CV
Tonja Roberts — Artist CV
Contact
Email: tonjaroberts.art@yahoo.com
(mail to:tonjaroberts.art@yahoo.com)
Website: tonjaroberts.art
Instagram: @tonjaroberts_art
Location: Atoka, OK 74525
Profile
Mixed‑media and oil painter whose work maps emotional and spiritual journeys through layered marks, texture, and nature‑inspired color. Practice informed by a background in psychology and personal recovery; creates healing‑oriented abstracts and occasional intimate animal studies. Works in originals, limited prints, and commissions.
Education
 Milan Art Institute — Certificate / Program completed 2023
 B.S., Psychology — [University of Phoenix], completed 2014
Selected Exhibitions
 Light, Space & Time Gallery — Light, Space & Time Exhibition, 2025 (Special Merit: Musings of Light No. 1; Special Recognition: Musings of Light No. 2)
 Chokma Si’ Gallery, Ada, OK — Group Exhibition, [year]
 Emerging Artworks of 2023: Women’s Edition — Publication inclusion, 2023
Awards & Honors
 Special Merit — Light, Space & Time Gallery (Musings of Light No. 1), 2025
 Special Recognition — Light, Space & Time Gallery (Musings of Light No. 2), 2025
 Selected work for local Chamber of Commerce fundraising, Ada, OK, 2022
Publications
 Emerging Artworks of 2023: Women’s Edition — Arts to Hearts Project (featured: “Resonance”)
Commissions & Community Projects
 Multiple private commissions (selected clients upon request)
 Community fundraising projects and local events (Chamber of Commerce fundraiser, 2022)
Collections
 Private collections — national (list available upon request)
Professional Experience
 Rehabilitation Counselor / Case Manager — Private practice, hometown, OK (Oklahoma State certified), 2014–2017
Selected Skills & Media
 Mixed media techniques, oil painting, texture building, mark‑making, limited edition print production, commissioned portrait/animal studies
Artist Statement (short)
I translate internal states into layered, luminous surfaces—maps that hold feeling and invite reflection. Influenced by psychology, spirituality, and nature, my work offers quiet, contemplative spaces for healing and connection.