Alma's profile
Alma Roberts is a second generation abstract expressionist painter who "paints her way through life" with vivid abstractions rich in passion, history, and the stories she has lived. She is a rising talent despite having celebrated her 75th birthday in 2023. Roberts has been featured in solo exhibits ( Featured Artist at Baltimore City Hall Galleries, and at the James E. Lewis Museum, at Morgan State University), and as part of the group exhibits: I KAN DO DAT ( Rush Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa), Wombmanity (BWI Airport, Baltimore, Md.), Black'ity Black (Novado Gallery, Jersey City, N.J.), Black Art: In the Presence of Light (Gallery B, Bethesda), We The People (Maryland Comptroller's Office, Annapolis, Md). She is currently in the group exhibit: Keeping the Culture: The Last Twenty-Five Years, at JELMA (Baltimore) also featuring the work of Master Artists, Sam Gilliam, Elizabeth Catlett, Valerie Maynard, Mel Edwards, Danny Simmons, and others. Roberts has one of her works in the permanent collection at Morgan State University's James E. Lewis Museum of Art, and a portfolio of her works was featured on LEDBaltimore's 52' LED outdoor billboard in 2023. Roberts serves on the Board of Directors of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum, and is a Commissioner on the Baltimore Public Art Commission. She describes herself as follows: I am an African American Abstract Expressionist painter. I am an Elder. I am an Activist and an Optimist. My art is my medicine. It is my messenger. It is my legacy to pass down to those who come after me.
