Roger Munch was born and raised in northern New Jersey. From early childhood, to this day, he is greatly influenced and forever being shaped by his experiences of intimate quiet time spent in nature. An avid reader, Roger is also indebted to the age-old inspirational and magical voices of poets, teachers, and other brave souls, who live for and express great wonders, mysteries, blessings, and joys; who attempt to speak of the unnamable.
Along the way, Roger has had careers such as: factory worker, machinist, tree surgeon, minister, model maker, and mechanical designer. He has always pursued the making of art and the writing of poetry throughout his life. Continuing with his latest career change of eight years ago, he is presently a full time certified high school art teacher at West Essex Regional High School, located in North Caldwell, New Jersey.
Roger has two artist sons and a loving, supportive, wife. He has had one person shows at several New Jersey universities and colleges and has shown his work in New York City, New Jersey, and Kentucky and has received an art fellowship at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York. His most recent shows were at the Phoenix Gallery in Chelsea, NYC, and a one man show at The Ezair Gallery on Madison Ave, NYC.
Roger’s most recent work endeavors to reduce the profound to its most basic and elegant form of beauty through exploring the boundaries between drawing and sculpture. Roger has always felt that drawing is at the core, at the center, of importance to all art forms. |
