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Ro2 Art's new location in West Dallas demonstrates the gallery's expanded potential. Compared to their compact former flagship space on 1501 S. Ervay St., their white cube gallery at 2606 Bataan St. emboldens exhibits featuring large-scale work.
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Ro2 Art opens in their newest gallery space on Bataan in the Tin District with the vibrant and energetic large-scale paintings by Yuni Lee that are much more than abstract works of art.
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Glasstire counts down the top five art events in Texas. Yuni Lee: Mindscapes was number one the week of January 19, 2023.
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D Magazine: The 11 Things You Must Do in Dallas This January
“'SOUTH/REALISM/X' is Edgar Cano’s first solo exhibition in the United States. The celebrated Mexican painter’s work draws from his experience in dance and theater; his compositions center on the body, and his paintings operate as a foil to its natural movements." |
Glasstire: Post Pandemic: Julon Pinkston Talks About His Show at Ro2 Art | Ro2 Art, Dallas, Texas | by Jessica Fuentes
"His canvases are created using a variety of paint applications, ranging from thin layers reminiscent of photograms to thicker elements, some of which look like they’ve come straight from the paint tube, while others have been applied and blended in a manner resembling cake frosting. In this show, Pinkston also expands on the technique of sculpting three-dimensional elements from dried paint. In the past, the product of this process often looked more like duct tape, but in this new series, these pieces have been shaped to resemble flower petals and leaves." |
Dallas Observer: Best Things To Do in Dallas - Uncommon Thread | Ro2 Art, Dallas, Texas | by Merrit Martin
"Textile arts are fascinating because they can intimidate with their complexity while exuding a certain warmth. With Uncommon Thread, a group exhibition of artists Candace Hicks, Bumin Kim and Erica Stephens at RO2 Art (1501 S. Ervay St.), there’s a distinctly different interpretation of threaded art between the artists, but each draws the viewer in for a closer look." |
Glasstire: Alexander Revier at Ro2 Art | Ro2 Art, Dallas, Texas | by William Sarradet
"The paintings are adorned with minute, three-dimensional elements in various places — a resourcefulness owing to the artist’s ability to turn refuse to treasure. There is a slight sensation of traipsing through the Midway of the fairgrounds, with senseless-yet-sensational attractions blaring in all directions." |
Dallas Morning News: 8 Top Talents Making a Difference in DFW | Ro2 Art, Dallas, Texas | by Steven Lindsey
"In celebration of the voices that echo throughout North Texas in one form or another, here are eight artists focusing on hope, inspiration and the simple notion of equality." - Profiles on Elizabeth Akamatsu, Jihye Han, and Loc Huynh |
Glasstire: An Afternoon with Yasuyo Maruyama and Suguru Hiraide | Ro2 Art, Dallas, Texas | by William Sarradet
"The paintings are a decisive format. Why so square? When Yasuyo photographs her models, she points her camera into the spark that inspires her to paint. Suguru confirms that Yasuyo tends to move her camera very close to the model’s face. She interviews her models in the process; she asks about things like hobbies and color preferences." |
Texas Monthly: Daniel Johnston's Drawings are as Wildly Inventive as His Music | Ro2 Art, Dallas, Texas | by Jeremy Hallock
"A Dallas exhibit of 179 mostly never-before-seen works shows that the beloved songwriter was also a serious artist." |
Dallas Morning News: Exhibition at Ro2 gallery reveals late artist Daniel Johnston wasn't his family's only creative soul | Ro2 Art, Dallas, Texas | by Christopher Mosely
"One of the most acclaimed artists to ever hail from Austin, the late Daniel Johnston spent the final 4½ years of his life collaborating with his sister, Marjory Johnston. A portion of their collective output is on view at the Ro2 Art gallery in the Cedars this month." |
Dallas Observer: The Other Half of Daniel Johnston's Creativity is on Display at Ro2 Art Gallery | Ro2 Art, Dallas, Texas | by David Fletcher
"One of the most acclaimed artists to ever hail from Austin, the late Daniel Johnston spent the final 4½ years of his life collaborating with his sister, Marjory Johnston. A portion of their collective output is on view at the Ro2 Art gallery in the Cedars this month." |
Art&Seek: What Does It Mean To Be Visible? | Ro2 Art, Dallas, Texas | by Elizabeth Myong
"Trading hashtags and tweets for brushes, thread and clay, the exhibition creates room for a dialogue instead of pushing a single point of view. While the artists’ cultural backgrounds significantly influence their work, they’re not wholly defined by their Asian or Asian Americanness. Other experiences float to the surface as the richness of their identities — artist, immigrant, parent, educator, feminist — are given a platform." |
Paper City: ARTNOTES | Ro2 Art, Dallas, Texas | by Catherine D. Anspon
"Two of Texas’ best talent scouts are Susan Roth Romans and her son, Jordan Roth, who own and curate Ro2 Art, with locations in the Cedars and downtown. This month, the pair gets kudos for discovering an overlooked mid-career painter whose haunting abstractions conjure plant life and an emerging Asian-American whose trajectory has collectors from Texas to Shanghai vying for his post-Pop canvases." |
Visual Art Source: Yasuyo Maruyama: Mind’s Eye | Ro2 Art, Dallas, Texas | by John Zotos
"But it’s through the eyes that Maruyama unifies this body of work, lifting them into an ethereal realm. The eyes are formed through laying down multiple layers of opaque and transparent oil paint. This is the most striking element in the paintings; the people become otherworldly, evoking but distinctive from references to cyborgs, Japanese anime films and manga comics." |
Representation Matters - In America by Joey Brock at Ro2Art - | article written by Kendall Morgan
"In his multi-media show at Ro2 Art, Joey Brock inspires empathy and engagement through a plethora of personal stories. How we view ourselves–and how others view us–has been at the forefront of artists' minds in 2020. Yet the subject of identity is a loaded one, as Dallas artist Joey Brock has discovered in his current body of work." |
Let it Burn: Brian K. Jones and Alexander Paulus at Ro2 Art Review | Glasstire | William Sarradet
"A couple of exhibitions, each with their own depictions of American symbols.” Brian K. Jones displays Big Tex as an abstract everyman. Alex Paulus paintings present humorous scenes of everyday life. |
The Art of Self-Acceptance | Dallas Voice | David Taffet
"Joey Brock’s new exhibit at Ro2 Art in downtown Dallas — In America — is about self-acceptance. Each of his works displayed began with an interview." |
Glasstire Top Five: September 24, 2020
Alex Paulus was chosen for the Top 5 in Texas this past week. Christopher Blay said, “These paintings really capture the collective consciousness that exists.” |
Dallas Observer: Best of Dallas 2020
For the second time in 10 years, Ro2 Art Gallery received the Best Gallery of Dallas award. Ro2 thanks its artists, collectors, staff, and friends for the support. We would also like to thank the Dallas Observer for this distinction. |
Four New Art Shows In Dallas
Ironically, Ro2 Art had to cancel its 10th annual group exhibition, Chaos, because the year has been too chaotic. In lieu of the planned exhibition, the gallery is presenting works that explore current events and feelings, simply titled 2020. |
Ro2 Opens Its Virtual Art Gallery
Even though the physical doors at Ro2 Art Gallery are closed, the downtown gallery is open virtually. Jordan Roth is the director of the gallery that he runs with his mom, Susan Roth Romans. He says they are focused on three exciting programs. |
This Friday, RO2 Gallery Will Host an Auction Benefiting the North Texas Food Bank
If you’re a philanthropist and an art collector, then Friday is the perfect day for you to open your heart and wallet. Dallas art gallery RO2 Art will host an online art auction, with over 90 works by 50 different artists, and all proceeds will benefit the North Texas Food Bank. |
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Dallas' Ro2 Art offers poignant, heart-stopping work in group show "Thingness"
Currently housing the contemporary group show, Thingness, and an important solo show of new works from Dee Shapiro, this tiny gallery is bursting with illumination. There’s no escaping the art – you enter the space and it’s all right there before you. You’re in the middle of it, and the further back into the small gallery you go, the more you uncover. |
The Proposition of Teaching New Art Media-Part 2
David Van Ness is an artist working with 3D printing and digital fabrication. He combines data to alter and create 3D models. Also, Van Ness currently uses biological materials such as stem cells that will be grown on the two-inch sculptures that will be converted into human bone when complete. Van Ness is the New Media Art coordinator at Northern Arizona University, teaching cutting-edge digital and interdisciplinary New Media Art courses. I am happy to invite Van Ness to Tk-21 to listen to what it means to teach art in the advanced digital age. |
The Uncolonized: Angel Cabrales at Chamizal National Memorial
The impact of art exhibitions can’t be delivered or communicated in a meme or a sound bite, but there are components of Cabrales’ work that deliver meaning in the same quick and biting manner. But spending time with his work delivers further reward — I could have spent all day in this show. |

LA MOCA Press Release / / With Pleasure; Pattern and Decoration in American Art 1972-1972 Dee Shapiro included in an important exhibition covering the pattern and decoration movement.
Pattern and Decoration artists practiced a postmodernist art of appropriation borne of love for its sources rather than the cynical detachment that became de rigueur in the international art world of the 1980s.
Pattern and Decoration artists practiced a postmodernist art of appropriation borne of love for its sources rather than the cynical detachment that became de rigueur in the international art world of the 1980s.
Terry Hays Featured in Texas Highways
Through three-dimensional, hand-painted sculptures, Duncanville-based artist Terry Hays imagines otherworldly trees, waterfalls, and islands. However, this “Cosmic Garden,” on display at The Grace Museum, actually takes inspiration from this planet—Hays is influenced by art from Australia, Indonesia, New Guinea, China, and Japan as well as tattoo art. |
Top Five: June 6, 2019
Thank you Glasstire for including BROKEN, a collaborative show of works by Joachim West and Thor Johnson, in Top 5 Texas shows! Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on his love for fake-food art, Christina’s thing for animal art, and some shows that wade into darker territory. |
Top Five: August 16, 2018
Thank you Glasstire for including CHAOS!!!!!! 2018 in Top 5 in Texas! Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on the last summer shows you can catch in Texas, which means group shows galore, and a few unexpected solo shows that feel more like fall. |
ModernDallas
EP:135 - The Low-Slung Roof Lines of this 1963 Modern post and beam home restored, expanded and modified in 2017! RO2ART - C. Mark Burt's and Georganne Deen and Dulce Interior Consignment Showplace ModernDallas visited with and interviewed Gallery Director and Co-Owner, Jordan Roth, at Ro2 Art to learn more about C. Mark Burt's and Georganne Deen's shows. The interview also touched upon the relationship between those two exhibitions and the background story behind Mark's works. Mark and Georganne's shows are currently on view through January 6, 2018. |
CultureMap Dallas
Give thanks and go see these 5 essential DFW gallery exhibits in November It’s rare for local sculptor Joshua Goode to show his conceptual pieces in his hometown. On the heels of his well-received New York show at Ivy Brown gallery earlier this year, Goode brings his fascination with personal mythology and ancient artifacts to Ro2 Art. Inspired by the Arms and Armor room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (a space he says looks “like it was painted by Caravaggio”), he has created a full set of armor that references both his childhood and classical antiquities. |
Wall Street International
Adam Palmer: 14 Jun — 18 Jul 2017 at the Ro2 Art in Dallas, United States Adam [Palmer]’s first experience with color and composition came from watching cartoons on Nickelodeon, music videos on MTV, and movies on HBO. Palmer’s vibrant abstract pieces attempt to capture the untamed spirit of his childhood influences. "In my latest drawings and prints, I try to convey all of my childhood influences in an abstract form. I grew up in a small and remote west Texas town. Nickelodeon, MTV and HBO provided an escape from my everyday life." |
Glasstire
Top Five: May 18, 2017 |
Urban Art & Antiques
Temple of Small Wishes by Carroll Swenson-Roberts George O’Keefe once painted her frame, the only way to ensure that it won’t be thrown away and replaced by an exorbitant decorative one. Carroll Swenson-Roberts has a better idea. In her new body of work – Temple of Small Wishes, currently shown at the Magnolia Theatre in Dallas, a wood frame is both the device and the content, unified through an architectural design. |
Paper City
At Ro2 Art in the Cedars – one of 10 Texas exhibitors in the upcoming Dallas Art Fair – Jeff Parrott’s psychedelic canvases evoke frenetic yet compelling struggles with abstraction. Paired with Parrott is a solo for Brian K. Jones, one half of the infamous Oak Cliff duo Chuck & George. Jones’ latest figuration adds a Pop component, exhibited under the strange title “Eat Your Vegetables!” (both shows, through March 11). |
Dallas Observer
21 Best Things to Do in Dallas This Week: December 20-26 Sure, procrastinators can grab a last-minute gift off a shelf at any department store or big-box retailer, but for gift buyers looking for a more one-of-a-kind, meaningful memento to give someone special, Ro2 Art and Art Tooth present Ro2ooth Gift Grab. The collaborative group exhibition showcases a diverse collection of “small works” projects by area artists, and the Gift Grab presents art lovers of all sorts a chance to affordably browse from an eclectic array of mediums, including painting, prints, photography and sculpture by some emerging and established artists from North Texas. |
CultureMap Dallas
Dallas-Fort Worth galleries have the goods to gift your artsy friends Says gallery co-owner Jordan Roth, “It’s Dallas-Fort Worth’s most talked about talent combined with emerging artists. It’s going to be rock solid. We’re thrilled for the opportunity to bring the two cities together to celebrate North Texas art for the holidays.” |
Dallas News
On the eve of the presidential election, immigration issues invade Dallas-area art shows Immigration, of course, is chief among the hot-button issues. It's the focal point of "Operation: Al Pastor," an exhibition by Angel Cabrales that, according to the folks at Ro2 Art, "places its focus on the social impact of Mexican culture and its recent presence in conservative politics." The show runs through Nov. 12. |
The Dallas Morning News
NFL quarterbacks can relax: Man Ray was an artist, not a defensive lineman "She's a very important artist, who's best known among other artists," says Jordan Roth, who with his mother, Susan Roth Romans, runs Ro2 Art. "We're thrilled to be hosting her show. It's amazing we even have the opportunity to work with her. She's 83 and so prolific." "Some may ask why I choose to live and work in the world of objects," Ragin says. "It is the only way I can think of to remold the crushing realities of life." |
Dallas Observer
5 Art Events for Your Weekend, July 7-10 Korean-born artist Bumin Kim considers her pieces paintings rather than sculptures, or perhaps drawings personified. Utilizing the associations of the material she uses, Kim embodies her works while harmoniously composing a drawing in a three-dimensional field. Thread and string are synonymous with the actions of weaving and stitching and serve as metaphors for the joining of two separate entities. Kim’s forms are exacerbated value studies, gesture drawings or economical sketches one might find in the foundations of drawing. The opening reception is 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday. More info at ro2art.com. |
Modern Dallas
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The Dallas Morning News
Alexander Paulus zeroes in on Kevin Bacon and Honey Boo Boo "It's been a really fun show to host," says Roth, who revels in Paulus' ability to depict daily life "at its most absurd. The compositions are beautiful, brightly colored, well composed, but each one of them contains a bit of irony. With each one, there's so much more than meets the eye." |
Dallas Observer
5 Essential Art Events, June 2-5: Puppetry, Piñata-Inspired Art and More Memphis-based artist Alexander Paulus' solo exhibition of new paintings playfully explores the unexpected response viewers experience when encountering barely hidden realities. In Paulus’ work, happiness and grief coexist: a small dead body is embedded in a beautiful landscape, a roller coaster is surrounded by dead bodies. This is strange imagery, often in bright and bold colors, about how ridiculous life can be sometimes, tempered with a sense of humor. The opening reception is 7-10 p.m., Saturday, June 4. More info at ro2art.com. |
Dallas Art Dealers Association
Top Five: June 2, 2016 An exhibition of paintings by Memphis-based artist Alexander Pualus. The artist on his work: “My paintings are a representation of how ridiculous I think life can be.” |

Paper City
Fresh activity comes from Ro2 Art in the Cedars
Fresh activity comes from Ro2 Art in the Cedars


Dallas Observer
As Part of Aurora, There Will Be Mind-Reading Art at New Mac Location One of the new MAC's galleries will focus on new media. Construction has not yet started on this massive building, a former Ford dealership and showroom that closed in 1962. After being unused for decades, the warehouse is now cleared out and skeletal. The plan is for the building to be completed late 2016. The MAC will be part of a commercial development with offices and a lobby, and Ro2 Art will have a space in the building. |
D Magazine
Things To Do In Dallas This Weekend: July 31–Aug. 2 Time to send July off in style and start August right with one of those crossover weekends. For the third edition of the popular 'CHAOS!!!' small works show, the gallery has invited participation by more than 100 artists who have created portable, intimately scaled works in virtually all media. |
D Magazine
Things To Do In Dallas This Weekend: July 31–Aug. 2 Time to send July off in style and start August right with one of those crossover weekends. There are some art events that you cant miss! For the third edition of the popular 'CHAOS!!!' small works show, Ro2 Art has invited participation by more than 100 artists who have created portable, intimately scaled works in virtually all media. |
Glasstire
Top Five July 30, 2015 This week, Rainey Knudson and Christina Rees tackle ocean trenches, CHAOS, and an exhibition they know nothing about. For the third edition of the popular 'CHAOS!!!' small works show, the gallery has invited participation by more than 100 artists who have created portable, intimately scaled works in virtually all media. |
D Magazine
Four Art Events You Should See This Weekend- June 10 Olaniyi R. Akindiya is an Austin-based artist who works largely in textiles. The work straddles a line between large-scale abstract painting and immersive installation, while using traditional weaving techniques – from the Southwest Nigerian Aso Oke to the Kenyan Kente cloths – to infer and reference various cultural histories and allusions. |
FD Luxe
Coming Out: Dallas Art Events June 5 to June 11 Ro2 Art presents 365, a project by Danielle Georgiou in which the artist took a photograph of herself at the moment of waking every day for a year. Georgiou posted the pictures on Instagram with the hashtag #iwokeuplikethis, and monitored how many “likes” and comments each image received. This exhibition highlights selected portraits and includes a video of all 365 images. |
Dallas Observer
5 Art Exhibitions to See This Weekend- June 3 In much of her practice, multi-disciplinary artist Danielle Georgiou is interested in subjects like femininity and the male gaze. She challenges preconceptions in the off-the-wall experimental movement with her dance troupe, DGDG, and her collaborative project with Hilly Holsonback, Slik Stockings. Her year-long project #iwokeuplikethis, pre-dates Kim Kardashian's selfie book, and contains a collection of photographs and videos that offer an up-close look at Georgiou every morning for a year. |
Dallas Observer
5 Art Exhibitions to See This Weekend- May 6 With background in both rural Texas and Oklahoma, artist Chance Dunlap admits to pulling directly from his surroundings for inspiration in his sculpture. He focuses on vivifying the materials, pulling in his experiences, observed surroundings, and the generally impulsive nature of making art. |
Central Track
25 Things Worth Celebrating In The Dallas Arts Right Now. Susan and Jordan Roth's Downtown space has been coming into its own for a while now, but it now feels fully realized and deserving of a place in the conversation alongside the best galleries in town. |
Patron Magazine
Locavore- Editor's Picks "We’re very proud to exhibit emerging and established artists from our region—so, it’s exciting to have an opportunity to introduce our favorite artists to visitors from around the world, and to collectors who may have not visited the gallery before,” Jordan Roth, co-owner of Ro2 Art says. In addition to artists from Texas and the US, Ro2 has included works by Irish artist Gary Farrelly and Belgian artist Peggy Wauters. |
D Magazine
4 Art Events For Your Weekend Via the release: “In his recent body of work, Jesse Meraz’s interests lie in the ambivalent relationship between art and fashion.” Starting to spot a trend? Yep, it’s Art Fair April in Dallas, and so our minds turn to all the blurring of pomp and circumstance. But this is an exhibition you should hit, especially since it is Jesse Meraz’s first solo show in a decade. Meraz was a member of Denton’s Good/Bad Art Collective, and he currently dwells in Fort Worth. |
Dallas Observer
Inside the Beautifully Grotesque World of Dallas-based Artist Joachim West January 6, 2015 You'll be standing with me in the corner of the room in a state of beautiful self-loathing. Beautiful because it's honest, and because a few pieces of art containing people on whom you look down just became about you, and now you're the one who has to change. |
PaperCity Magazine: Art Notes, December 2014
Paper Trumps Scissors Irish artist Gary Farrelly and co-owner Susan Roth Romans turn a quirky space into an important Mecca, curating new works by Farrelly himself and Belgium talent Antonine Gougeau, alongside five others who push and probe the possibilities of paper. Co-owner Jordan Roth also Rolls out giftable treasures Brooks Oliver's widely collected ceramics and Robin Ragin's sculpture. |
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