Roger Halligan has been creating sculpture since the mid-seventies. He received his MFA with honors in Studio Arts from the University of Georgia in 1977. He then joined the newly formed Exhibit Design Department at the North Carolina Zoological Park where he became involved in the design and construction of natural habitat exhibits for African and later North American animals. He was instrumental in the development of the techniques now used at that zoo in its construction of hardscape features such as faux rocks, waterfalls and faux tress. In 1993 he was awarded the State of North Carolina, Governors Award for Excellence for his work in the design and construction of the Sonora Desert Exhibit. In the 1992, he left the zoo to devote his time to his fine art and sculptural hardscape work in the private sector.

He has exhibited extensively in the southeast in both solo and group exhibitions and has won numerous awards and commissions. In collaboration with Jan Chenoweth, he was commissioned by the North Carolina Arts Council to create a work for the Triad Regional Farmers Market in Colfax, NC.

His sculpture is in public collections such as the cities of Carrboro and Raleigh, NC, the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Cullowhee, NC, the Center for Craft Creativvity and Design, Hendersonville, NC and the Weatherspoon Museum at UNC-Greensboro. His work is collected privately and can be seen frequently at the Lee Hansley Gallery in Raleigh, NC and the LDDK Gallery in Seagrove, NC.

Some of his other distinctions in the arts include curating exhibitions including the Just Racin- Artists look at NASCAR for the Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, and being chosen as the Artist in Residence at the North Carolina Zoological Park in 1997. He was inducted into Who's Who in American Art in 1999. Mr. Halligan was also a founding member and president of the Tri State Sculptors Guild.

He formed Two Oaks Studio with his artist partner Jan Chenoweth in 1997.