Local sculptor’s exhibit on view

Roger Colombik’s exhibition at the Beeville Art Museum comprises approximately twenty sculptures, ranging from small maquettes to a new large site-specific installation. Titled Tradescantia Pallida (Wandering Jew), the show opens to the public on Saturday, January 19, 2019, noon – 2 p.m. with the artist in attendance.

Throughout his career, Colombik, who lives in Wimberley, has traveled extensively, including Republic of Georgia, Burma and Romania where he worked on major public projects with the intent to promote community dialogue on issues surrounding emigration, education, and communal memory. This understanding of the vital relationship between artist, the community, and public spaces comes naturally to Colombik, who grew up in Chicago, surrounded by a rich history of monumental public sculpture. “The perennial nature and vibrancy of the Wandering Jew plant, featured in several of my works, seems a fitting metaphor for continually establishing one’s place and contribution to the community and the world,” stated Colombik.

Colombik is based in the Texas Hill Country, where he has taught sculpture at Texas State University for thirty years, all while working with his wife and artistic partner, Jerolyn Bahm-Colombik. They have collaborated on several outdoor commissioned sculptures in Texas, including Miller Library in Beaumont, City of Austin and the San Marcos Convention Center/ Embassy Suites Hotel.

Having received numerous grants and awards over the years, including a Fulbright scholarship and support from CEC Artslink and the Texas State University Research Program, Colombik’s work is highly sought after for public, private and corporate collections nationally and internationally.

The Beeville Art Museum, created and operated by the Joe Barnhart Foundation, is first and foremost a teaching museum, providing cultural and educational opportunities for the citizens of Bee County and surrounding areas. Cited by Texas Monthly magazine as one of the “great small towns for art,” Beeville, with a population of approximately 13,000, is home to one of the most ambitious art and educational programs in Texas. In addition to exhibiting works by some of Texas’s most renowned artists, as well as selections from private collections and major museums across the state, the Beeville Art Museum provides docent-led tours and art classes for children and adults and workshops for Beeville educators at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.