Biographical Statement
Alma Roberts is a self-taught, second generation abstract expressionist artist who at the age of 62 began producing “fully formed, energetic compositions” expanding on her roles as an elder and activist. In 2021, she retired from a successful career in health care administration to pursue her art fulltime.
She has been in numerous group exhibits, including being one of six featured artists in the 2025 Baltimore Met Gala Exhibit, Timeless. She is an active member of the Black Art Today Foundation global artist cohort. Roberts has had solo exhibits at Baltimore City Hall Galleries, the James E. Lewis Museum at Morgan State University, where her work, A Vessel Full of Power, is in the Museum’s permanent collection. Recent group exhibits include, Gallery B (Bethesda), Rush Gallery (Philadelphia), Quid Nunc Gallery (Baltimore), Honfleur Gallery (Washington, DC), Gallery Reimaged (Baltimore), and Spiralis Gallery (Easton, MD). Her work is currently in exhibits at Wellspring Manor and Spa (Upper Marlboro), Baltimore’s Inner Harbor (Creatively Black Baltimore Exhibit), and Stem & Vine (Baltimore). Her painting, Escape, will be featured as the cover art for the 2026 book release of The Sacred Art of Teaching, by award-winning authors and educators, Drs. Lisa Delpit and Christopher Emdin.
Roberts is a founding member of the Baltimore Museum of Art’s Joshua Johnson Council, and Co-founder of the Baltimore-based, Directors and Collectors Art Salon, a forum for ongoing dialogue to promote the historical relevance, and collection of Black Art. She has served on the board of Maryland Art Place, the BMA, and most recently, on the Board of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African-American History and Culture. She currently working on a book entitled, Other Than Words (expected publication in 2027), chronicling her journey from literary artist to visual artist.
