{{Short description|American sculptor}} '''John Roloff''' (b. 1947) is an American sculptor and conceptual craft artist.<ref name="AAA" /> He is known for his site-specific work dealing with natural systems and the environment.{{cn|date=September 2022}}
==Education and early life== Roloff was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1947.<ref name="SFMMA" /> He attended UC Davis where he studied geology and art.{{cn|date=September 2022}} He completed his graduate work in 1973.<ref name="BAM">{{cite web |title=John Roloff/MATRIX 110 |url=https://bampfa.org/program/john-roloff-matrix-110 |website=Berkeley Art Museum |date=22 December 2014 |access-date=22 April 2022}}</ref>
==Work== During the late 1970s through the early 1990s, Roloff produced a series of site-specific kiln/furnace pieces.<ref name="Exploratoriaum">{{cite web |title=John Roloff, Osher Fellow |url=https://www.exploratorium.edu/collaborations/oshers/john-roloff |website=Exploratorium |date=4 October 2014 |access-date=22 April 2022}}</ref> In addition to ceramic work and sculpture, Roloff has created numerous works of public art including the work, ''Green Glass Ship–Deep Gradient/Suspect Terrain,'' at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco.<ref name="YBC">{{cite web |title=John Roloff, Green Glass Ship |url=https://yerbabuenagardens.com/public-art/ |website=Yerba Buena Center, Gardens |access-date=22 April 2022}}</ref>
==Collections== Roloff's work is held in the permanent collections of the National Museum of American Art,<ref name="SI">{{cite web |title=John Roloff |url=https://americanart.si.edu/search?query=John+Roloff |website=Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American Art |access-date=22 April 2022}}</ref> the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,<ref name="SFMMA">{{cite web |title=John Roloff |url=https://www.sfmoma.org/?s=John+Roloff |website=San Francisco Museum of Modern Art |access-date=22 April 2022}}</ref> the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco,<ref name="FAMSF">{{cite web |title=John Roloff |url=https://art.famsf.org/john-roloff |website=Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco |date=21 September 2018 |access-date=22 April 2022}}</ref> the Chazen Museum of Art,<ref name="Chazen">{{cite web |title=John Roloff |url=https://chazen.wisc.edu/collection/26070/untitled-no-79/ |website=Chazen Museum |access-date=22 April 2022}}</ref> among other institutions.
His papers from 1980 to 2002 are held in the Archives of American Art of the Smithsonian Institution.<ref name="AAA">{{cite web |title=John Roloff Papers (1980–2002) |url=https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/john-roloff-papers-11587 |website=Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Art |access-date=22 April 2022}}</ref>
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