Faculty Profile

My work occurs in the realm of personal and social space, questioning; how individuals form feelings of selfhood, connection, and belonging. Through the subjects I photograph and the bonds that develop between us, I explore concious and subconcious identification and rapport as well as individual symbols of power and culture. I attempt to reveal the self through sameness and difference, through the relationship of self and other, and through relationships to time and place.

• M.F.A. 2005 Photography, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 
• B.A. 1999 Planned Studies: Human Nature and Creative Expression, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY 

My artistic practice shifts from the studio to direct involvement with the public. The production of my work is often an interactive and dialog-based performance; I create situations, invite others into my practice, and set up actions that result in photographs, texts, and installations. Through my work and its process I continually displace myself and de-center the viewer, disrupting the usual artist/audience relationship.

• NYFA Immigrant Artist Project Newsletter, "Featured Artist," Issue 47, April 17, 2009
• Nueva Luz Photographic Journal, "Hidden Histories," Volume 13, No. 3 
• Women in the Arts, National Museum of Women in the Arts, spring 2008
• Times Argus, "Four (or five) women photographers: Two directions", August 1, 2008
• Camerawork: A Journal of Photographic Arts, Fall/Winter 2007, Volume 34, No. 2
• "Beyond/In Western New York 2007," Albright-Knox Gallery biennial catalogue
• "Critical Art," Cornell Art Faculty in China catalogue
• 2004 Light Work Annual, Contact Sheet No. 127, Syracuse: Light Work Visual Studies, Inc.

• Special Topics in Visual Representation: Framing Subjectivity 
• Studio Photography
• Photography 1
• Photo Processes
• Photo III, Pre-thesis, Thesis
• Color Photography

2009

• "Mirando al Sur: Looking South," Woman Made Art Gallery, Chicago, IL.
• "Self Portrait," Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA
• "Made in NY," Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY
• "Analog Catalog," Samuel Dorsky Museum, New Paltz, NY
• "Anthology of Trends", Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY
• "Hall of Mirrors", Northlight Gallery, Herberger College of Fine Arts, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
• "Cataloguing Attitudes: Contemporary Photography and the Archive", CUNY Staten Island, NY  

2008

• "Video/ Art / Ithaca," Sfumato Gallery, Ithaca, NY
• "Women to Watch," National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
• "(untitled #)," George Waters Gallery, Elmira College, Elmira, NY
• "Women to Watch," Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College, VT
• "TPS 16," Calumet Photo Gallery, San Fransisco, CA
• "TPS 16," Calumet Photo Gallery, New York, NY 
• "The Body as Image", Philoctetes Center, New York, NY
• "Plan Against Loneliness", Rural Research Laboratories @ the Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
• "Women to Watch", Chaffee art Center, Rutland, VT

2007

• "The Spitting Image," SF Camera Work, San Francisco, CA
• "Beyond in Western New York," Albright-Knox Art Gallery biennial, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY 

2006

• "Breaking Ground: Emerging Artists," Lightwell Gallery, Fred Jones, Jr. Memorial Art Center, University of Oklahoma School of Art, Norman, OK
• "Many Many Exhibition," The Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, OH
• "Everson Biennial," Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
• "A Survey of Contemporary Artists," Rural Research Laboratories, Sayre, PA

2005

• "Inclinations: Photography Now," George Waters Gallery, Elmira College, Elmira, NY

2003

• "Holga Series," Light Work Gallery, Robert B. Mensehel Media Center, Syracuse, NY
• "Group Show," String Room Gallery, Wells College, Aurora, NY

• Wilka Roig.com
• The Working Relationship.com
• Tarrah Krajnak & Wilka Roig Collaborative Works