About
Roberta Parry studied as an art major at the University of Arizona in Tucson and at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu. Finding the need to help support a family, she changed her major to Education, with minors in Psychology and Fine Arts. She taught elementary students, college undergraduates, and in-service teachers; wrote curriculum materials; did a stint as a freelance editor; and finally settled as office manager of a pedodontic and orthodontic practice.
During this time, she wrote a short story collection, FEMME TALES, four plays—two of which won awards and were produced—and four novels, all of which she pursued nights after work and on Sundays. Saturdays, she kept her home together.
She has lived in Arizona, California, North Carolina, Indiana, New York City, Colorado, and New Jersey, traveled to Europe and Hawaii, and visited Peru, Mexico, Kenya, and the Caribbean Islands. Now settled permanently in Santa Fe, New Mexico, she is returning to her first love—painting.
JURIED EXHIBITIONSÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2024 KBM Gallery "Lovely Landscapes"Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2024 Lincoln Gallery Regional Fine Art Show
2023 Hotel Andaluz Q3 Exhibition
2020 Jones Gallery October Group Show, Kansas City, MO
2016 Watercolor USA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 El Gancho, Santa Fe. NM
2019 Vista Grande Library, Eldorado, NM
2018 Joe's Dining, Santa Fe, NM
2018 Jean Cocteau Cinema, Santa Fe, NM
2018- McGee Life Event Center, Santa Fe, NM
2018 Art on Barcelona, Santa Fe, NM
2018 7 Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2016 Johnsons of Madrid Fine Arts Gallery, NM
2016 Eula Mae Museum Gallery, Clovis, NM
2015 Main Library Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2014 Johnsons of Madrid Fine Arts Gallery, NM
OTHER EXHIBITS
2019 Visiting Artist Four Seasons Rancho Encantado, Santa Fe, NM
2019 Joe's Dining, Santa Fe, NM
2018 Visiting Artist Four Seasons Rancho Encantado, Santa Fe, NM
2017 Art House Centro Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2014 –2021 Santa Fe Studio Tour
2016 - 2018 Brookdale Santa Fe
2016–2018 Artist in Residence, Inn and Spa at
the Loretto, Santa Fe, NM
2014 - Scott Williams, D.O., Santa Fe
REPRESENTATION
2010-2012 Arte Bella Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2014-2015 Gallery 901, Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM
2012–2018 Johnsons of Madrid Fine Arts Gallery, NM
2020- Belle of the West Gallery, Madrid, NM
2023- Yucca Art Gallery, Old Town Albuquerque, NM