Mike Roig

Mike Roig: www.mikeroig.com

Artist bio: Metal Sculptor Mike Roig lives and creates his work through Heartworks Studio, located in Carrboro, NC. He received his Bachelor of Arts, in Studio Art, from the University of Maryland in 1985. Mike has been working with metal most of his life, appreciating its heavy and tough durability, yet malleability and openness to express the most delicate movements of balance and grace. Mike’s work follows his imagination and mental picture of his subject; therefore, he does not typically sketch ideas in advance. His tools are the tools he uses to create the sculpture: the metal bars, angles, torch, and welder.

Some of his public sculptures are:
• City of Mebane – Winged, Permanent Collection, Mebane, NC. 2017.
• City of High Point – Beautiful Whirled, Chalice, and Passionatus, Permanent Collection, High Point, NC. 2017.
• Brenau University – Luminary 830, Permanent Collection, Gainesville, Ga. 2017
• Georgia Tech – Watchtower, Arranged by ConsultArt, Inc. Atlanta, Georgia. 2017.
• Rex Hospital – Eurythmy, Arranged by The Mahler Fine Art, Raleigh, NC. 2017.
• Harford Community College – Beta Wave, Permanent Collection, Bel Air, Md. 2016
• City of Statesville – Top of the Whirled, Inaugural Sculpture for downtown sculpture park, Statesville, NC, 2016.
• Holocaust Speakers Bureau – Remember, Holocaust Memorial at Maplewood Cemetery, Durham, NC 2015
• Hickory Chamber of Commerce – Two Whirleds Two, Hickory, NC 2015
• Durham County – Twist of Fate, Durham, NC 2015
• Hilton of Hickory – Odyssey Redux, Hickory, NC 2015
• Caldwell Arts Council – Air Waves, Broyhill Walking Park, Lenoir, NC 2015
• Caldwell Arts Council – Aquamarine, Purchase Award at Sculpture Celebration, Lenoir, NC 2015
• Alamance Arts Council – Moby, Purchase Award from Willow Walk Sculpture exhibition, Graham, NC 2014
• City of Hickory – Zahra’s Whirled, Zahra Baker Park, Hickory, NC 2014
• Arbor Acres Retirement Community – Cloud Lasso, Winston Salem, NC 2013
• North Carolina Zoological Park – Otters in the Mist, Asheboro, NC 2013
• North Carolina Zoological Park – Murmuration, Asheboro, NC 2013
• University of Kansas Hospital – Triune, Kansas City, Kansas 2012
• City of Knoxville – Flow Mojo, Knoxville, Tn. 2010
• City of Kingsport – The Answer, My Friend, Kingsport, Tn. 2010
• The Community Church of Chapel Hill – Who has Seen the Wind, Chapel Hill, NC, 2009.
• City of Kingsport – Yo-Yo’s Muse, Purchased for permanent, public installation, Kingsport, Tn, 2007.
• City of Raleigh – Glimpses of the Promised Land, sculpture commissioned for the City by the Raleigh Arts Commission, Chavis Park, Raleigh, NC, 2006.
• City of Charlottesville – Whirled Peace, sculpture purchased by the city for permanent, public installation, Charlottesville, Va. 2005.
• Onondaga Community College-Here Comes the Sun and Whirled Peace, Improved, sculptures purchased for the permanent collection at the campus, Syracuse, NY, 2005.

Murmuration (2013) Mike Roig Stainless Steel & Recycled Steel Sponsored by Bob and Bonnie Meeker
Murmuration is a kinetic sculpture that suggests natural phenomena like the movement of wind and the flight of starlings.

Courtesy of:
Artist photo and info: www.mikeroig.com
Zoo and animal photos and info: The North Carolina Zoo, Tamara Hill