After a year studying painting at l’Atelier Libre in Aix-en-Provence, France, Bob returned to Canada to study mechanical engineering at Queen’s University. He graduated with a BFA, however. Bob completed his studies at New York University and obtained a masters degree in 1997.

Bob remained in New York for ten years, making and showing his artwork. He has been favorably reviewed by critics Roberta Smith of the New York Times and November Paynter of Art Forum.

Directly out of NYU, Bob spent six months restoring the bronze sculptures of Central Park and then a summer building sculpture in Mark Di Suvero’s Socrates Sculpture Park, Brooklyn.

Bob continued making mostly elaborate mechanical sculptures, which he funded himself by making stop-motion animation for clients such as MTV and Disney. He also worked as a production designer on music videos for bands including the “Yeah Yeah Yeahs” and “Metric.”

In 2005, Bob traded his Brooklyn studio for a storefront in the Beyoglu district of Istanbul. There he worked on paintings and participated in the Istanbul Biennial, among other projects. He was featured on Turkish TV and in “34 Magazine” and “Time out Istanbul.” Bob has shown his work in Tokyo, Turino, and Dubai—and most recently in Toronto, where he set up shop in February ’07.

In July Bob moved back to Brooklyn, where he is currently preparing for coming solo shows in Toronto and New York; The works include word sculptures, as well as paintings and sculptures of Formula-1 cars. He is also art-directing various animated TV advertisements.

Bob’s approach to art-making comes from his interest in energy, and it’s modes of transference: Energy moved in perfect conservation, or in complete chaos—as well as the sublime potentiality of stored energy, like with the charged battery cell or the can of spray paint. This pursuit has led him to explore a variety of materials and technologies that are not always consistent with traditional art making. Also, the challenge of constant relocation has required Bob to improvise, innovate and assimilate utilitarian practices and material compromises local to the environments he has chosen to work in.