Lars Roeder
Department of Visual Arts
Associate Professor, Printmaking
B.S., University of Wisconsin- La Crosse, 2012.
M.F.A., Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi, 2017.
Lars Roeder is the Assistant Professor of Printmaking at the University of Wyoming. He was born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin. He received his MFA in printmaking from Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi in 2017. His work has been exhibited throughout the United States in solo and juried group exhibitions and as part of the SIETE printmaking collective. He also co-created Kaleidoscope Science, an art-science outreach initiative.
Artist Statement
Roeder makes prints which insert the viewer into a discourse of contradiction and satire. The work displays a conflicted point-of-view, a sarcastic parody, or an idiosyncratic composition which requires dissection and critical questioning. Familiar iconography engages the viewer to unpack a more nuanced critique. When this fails, some projects resort to literally inserting the viewer into the composition, using printmaking to create interactive installation. Spatial relationships add context to the viewer's experience and generate implicit engagement as the viewer physically navigates the piece
