South Plaza Sculpture Exhibit 2006

Arts Curriculum Vitae

W i m R o e f s

Director
if ART, International Fine Art Services

2300 Lee Street, Columbia, SC 29205
Phone: 803.238.2351
Cell: 803.799.7170
Email: wroefs@sc.rr.com

CURATORIAL WORK

2006

* Tonya Gregg: Aunt Jemima, at Vista Studios, Columbia, SC, if ART production, April 2006 (forthcoming)
* Anna Redwine, at Vista Studios, Columbia, SC, if ART production, April 2006 (forthcoming)
* Leo Twiggs, Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County, Camden, SC, guest curator, April (forthcoming)
* Leo Twiggs: Toward Another Retrospective, Vista Studios, Columbia, SC, if ART production, March (forthcoming)
* South Carolina Birds: A Fine Arts Exhibition, City Gallery at Waterfront Park, curator, Charleston, SC, February – March (forthcoming)
* Laura Spong At 80: Warming The Chill Winds With, Vista Studios, Columbia, SC, if ART production, February
* South Carolina Birds: A Fine Art Exhibition, City Gallery at Waterfront Park, Charleston, SC, guest curator, February – April

2005

* Construction Crew: Klaus Hartmann, Kim Keats, Peter Lenzo & Edward Rice, Vista Studios, Columbia, SC, if ART production, December (forthcoming)
* 20th Annual Vista Lights: Thomas Crouch, William G. Jackson & Anna Redwine, Lewis & Clark Gallery, Columbia, SC, co-production if ART/L&C Gallery, November, (forthcoming)
* Marcelo Novo: Flow, HoFP Gallery, Columbia, SC, guest curator, November
* Up From The Mud: Aaron Baldwin & Mike Williams, Vista Studios, if ART production, October
* Carl Blair, Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County, Camden, SC, guest curator, September-October
* Good Art in a Home: Jeff Donovan, Renee Rouillier, Kees Salentijn & Tom Stanley, Columbia, SC, if ART production, September
* Carl Blair: The Verner Award Celebration Exhibition, Lewis & Clark Gallery, Columbia, SC, co-production if ART/L&C Gallery, April – May
* Janet Orselli – Matt Overend: Double O 80808, Vista Studios, Columbia, SC, if ART production, April
* Good Art in a Home: Steven Chapp, Tonya Gregg, Terrance McDow & Virginia Scotchie, Columbia, SC, if ART production, March

2004

* South Carolina Birds: A Fine Arts Exhibition, Sumter Gallery of Art, Sumter, SC, curator, August – October
* South Carolina Birds: A Fine Arts Exhibition, Burroughs & Chapin Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC, curator, November – December
* Good Art in a Home: Jason Amick, Jeff Donovan, Eric Miller & John O’Neil, Columbia, SC, if ART production, November
* Stephen Chesley: Painting, Lewis & Clark Gallery, Columbia, SC, co-production Wim Roefs/L&C Gallery, November
* Margie Lee: West Coast Women, Lewis & Clark Gallery, Columbia, SC, co- production Wim Roefs/L&C Gallery, November
* John Wright: Black Box, Lewis & Clark Gallery, Columbia, SC, co-production Wim Roefs/L&C Gallery, November
* Tonya Gregg: New Works, Lewis & Clark Gallery, Columbia, SC, co-production Wim Roefs/L&C Gallery, May
* Roland Albert: Sticky Stuff, Lewis & Clark Gallery, Columbia, SC, co-production Wim Roefs/L&C Gallery, May
* Jason Amick: Faith/Reason, Lewis & Clark Gallery, Columbia, SC, co-production Wim Roefs/L&C Gallery, May

2003

* Reiner Mahrlein: Abstractions in Granite, Paper & Steel, Lewis & Clark Gallery, Columbia, SC, co-production Wim Roefs/L&C Gallery, November 2003 – January 2004
* Kees Salentijn: Between Figuration and Abstraction, Lewis & Clark Gallery, Columbia, SC, co-production Wim Roefs/L&C Gallery, November 2003 – January 2004

TEACHING

“Art History: African-American Art,” Art Department, University of South Carolina, Fall 2004 (again in 2006)

PUBLICATIONS (selection)

“Leo Twiggs: American Original,” International Review of African American Art, Hampton University, Hampton, VA, 2006 (forthcoming)
Leo Twiggs: Toward Another Retrospective, Wim Roefs (editor and essayist), if ART, Columbia, SC, 2006 (forthcoming)
“Laura Spong: The Making Of An Artist,” in Laura Spong at 80: Warming The Chill Winds With Celebration, Wim Roefs (editor), if ART, Columbia, SC, 2006
Construction Crew: Klaus Hartmann, Kim Keats, Peter Lenzo & Edward Rice, Wim Roefs (editor and essayist), if ART, Columbia, SC, 2006 (forthcoming)
Marcelo Novo: Flow, Wim Roefs (editor and essayist), HoFP Gallery, Columbia, SC, 2005
Up From The Mud: Aaron Baldwin & Mike Williams, Wim Roefs (editor and essayist), if ART, Columbia, SC, 2005
Carl Blair: The Verner Award Celebration Exhibition, Wim Roefs (editor and essayist), if ART, Columbia, SC, 2005
Janet Orselli & Matt Overend: Double O 80808, Wim Roefs (editor and essayist), if ART, Columbia, SC, 2005
South Carolina Birds: A Fine Art Exhibition, Wim Roefs (editor and essayist), Sumter Gallery of Art, Sumter, SC, 2004
“Remembering Herbert Gentry,” Herbert Gentry Memorial Program, Herbert Gentry Memorial Committee, New York City, March 2004
“Jacob Lawrence: Schilder van het Sociale Landschap” (Jacob Lawrence: Painter Of The Social Landscape), Amerika (The Netherlands), Fall 2002, p. 80-89
“Jacob Lawrence: Giving Black History A Face,” in: Spotlight (Germany), October 2005, p. 20 – 23
“America’s Black Secrets” (on the Hampton University Museum of Art), Spotlight (Germany), June 1999, p. 42-46
“Color Vision” (on the Hampton University Museum of Art), The Scotsman WeekEnd (Scotland), August 29, 1998, p. 16-19
“Hampton University Museum,” Amerika (The Netherlands), Nov.-Dec. 1998, p. 36-41
“Amerikaans Landschap: The Migration Series van Jacob Lawrence” (American Landscape: The Migration Series of Jacob Lawrence), Contrast (The Netherlands), Sept. 7, 1995, p. 9
“William H. Johnson Is Coming South Again,” The Emancipator (Columbia, SC), Jan.- Feb 1995, p. 1, 9
“Het Tampa Museum of African-American Art” (The Tampa Museum of African- American Art), Amerika (The Netherlands), Fall 1995, p. 54-58
“Artist Tom Feelings And The Sorrow & Joy Of Black America,” The Emancipator (Columbia, SC), Nov. 1994, p. 17
“The Barnett-Aden Collection: Preserving The Oldest Collection Of African-American Art,” The Emancipator (Columbia, SC), Oct. 1994, p. 1, 16-17
“The Horror Of Hamlet: Columbia Artist Deanna Leamon Visualizes Fire Victims’ Suffering,” Black News (Columbia, SC), December 16-22, 1993

BIBLIOGRAPHY (selection)

Collins, Jane, “Multi-faceted Show Impressive, Fascinating” (about “South Carolina Birds: A Fine Arts Exhibition”), The Item (Sumter, SC), Sept 5, 2004, p. 3B
Lakin, Williesha, “Curator To Hold Art Showing At His Home,” The State (Columbia, SC), Sept 14, 2005, p. B2
Mobley-Martinez, T.D., “Pluck Meets Luck: A New Curator Gather S.C. Artists For A Flight Of Fancy,” The State (Columbia, SC), Oct. 3, 2004, p. E3
Moore, Ivy, “South Caroline Birds: Gallery Opens Season With Themed Works By State’s Artists,” The Item (Sumter, SC), Aug 26, 2004, p. 1B-2B
Thomas, Heidi, “Look, Listen, Change: Pioneers Push Cultural Innovation In Columbia – Wim Roefs, Owner, if ART,” Free Times (Columbia, SC), Sept. 21-27, 2005, p. 14-16

EDUCATION

At present, Doctoral candidate, History Department, University of South Carolina,
Columbia, S.C.
1999, MA in Journalism, Thesis: Political Power and Newspaper Content: American
Elite Groups and New York Times Coverage of Northern Ireland, College of
Journalism and Mass Communications, University of South Carolina
1988, MSSc in Irish Political Studies. Thesis: Northern Ireland 1969-1988: External
Involvement, British Policy and The Anglo-Irish Agreement; Department of
Politics, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Northern Ireland
1986, MA (in Dutch: ‘Doctoraal’) in History, specializing in economic and social history.
Thesis: The Historiography of the Dutch Socialist Movement in the 19th
Century: Two Case Studies (title translated from Dutch); History Department,
University of Nijmegen (now Radboud University), The Netherlands
1982, BA (in Dutch: ‘Kandidaats’) in History. History Department, University of
Nijmegen (now Radboud University), The Netherlands.