Education
M.F.A., Printmaking, State University of New York at Purchase: Purchase, NY
B.F.A., Printmaking, University of Iowa: Iowa City, IA
Teaching
Professor Emerita, Art, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Graduate Teaching Fellow, Art Department, State University of New York at Purchase, NY
Instructor, State County Care Facilities, Washington and Williamsburg, IA
Instructor, Continuing Adult Art Education, Robert Lee Center, Iowa City, IA
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023
Practical Education, Maxine Merlino Gallery, California State University, Long Beach, CA
2022
Equipoise, Relief Prints by Roxanne Sexauer, Newport Beach Cultural Arts and Library, Newport Beach, CA
2022 Equipoise: Relief Prints by Roxanne Sexauer, Newport Beach City Arts Commission, Central Library Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
2016
Taproot, Brandstater Art Gallery, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA (catalogue)
2014
Sight Readings, Pete and Susan Barrett Art Gallery, Santa Monica City College Performing Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA
2011
Sight Readings: A 35 Year Survey of Work by Roxanne Sexauer, Art Space Gallery, Fresno City College, sponsored by the Central California Museum of Art, Fresno, CA
2008
Vital Signs, Graphic Art by Roxanne Sexauer, San Luis Obispo Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026
Impressions: A National Juried Exhibition of Printmaking, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
111th Annual California Society of Printmakers Membership Exhibition, Piedmont Center for the Arts, Piedmont, CA
2025
29th Parkside National Print Exhibition, Emile H. Mathis Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Parkside, WI
Where the Spirit Meets the Bone, Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA
Blurring the Lines, Light Art Space, Silver City, NM
39th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Pots-n-Prints 2024 Exhibition, Nancy Fyfe Cardozier Gallery, University of Texas Permian Basin, Odessa, TX
2024
9th Biennial Footprint International, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
Surface Impressions '24, International Print Exhibition, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
Five Points 2024 Printmaking Exhibition, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT
Nature's Way: Biomimicry in Art and Design, Eagle Rock Center for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
44th National Print Exhibition, Artlink Contemporary Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
Impressions Unbound, St. Louis Artists' Guild, St. Louis, MO, (catalogue)
California Society of Printmakers 110th Annual Membership Exhibition, Santa Rosa Jr. College, Santa Rosa, CA
Ink & Clay 46: Art & Science Collide, Kellogg University Art Gallery, Cal Poly Pomona, CA
2024 Ink & Clay 46: Art and Science Collide, National Exhibition, Cal Poly Pomona, Kellogg University Art Gallery, Fine Art/Ink
Curators: Kim Abeles and Barbara A. Thomason
2023
All Media 2023, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
California Printmakers:Traditional and Innovation, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
2022
Points of View, Long Beach Creative Group, Rod Briggs Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Artists Who Teach, Rosenthal Gallery, Fayetteville State University, and The Ellington White Contemporary Gallery, Fayetteville, NC
Push & Pull – Handmade Prints, Light Art Space, Silver City, NM
Layers of Ink, St. Louis Artists' Guild, St. Louis, MO, (catalogue)
5 x 5 Invitational Exhibition and Fundraiser, Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
2021
Visualizing Femme, Gardiner Art Gallery, University of Oklahoma, Stillwater, OK
California Society of Printmakers 107th Annual Exhibition, (online event)
The Next Big Thing, Studio Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA
2020
Points of View, an invitational print exhibition of seven women printmakers, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
2019
2019 25th Texas National, Steven F. Austin School of Art, Steven F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
From the Dance Hall to the Press: Contemporary Western Women Printmakers, exhibited at "Transposing Attitudes, Rocky Mountain Printmaking Alliance Symposium,” Department of Art & Art History, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
13th Annual California Printmaking Exhibition, Merced Multicultural Arts Center, Merced, CA
2018 Earthly Delights, with catalogue, Studio Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA, Group Exhibition. Curator: Carol Shaw-Sutton (Sculpture by Fred Rose)
2018
Earthly Delights, curated by Carol Shaw-Sutton, Studio Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA (catalogue)
From the Dance Hall to the Press: Contemporary Western Women Printmakers, "Altered Landscapes," Bally's Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
Jackalope/Go West: The Collaborative Turn, Laramie, WY
12th Annual California Centered: Printmaking 2018, Merced Arts Center, Merced, CA
In the Fields: Botanical Lore, Arts Benicia, Benica, CA
2017 - 2022
The Moth Migration Project: Traveling Installation Exhibition, Denver Botanic Gardens, York Street Location, Freyer-Newman Center, Denver, CO, 2022; traveling to Bundaberg Regional Galleries, Queensland, Australia, 2019; Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre, St. Andrews, Canada, 2018; Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary, McKinney, TX, 2018; 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM
2017
Printing Matter, an Exhibition of Artists' Books, Skaftell Cultural Center and the Technical Museum of the Austerlands, Seydisfjordür, Iceland
19th Annual National Works on Paper 2017: Drawing, Painting, Photography & Prints, The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ
2016
Midwest Matrix: Texas, Southwestern University, Austin, TX
Hannaher's Inc. Print Studio Artist-in-Residence Survey, The Plains Museum of Art, Fargo, ND
Ink & Clay 42, W. Keith and Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery, Cal Poly Pomona, CA
2015
Prints: CA: LA and Beyond II, Grey Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA
2014-15
American Printmakers, in conjunction with the "Triennial of Graphic Art," sponsored by the Cultural Affairs Office, Embassy of the United States. Sofia, and Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
2014
Midwest Matrix: Continuum, Grunwald Gallery of Art, Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Feel the D, Re:View, Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, MI
44th National Print Exhibition, Art Link, Fort Wayne, IN
5 x 5 Invitational Exhibition and Fundraiser, Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
2013
Invitational Exhibition, Farrington-Keith Creative Arts Center, Clara Kott von Storch Gallery, Dexter, MI
2012
Original Copy: Contemporary Printmakers, Traditional Techniques, an exhibition with Wayne Kimball, Chris Natrop, and Zoltan Janvary, Cypress College, Cypress, CA
Prints: CA, LA and Beyond, LA Print Space at the Pacific Design Center, sponsored by the California Society of Printmakers, and the Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Los Angeles, CA
Exhibit of Rare Books at the Okanagan College Library, Okanagan College Library, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
2011
Energy: An International Exhibition, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
Printmaking, Printmaking, Printmaking, Fine Arts Gallery, Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA
2010
Germination, Red Delicious Press, Aurora, CO
2009
Impressions: A Printmaking Exhibition, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
California Prints II: An Invitational Exhibition, Arts Visalia, Visalia, CA
Legacy: Works from the Permanent Collection, San Luis Obispo Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA
2008
Rock, Paper, Wood, an exhibition with Cynthia Osborne, Concordia College, Irvine, CA
Still Pulling: Traditional Printmaking in the Digital Age, (with artist's lecture), Elaine Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Committed to Pattern, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Ritual Duality: A Dance with Death, Mexican Cultural Institute of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Day of the Dead at La Mano Press, Los Angeles, CA
Benefit Exhibition for the Heart Touch Project International, Verve Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Impressions and Expressions, second and third floor galleries, The Wells Fargo Bank, Laguna Beach, CA
CSU Print Invitational, Janet Turner Print Museum, California State University Chico, CA
California Prints: An Invitational Exhibition, Arts Visalia, Visalia, CA
2006
Pull Together, an exhibition with Cynthia Osborne, Brian Sanderson and Kimiko Miyoshi, Citrus College, Glendora, CA
Genetic Imprint: Germination Portfolio, Southern Graphic Council Conference, Madison, WI
2006 Delta National Small Prints Exhibition, Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
The Transferred Image, A Printmaking Exhibition, 33 Collective Gallery, Chicago, IL
Germination, Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA
Zodiac (Year of the Monkey), Art Department, Ohio University, Athens, OH
Faculty Exhibition, Frogman's Press, Main Gallery, The University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
Ink and Idea: A Group Show of Leading Artists of the Print, Marjorie and Herman Platt and Borstein Galleries, University of Judaism, Los Angeles, CA
2023
Curator, Multiple Intersections: A Printmaking Exhibition of Fifteen Artists, Rod Briggs Memorial Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2019
Juror, Body and Soul: Annual Tri-State Juried Exhibition, Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
2015
Juror and Speaker, Works on Paper, The 125th Orange County Fair, Fine Arts, Costa Mesa, CA
2014
Juror, The Arts Visalia 2014 North American Print and Drawing Exhibition, Arts Visalia Visual Arts Center, Visalia, CA
2013-14
Juror, The Art LA Print Space, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
2011
Juror, for the annual Golden West College Student Exhibition, Huntington Beach, CA
2009
Worked with Professor Dominic Cretara to curate an exhibition of etchings & relief prints by CSULB graduate students at the Monsummano Museum, Monsummano Terme, Italy (catalogue)
2006
Curator, The 605 Cuts: Relief Prints from Whittier College & CSULB, exhibited both at the Dutzi Gallery, CSULB and at Whittier College. Jointly curated with Endi Poskovic, former Chair of the Printmaking Program at Whittier College, CA
2025
2nd Place Award, Pots and Prints Juried Exhibition, Nancy Fyfe Cardozier Gallery, University of Texas, Permian Basin, Odessa, TX
2019
2nd Place Award, TRAHC's 31st Annual Juried Exhibition, Texarkana, TX
2016
Juror's Choice "Ink" Award, Ink and Clay 42, W. Keith & Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery, Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona, CA
2015
California State University, College of the Arts, Faculty Travel Award to work at Black Church Printmaking Studio, Dublin, Ireland
2011
Most Inspirational Professor Award, California State University of Long Beach Alumni Association, Long Beach, CA
Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities Travel Award, College of the Arts, California State University, Long Beach, CA
2009
Anonymously nominated for a Visual Arts USA Fellowship
Second Place Award, Impressions, A Printmaking Exhibition, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
2007
Conference Travel Grant, awarded by the California State University Scholarly and Creative Activities Committee
2005
Award of Merit, Bold Expressions: 50th Annual International Exhibition, Northern California Arts, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael, CA
Best in Show Award, Lines Into Shapes, Art Center of Estes Park, Estes Park, CO
Tamarind Art Institute 2025.
(l-r): Marie Barnache, RS, Bekah Farnham.
Photo: Brandon Gunn
2025
Tamarind Institute Artist Residency Program, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
2018
Beisinghoff Printmaking Residency, Atelier Beisinghoff, Diemelstadt-Rhoden, Germany
2017
Lily Press, Rockville, MD
Print Matters International Residency, Skaftfell Cultural Center, Seydisfjordür, Iceland
2015
Black Church Printmaking Studio, International Extended Access Residency, Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland
Selected Teaching Residencies
2008
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, in conjunction with the opening of an exhibition and lecture. Additionally met with students and was interviewed on WDET-FM, the local NPR station.
2005
University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, Instructor, Woodcut Printmaking, seven-day workshop and public lecture.
2004
Hiram College, Hiram, OH,Convocation Speaker, with residency. Met with the Senior Studio class, along with Printmaking, Color Theory; and Design classes.
The University of Akron, Akron, OH, guest lecturer, met with Relief Printmaking classes.
Selected Lectures, Demonstrations, and Panels
2022
Points of View: Roxanne Sexauer, Artist Talk, Long Beach Creative Group, Long Beach, CA
2019
LA Print: Edition 9, Celebrating Women of the L.A. Print World, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Art Expert Panel, Memorial Care Hospital, meeting with representatives from Tubertus, hospital and medical executives on "The Healing Meadow Project," Long Beach, CA
2016
Lectured on "Wayne Thiebaud: Prints and Process," Carolyn Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA
2014
Lecture by Gordon Fuglie, Director/Head of Curatorial Affairs, Central California Museum of Art, on Roxanne Sexauer's prints and process, Edye Second Space, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA
Demo, printing monotype with a relief block, stencils & chine collé, Art Department, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA
2012
Lectured on her prints and process, Cypress College, Cypress, CA
2008
Exhibition of woodcut prints along with woodcutting demonstrations, Flexcut tools, The International Art Materials Trade Association, Reno/Sparks Convention Center, Reno, NV
Public lecture, Nybak Wing, San Luis Obispo Art Center, in conjunction with solo exhibition, Vital Signs: Graphic Art by Roxanne Sexauer, San Luis Obispo, CA
Public lecture, Wayne State University, Purdy Library Auditorium in conjunction with Still Pulling: Traditional Printmaking in the Digital Age, Detroit, MI
2007
Midwest Matrix: Grounding the American Fine Print Movement of the Post-War Period to Present, presented at "Points, Plots, and Ploys," the conference of the Southern Graphics Council, Kansas City, MO
2006
Member: Whittier College Printmaking Symposium, Colloquium, “Belfast/Los Angeles: Prints, Politics and Demographics,” Whittier, CA
Selected Articles and Publications
2023
Melina Paris, "Random Happening: Multiple Intersections Exhibition in Long Beach," Random Length News, June 6, 2023
2017
Pat Johnson, "Works on Paper at The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences," Arts and Culture Section, The Sandpiper, Long Beach, New Jersey, June 17, 2017
2015
Peter Frank, "Haiku Reviews: Art 2014 Roundup," Huffington Post Arts & Culture, January 2, 2015
Darla Martin Tucker, "Roxanne Sexauer's 'Taproot' Exhibition to Showcase Woodcut Prints," Arts and Culture Section, La Sierra News, December 23, 2015
2014
"SMC Exhibit 'Sight Readings' From Artist Roxanne Sexauer Opens Tuesday," Santa Monica Mirror, September 1, 2014
Jeanne Willette, Exhibition Review, ArtScene, Vol. 34, No. 2, pgs. 25-26, October 2014
Artillery Magazine, Vol. 9, Issue 1, September 9, 2014, work reproduced on pg. 8 (editorial page)
Deni Rodriguez, "Roxanne Sexauer Exhibit Premieres at Barrett Art Gallery," The Corsair, Arts and Entertainment section, September 17, 2014
Kevin Bowman, Exhibit Draws National Talent at Arts Visalia," Visalia Times Delta, Entertainment Section, July 2, 2014
Gordon Fuglie, "Sight Readings: A 35-Year Survey of Work by Roxanne Sexauer," Visual Art Source, September 1, 2014
"Midwest Matrix. Continuum," Wall Street Journal Art, July 10, 2014
"Midwest Matrix Exhibit at Grunwald Full of Surprises," The Herald-Times, Entertainment Section, September 14, 2014
2012
"Windhover Press and the Art of Printing," essay by Caitlin Voth, March 18, 2012
2011
Michael Miller, "Art Made from Everything," Los Angeles Times, "Daily Pilot" Section, March 2, 2011
“Woodcut Printmaker Celebrated,” Fresno Bee, March 2, 2011
Jamie Corpuz, “Printmaking Art Gallery Runs Until March 24,” The Western Sun, Arts & Living section, March 9, 2011, pg. 6
2008
Who’s Who of American Women, 27th edition
Karen Kile, "Art News," San Luis Obispo Art Center, April 11, 2008
2007
Who’s Who of American Women, 26th edition
Kevin Bowman, “Artists To Exhibit Hand-Pulled Prints at Visalia,” Visalia Times-Delta, Arts Section, March 9, 2007
“Print Exhibit to Feature Works from CSU Faculty, Students,” After Five, the North State Magazine, No. 3, pg. 5, January 2007
Who's Who in Fine Arts Academia
2006
Debra Koppman, “Ink and Idea,” Artweek, pg. 6, Volume 37, Issue 6, July/August, 2006
"A Survey Mt. San Antonio College," (catalogue)
1988
Vivien Raynor, "Lasansky's Printmaking Virtuosity on Display in Purchase," New York Times, December 18, 1988