PROJECTS
2015- curator "Greater Nebraska Part Two, About Human" at The Lux Center For The Arts, Lincoln, NE.
2014- co-curator "Greater Nebraska, Part One" a survey of contemporary Nebraska artists @ The Lux Center For The Arts, Lincoln, NE.
2012-present: Exhibition Committee member Lux Center for the Arts.
2011-present: Board member Medici Foundation (raises money for Univ. of Nebraska Art Dept.)
2008- Founded ProjectRoom -a contemporary art exhibition space, Lincoln, NE
2004- Curator/Organizer of the Upstream Brewing Company's Legacy Project. A private collection of contemporary Nebraska art.
2002- Co-Founder of The Artists Consortium (an artists' owned organization to exhibit and promote art in Lincoln, NE.
COMMISSIONS
2007- "O" Public Art Project; A community arts project coordinated by The Bemis Arts Center, The Omaha Chamber of Commerce, and Alegent Health.
1992- The Paris Review, "The Dust Blows Forward and The Dust Blows Back" Fall Issue: p.156-63
1991- A&M Records, Inc. Los Angeles, CA. Cover art for Toni Childs' CD and album "House Of Hope".
GRANTS and AWARDS
2001- Nebraska Arts Council Merit Award, Individual Artist Fellowship.
1992- Nebraska Arts Council Master Award, Individual Artist Fellowship.
1991- Mid-America Arts Alliance/National Endowment For The Arts Fellowship Award in Photography.
1980- Vreeland Award recipient for Outstanding Achievement in Visual Arts (undergraduate), from The University of Nebraska Foundation.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2022- “Fear Of All Of The Above And Then Some”. Project Project, Omaha, NE
2018- “I Live In My Own World Now and I’m Happy Here”. Iron Tail Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2017- "The Infinite Landscape". Iron Tail Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2015- "Chicken Wire Paintings". Iron Tail Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2015- "Retrieval/Redemption". Darger HQ. Lincoln, NE
2014- "My Western Landscape". Elder Gallery, Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
2014- "People Knew Him As A Manipulator of Form & Material But What He Really Was Was An Assassin". @ Iron Tail Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2013- "Something About The West, Something About The Space" @ Iron Tail Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2013- "True West". Walker Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Kearney.
2012- "Two Guys & A Fence". @ Tugboat Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2011- "Drive Dark West". ProjectRoom, Lincoln, NE
2010- "My Western Landscape". -Gallery Henn, Maastricht, Holland
2008- "Something About The Space". -ProjectRoom, Lincoln, NE
2005- "Tugboat Dredges Roper's Basement". -Tugboat Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2004- "The Raw Pop Power Project". -Fluxion Gallery, Omaha, NE
2003- "Gun Paintings". -Fluxion Gallery, Omaha, NE
2002- "New Paintings And Old Stuff" -The Artists' Consortium, Lincoln, NE
1996- "DRIVE" -an installation-Richards Hall Gallery, University of NebraskaLincoln
1994- "American Photo Bundles" -MK Expostieruimte, Rotterdam, Holland
1993- "Photo Bundles" -Bianca Lanza Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
1993- "Two Guys From Lincoln; Craig Roper & Cameron Shaw" -Sheldon Memorial Gallery. Lincoln, NE. *catalog essay by Daphne Deeds
1992- "Reality Bundles", -Gallery Henn, Maastricht, Holland
1992- "Craig Roper" Bess Cutler Gallery, Soho, New York, NY
1992- "Cheap Art, Cheap Bourbon". Richard/Bennett Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1991- Richard/Bennett Gallery, Los Angeles, CA * catalog essay by Christian Leigh
1989- Richard/Bennett Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1987- Richard/Bennett Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1986- Richard/Bennett Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1984- University Center Gallery, University of California-Santa Barbara
1983- Galleria Picasso, Santa Barbara, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2016- "Nebraska Rising". Curated by Alex Priest @ The Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
2015- "Eidetic". Curated by Launa Bacon. @ Darger HQ Gallery. Lincoln, NE
2014- "12 Photographers", curated by Keith Jacobshagen, @ Tugboat Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2014- San Francisco artMARKT, Randall Scott Projects
2014- "Mummies Are Sitting Ducks, Contemporary Artists Exhume The Influence of Wm. S. Burroughs" On The Occasion Of His 100th Birthday. @Cider Gallery, Lawrence, KS
2013- PhotoBOMB. PhotoNoLa @ The Front. New Orleans, LA
2012- Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Randall Scott Projects, Houston, TX,
2009- American Artists-German Friends. @ Gallery Henn, Maastricht, Holland
2006- Tugboat At Sheldon Memorial Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2006- Tugboat Presents, The Hot Shops, Omaha, NE 2004- The Black & White Show, Modern Arts Midwest, Lincoln, NE
2004- The Gun & Knife Show, @ Fahrenheit Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2004- The Stray Show, Chicago, IL
2003- The Upstream Legacy Art Project, The Artists’ Consortium, Lincoln, NE
RSVP/MONA, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE
2002- 1st Invitational Group Show, The Artists’ Consortium, Lincoln, NE
2001- 3 Decades, @ Richards Hall Gallery, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
1994- * Nervous Landscapes, @ Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL
* catalog essay by Alison Devine Nordstrom
1993- West Coast Art, @ Weber Contemporary Art, Munich, Germany
1993- * Book, Box, Word. @ North Miami Center of Contemporary Art, North Miami
1993- Bianca Lanza Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
1992- Landscape As Subject, @ Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
1992- Déjà vu, Asher-Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1992- Iconic Landscape, Estok-Lanza Fine Art, New York, NY
* New Photography, Museo di Fotogra?a, Brescia, Italy
1991- * Photography as Object, Galerie Ghislave, Paris, France
1991- Accrochage Objects, @ Galerie Henn, Maastricht, Holland
1991- Summer, @ Richard/Bennett Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1991- Landscape/Six Perspectives, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman College, Orange, CA.
*catalog essay by Maggi Owens
1990- Black & White, Sheldon Memorial Gallery, Lincoln, NE
1990- *Object Of Stratification, Bitter-Larkin Gallery, New York, NY and the Richard/Bennett Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1990- *Light Aberrations, University of Texas-San Antonio Art Gallery
1989- Aesthetics, @ Richard/Bennett Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1988- The New Code, @ Richard/Bennett Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1987- The Art Of Politics, @ Richard/Bennett Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1983- A Black Attack On Galleria Picasso, Santa Barbara, CA
ARTICLES & REVIEWS
2014- Wolgamott, L. Kent. "Greater Nebraska"
2103- Wolgamott, L. Kent. "Roper Combines Amalgam of Materials Into Thought Provoking Work". Lincoln Journal-Star, Dec. 14, 2013.
2013- Brown, Rick. "True West", Kearney Hub, August 22, 2013.
2013- Hannah Jorgensen. "Journey Into The True West" The Antelope, Sept, 11, 2013.
2012- Wolgamott, L. Kent . "Two Guys & A Fence" Lincoln Journal Star, April 2012.2008- Baker, Sarah“Roper’s Room” The Reader, Omaha, NEApril 10-16, 2008.
2006- Krainak, Michael Joe. "Art Co-Op, Tugboat At Hot Shops" The Omaha City Weekly. Jan. 18-24, 2006. p.36.
2005- Pagel, Anne“Big Bang Theory” L Magazine, Lincoln, NESept. 2005 Vol. 3 2004- Turner, Nick“Iggy Pop Art” The City Weekly, Omaha, NE. June 16-22, 2004
2003- Fielding, Julien R. “Don’t Shoot The Messenger” ?e Omaha Reader, May 15, 2003
2002- Wolgamott, L. Kent. "Artists' Consortium To Feature Work By Founders", The Lincoln Journal-Star, Sept. 29, 2002. p. 12X.
1994- Welling, Door Dolf. “Overrijk Aanbod Van Tentoonstellingen” Rotterdams Dagblad, Sept. 20, 1994.
1994- Wallberg, Larry. “Nervous Landscapes on Photographic Turf” Daytona Beach News-Journal, Feb. 27, 1994, p. H-8
1994- Morgan, Anna Barclay. “Craig Roper” Art Papers, Jan-Feb 1994p. 38
1993- Kosenko, Peter. “Craig Roper and Cameron Shaw: Two Guys From Lincoln” Art Papers, Nov-Dec 1993, p.53-4
1993- MacMillan, Kyle. “Going Against Tradition” Omaha World Herald, July 5, 1993, p. 29
1993- Wallace, Elizabeth. “Sheldon Show Fresh, Intriguing” Lincoln Journal-Star, June 27, 1993.
1993- Kohen, Helen. “Bundles of Mystery” The Miami Herald, June 11, 1993, p. 15
1993- Bogues, Maureen. “Just Two Of The Guys” The Lincoln Star, May 6, 1993, p.11
1992- MacMillan, Kyle. "Photo Manipulations Provoke and Mock" The Omaha World Herald, June 17, 1992.
1991- Cutajar, Mario. “Reality Bundles” Artweek, Feb. 14, 1991, pp. 10-11
1991- Geer, Suvan. “Irony,Ire in Roper Conceptualist Photographs” Los Angeles Times, Feb. 8,1991, p. F-24
1991- Clarke, Orville Jr. “Craig Roper” Artscene, Jan. 1991, p.22-3
1990- Henry, Gerrit. “Object of Stratification” Contemporanea, Nov. 1990, p. 92
1990- Simcoe, Duncan. “Tenured Means” Artweek, July 19, 1990, p. 13-4
1989- Nicholson, Chuck. “Suburban Defenses” Artweek, Nov. 9, 1989, p. 26
1989- Torphy, William. “Objects of Veneration” Artweek, Jan. 28,1989, p. 4
1988- Knight, Christopher. “Trademarks for New Traditionalists” Los Angeles Herald Examiner, July 8, 1988, p. 35
1986- Clarke, Orville Jr. “Craig Roper, Paintings” Artscene, Sept. 1986, p.19
1986- Radlo, Carrie. “Keeping ?e Faith” Santa Barbara Weekly, April 24, 1986, p. 16
1984- Klieman, Kairn. “Craig Roper’s Meaning: Loud and Clear” Daily Nexus of the University of California-Santa Barbara, April 1984, pp. A3-4