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Roberta Dorsett is an African-American photographer from the South Bronx. She earned her B.A. in Studio Art at The City College of New York with a concentration in photography. Roberta currently works as a Photography Laboratory Technician at City College. In her project Intimate Moments, she documents her family, countering the reductive representation of black people showcased in mass media. Dead Horse Bay Brooklyn investigates the abandoned bay and the environmental damage caused by industrialization from the 1850s. Frameless is a collaboration with photographer Clarissa B. Aponte that focuses on abstraction using film in non-traditional ways. Roberta’s recent work, Sleepwalking, is influenced by horror and slasher films, both of which combine an idyllic setting and possible danger. Roberta was awarded the A.I.R. Fellowship for the 2023-2024 term and the En Foco Photography Fellowship in 2020. Her debut solo exhibition, "Sleepwalking," was showcased at A.I.R. gallery in New York. She has also participated in various group exhibitions, including the En Foco Photography Fellowship Exhibition: "Reflection, This Memory" in New York and the Analog Film Photography Association Group Exhibition: "Monochrome: Angst, Ambiance, Abstraction" in Florida.

EDUCATION

B. A. in Studio Art - concentration in Photography, The City College of New York

SOLE EXHIBITIONS

2024 Sleepwalking, A.I.R Gallery - Brooklyn., N.Y.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022 CCNY Women Make Art, The City College of New York - Cohen Library Archives Gallery, N.Y., N.Y.

2021 Analog Film Photography Association Group Exhibition: Monochrome: Angst, Ambiance, Abstraction, Orlando, FL.

2020 En Foco Photography Fellowship Exhibition: Your Reflection, This Memory, New York, NY.

2017 Annual Student Photography Show, The City College of New York, New York, NY.

2016 Photography Magazine Exhibition, The City College of New York, New York, NY.

2016 Annual Student Photography Show, The City College of New York, New York, NY.

2015 Annual Student Photography Show, The City College of New York, New York, NY.

FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, INTERNSHIPS

2024 A.I.R Gallery - Brooklyn., N.Y.

2020 En Foco Photography Fellowship

2015 City College of New York: Joe Harris Scholarship Award for Photography

2015 City College of New York: The Connor Award in Art

2015 City College of New York: 1st Place - Annual Student Photography Show

2015 Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York, New York, NY.

PUBLICATIONS

2021 Monochrome Exhibition, Analog Film Photography Association, Orlando, FL.

2020 Nueva Luz Magazine, Vol24 Issue1, En Foco Inc, New York, N.Y

2016 EGG. Zine, November Issue, The City College of New York Photography Club, New York, NY.

2016 EGG. Zine, October Issue, The City College of New York Photography Club, New York, NY.

2016 CG220 Magazine, The City College of New York Photography Club, New York, NY.

ARTIST TALKS

2023 Bronx Documentary Center, Bronx, NY

Works

- Sleepwalking

- Frameless

- Intimate Moments

- Dead Horse Bay Brooklyn

- Mable Rose