Fred Roster
Honolulu, Hawai‘i

With Reels Like This We Shall Survive
bronze, stone, stainless steel, wood
23 x 33 x 7.5 cm
2005



____Selected exhibitions

  • Roster & Roster: Bait & Tackle, workspace, Honolulu, 2004
  • Surf Culture: The Art History of Surfing, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, 2003
  • Commitment to Excellence, invited artist, Academy Art Center, Honolulu, annually since 1995
  • Enriched by Diversity: The Art of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i State Art Museum, Honolulu, 2002
  • You Say It’s Your Birthday, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2002
  • Crossings ’89 Hawai‘i Artists Salute Crossings ’97, The Pegge Hopper Gallery, Honolulu, 1997
  • All Beasts Great and Small, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California, 1996

Born in 1944 in Palo Alto, California, Fred Roster holds a BA, 1967, and a MA, 1968, from San Jose State University and a MFA, 1970, from the University of Hawai‘i. Roster was commissioned to create work for the Department of Education ARTMOBILE, a life-size image of Saint Francis of Assisi for Saint Francis Hospital West, and a mural for First Hawaiian Center’s executive offices.

Experience has taught me that I’m not really on a quest for the right process or idea, but that the quest itself is my process of making. Each work is both a search and a provisional answer. On this quest I have discovered fascinating things are to be found along the borders of civilizations, where language, religion, and technology are put to use before they are fully understood.