Linda Foard Roberts
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BIO
Linda Foard Roberts' (b. 1961, Charlotte, NC) received a BA from Virginia Intermont College, a MFA from Arizona State University School of Art, and was a core student at the Penland School of Craft. She received the Guggenheim Fellowship in Photography in 2020 and the North Carolina Artist Fellowship in 2009. Roberts’ work is deeply personal: rooted in memory, family, and local histories, combined with philosophical inquiries about life, death, and basic human rights. With 8" x 10" and 5" x 7" cameras, Roberts uses the imperfections of old lenses to cross language and cultural barriers and reveal untold history. She published her first monograph, Passage, in 2016, which highlights the beauty in imperfection that unites humanity. Her most recent series, LAMENT, was published in 2025 and is a collection of photographs accompanied by essays that open discussion and dialogue about our country's deepest scars, allowing for cultural reform, healing, and new possibilities.
Robert’s work is included in the permanent collections of The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Charlotte, NC; The Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA,; The Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ; The Van Every/Smith Galleries, Davidson College, Davidson, NC; the Harry Ransom Center, Austin, TX; The Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC; Museum of Photographic Arts San Diego, San Diego, CA; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA; Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC; and The Ogden Museum of Art. New Orleans, LA. Corporate Collections include Bank of America, Fidelity Bank, King and Spalding, Lending Tree, Lincoln Harris, The Ritz Carleton, and the Symrise Group, formerly Haarmann and Reimer. She lives and works in Charlotte, North Carolina.
