ARTIST STATEMENT
Bryony Roberts is an artist and designer based in Los Angeles. Trained in both art and architecture, she creates interactive public art projects that enable sensory exploration and social connection. Her large-scale sensory environments transform public spaces through the soft textiles and fibers. She has created immersive and participatory environments for sites around the world, including projects at Lincoln Center in New York, the Federal Plaza in Chicago, Illinois, the City Hall in Columbus, Indiana, and the Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome. Roberts has been awarded the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome, an Artist Fellowship from the New York State Council for the Arts, and an Architecture Fellowship from the MacDowell Colony. Roberts earned a B.A. in Studio Art and Humanities from Yale University and a Masters of Architecture from Princeton University, and has taught at Rice University, the Oslo School of Architecture, and Columbia University.