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John Roloff (b. 1947) is an American sculptor and conceptual craft artist.[1] He is known for his site-specific work dealing with natural systems and the environment.^{[citation needed]}

Education and early life

Roloff was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1947.[2] He attended UC Davis where he studied geology and art.^{[citation needed]} He completed his graduate work in 1973.[3]

Work

During the late 1970s through the early 1990s, Roloff produced a series of site-specific kiln/furnace pieces.[4] In addition to ceramic work and sculpture, Roloff has created numerous works of public art including the work, Green Glass Ship–Deep Gradient/Suspect Terrain, at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco.[5]

Collections

Roloff's work is held in the permanent collections of the National Museum of American Art,[6] the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,[2] the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco,[7] the Chazen Museum of Art,[8] among other institutions.

His papers from 1980 to 2002 are held in the Archives of American Art of the Smithsonian Institution.[1]

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