The Queer Mechanix of the Lands Currently Referred to as the U.S. & Canada Before & During the 54th Year of the Stonewall Era

LJ Roberts

The Queer Mechanix of the Lands Currently Referred to as the U.S. & Canada Before & During the 54th Year of the Stonewall Era

About the artist

LJ Roberts is an artist and writer who creates large-scale textile installations, intricate embroideries, artist books, collages, and mixed-media sculptures.

side 2 of The Queer Mechanix of the Lands Currently Referred to as the U.S. & Canada Before & During the 54th Year of the Stonewall Era

side 1 of The Queer Mechanix of the Lands Currently Referred to as the U.S. & Canada Before & During the 54th Year of the Stonewall Era

Proof publication brochure on LJ Roberts' project with essay by Jeannine Tang

LJ Roberts served as the Arthur and Sheila Prensky Visiting Artist in the spring of 2023. Island Press collaborated on a complex print project with Roberts that will debut at their spring 2025 solo exhibition at Hales Gallery, NY.

Roberts created three interrelated projects while in residence:

The Queer Mechanix of the Lands Currently Referred to as the U.S. & Canada Before & During the 54th Year of the Stonewall Era

Oil Changes

Untitled (Desire)

LJ Roberts working in the Island Press shop on the collage for the back side of The Queer Mechanix of the Lands Currently Referred to as the U.S. & Canada Before & During the 54th Year of the Stonewall Era

Editions from this project

Ljroberts oilchanges poem portfolio2 cropped

map of the U.S. with car engine superimposed and labels identifying locations of mechanic shops operated by queer people