

"My Own Feminism", Fairleigh Dickinson's Metro Campus, New Jersey, January 2008   (Salute to Women in the Arts)

"The Yellow Bra III ", Mahwah, New Jersey, Sept.-Oct. 2007  (breast cancer fundraiser)

"Trees",  JCC Palisades, New Jersey, Apr.-May 2007"AAR Members' Show", Morristown, New Jersey, May-July 2007   (Salute to Women in the Arts)

"Salute in the City", New York City, NY; Mar.-Apr. 2007   (Salute to Women in the Arts)

"Renewal", ACNNJ, New Milford, New Jersey, Jan.-Feb. 2007 (Salute to Women in the Arts)*

"The Yellow Bra II", Mahwah, New Jersey, Oct. 2006   (breast cancer fundraiser)

"Expressions of Hope", New Jersey, Oct.2006   (Salute to Women in the Arts)

ONGOING EXHIBITS

You can currently view and/or purchase my art at:

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52 S. Main Street ; New Hope, PA;

215-862-4922

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CURRENT MEMBER OF THE FOLLOWING ART ORGANIZATIONS

National Association of Women Artists (March,2010-present)

http://www.thenawa.org/

Studio Montclair (2009-present)

http://www.studiomontclair.org/

Salute to Women in the Arts, Inc. (2006-present)

(and affiliate of the Art Center of Northern New Jersey)

www.salutetowomeninthearts.com

For Information on my WORKSHOPS go to: MY CURRENT WORKSHOP

For Information on my DESIGNING YOUR WEBSITE: click here

(note: the websites I design aren't all as crazy as this one. This one was done intentionally in a free-style layout.... reminiscent of the original weblogs.)

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