Dakota Roberts is an emerging artist from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, now based in Snohomish, WA. She earned a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice with a minor in Fine Arts from Roger Williams University. After college, she chose to pursue her passion for art full-time.

Dakota’s artistic approach is eclectic. Her primary focus is mixed media, combining aspects of collage and mosaic with acrylic paint to create layered pieces inspired by nature and the environment. She experiments with various mediums and subject matter. She believes in pushing boundaries and avoids confining herself to a specific style or medium, continuously challenging herself with new subjects and techniques.

Dakota creates custom commissions, including pet portraits. She’s currently open for commissions in 2026.

Her long-term goal is to open a gallery that supports new and emerging artists.

Artist Statement

I use techniques drawn from mosaic, collage, and painting to build layered works on canvas using hand-cut pieces of painted paper. I create bright, whimsical, dreamlike works inspired by nature and the world around us.

I think of my work as windows into an exaggerated, playful world, one where color is brighter, forms are more expressive, and ordinary moments can become something magical. Through this lens, I hope to encourage viewers to look at the world with a sense of wonder and whimsy, a more innocent perspective.

My work is deeply influenced by my inner child and my desire to preserve curiosity, imagination, and a sense of possibility that often becomes duller as we age. Nature provides an endless source of inspiration because it invites that same kind of curiosity. A butterfly in flight, an animal sprinting through the field, or the changing colors in the trees can become an opportunity to transform something familiar into something imaginative.

While my mosaic-like mixed media works are my main focus at this time, I enjoy experimenting with different mediums, techniques, and subject matter. I believe that creativity should not be confined to a single style or process, and I continually challenge myself to explore new ways of creating. 

Through my work, I hope to create a small escape from the ordinary to a place where color, imagination, and curiosity can take over and remind us to see the world with a little more wonder.

Additional Information & Accomplishments

Born 1997, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Currently based in Santa Fe, NM

Working at G2 Gallery

Education:

  • 2016-2018 Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

  • 2018- 2021 (transferred) BS, Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI

Gallery Representation:

  • 2025-2026 Divine West, Santa Fe, NM

  • No Longer Represented 

  • 4 pieces sold in approximately 6 months 

2024-2026 Blue Sky Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

  • The gallery is closed (No Longer Represented) 

  • Over 40 pieces sold in approximately 2 years

Solo Exhibitions:

  • 2026 Clearlight Jewelry, Santa Fe, NM (Current June 1 - July 31)

  • 2024 Blue Sky Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

  • 2024 Cakes Cafe, Santa Fe, NM

  • 2022 Starbucks’ wall, on the Santa Fe plaza, Santa Fe, NM

Group Exhibitions/Markets/Shop display:

  • 2026 Duo Show,  Divine West, Santa Fe, NM 

  • 2026 Mardi Gras Art Auction & Fundraiser, LOMA, Santa Fe, NM 

  • 2025 Small Works Show, Divine West, Santa Fe, NM

  • 2025 Divine West Grand Opening, Divine West Santa Fe, NM

  • 2025 FEX25, Taos Abstract Artist Collective, Taos, NM

  • 2025 Come as You Are, Gallery FLAAC Los Alamos, NM

  • 2025 Superfunkadelic, Ghostwolf Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

  • 2025 Silent Auction Fundraiser, Boys and Girls Club of NM, Santa Fe, NM

  • 2025 Kindred Spirits Animal Sanctuary Auction, Santa Fe, NM

  • 2025 Spring Senses, Art Mozaik Fine Art Gallery, Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM

  • 2024 Small Works, New Mexico Art League, Albuquerque, NM

  • 2024 Senses, Art Mozaik Fine Art Gallery, Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM

  • 2024 Los Alamos Fall Arts & Crafts Fair

  • 2024 Pampered Pets Boutique, Santa Fe, NM

  • 2024 Outside the Box, New Mexico Art League, Albuquerque, NM

  • 2024 Women’s Work, Ghostwolf Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

  • 2024 Artwalk Santa Fe (pop-up art markets)

  • 2023 Joie de Vivre (luxury boutique), Santa Fe, NM

  • 2023 Railyard Artisan Market, Santa Fe Farmers’ Market, Santa Fe, NM

    • Sundays

  • 2021 In Cages with Lions, Roger Williams Alumni Show, Hershoff Museum, Bristol, RI

  • 2021 Student Art Exhibit, Roger Williams Senior Show, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI

Publications:

  • 2026 Santa Fe Art Scene - Scenest No. 28 & No. 29

  • 2025 FEX25, Taos Abstract Artist Collective Catalog

  • 2024 Santa Fe Magazine, Edition 12

Email: dakotalynnroberts97@gmail.com
Instagram: kota_bug_1026