Born in San Bernardino, CA
1995
Yale University, M.F.A., Sculpture
1989
University of California, Berkeley, A.B., Architecture
2001- Current
Assistant Professor, Sculpture, University of Nevada Las Vegas
2004- Current
Assistant Professor, Entertainment Engineering and Design, University of Nevada Las Vegas
2007
Art Director, Keith Edmier Retrospective at The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College
1999-2001
Lecturer, California State University, Chico
1996-1998
Primordial LLC, San Francisco, California, Director of Merchandising, Brand Manager
Instrumental in the start-up of Primordial LLC, the makers of ZOOB™, a plastic building toy based on biological, botany, genetic connections, structures & constructions.
1995-2000
Art Director/Leadman, Los Angeles, California, 3 Films, 13 Commercials, 2 Music Videos
1995-2001
Production Coordinator, Keith Edmier’s “Farrah and Keith,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2002
1993-1995
Assistant to Michael Joaquin Grey
1991
Assistant to Matthew Barney, Jim Otto character, unique fabrications.
Exhibitions & Professional Activites
2008
Fringe Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA, late 2008/early 20009
University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum,
Flight 19, June 20-August 9, 2008, Tampa, Florida, Group Exhibition
Referee: Design Principles & Practices: An International Journal
“Creativity in Engineering: Entertainment Engineering & Design”, DESIGN\Conference 08
The Second International Conference on DESIGN PRINCIPLES & PRACTICES,
January 2008 University of Miami Florida USA. Paper #GO8P0071
Co-PI Prof. Daniel Cook. Paper submitted to Design Principles & Practices: An International Journal
2007
Fringe Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA. Gobi, L.A. January 20- February 17, 2007 Solo Exhibition
International Exchange Exhibition, Daegu University, Daegu, South Korea. February
Pohang International Art Festival, Pohang City, South Korea. November
Zoo Art Fair, Royal Academy of Art, London, England with T1+2 Gallery. October
Art Director, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, Keith Edmier Retrospective
October 2007-March 2008
Art Director, Production Designer, Keith Edmier Retrospective Catalog Photography,
with Friedrich Petzel Gallery
(Submitted) National Science Foundation Engineering Education Center Grant $1.25MM
2006
UNLV Donna Beam Gallery, Las Vegas, NV Group Faculty Show.
Screening of Matthew Barney’s Drawing Restraint 9
“Materials Science and Fabrication Techniques in the Entertainment Industry: A Collaboration between Fine Arts and Engineering”, American Society of Mechanical Engineers International Congress and Exposition, November 5-10, 2006, Chicago, Illinois, USA Paper #IMECE2006-15754 Co-Authored with Prof. Daniel Cook.
Liquid Pixel Imaging System, U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No.: 60/738,617
filed November 21, 2006
Las Vegas Symphony, Molar’s Symphony No. 2, Fabrication of bells to Gustav Mahler’s specifications.
Produce and coordinated “Fluxus Vegas,” a performance featuring Fluxus artist Alison Knowles
performing event score “Make a Salad," circa 1972.
Hannah Higgins, leading scholar of Fluxus, lecture, “Multiple Intelligences of Fluxus."
2005
Nevada Triennial, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, July-October, Solo Exhibition.
Public FTP, 4 Billboards in Las Vegas, NV, March-July, Solo Exhibition.
Vegans on Vegas, Apr.-May City of Las Vegas Museum of Art, Group Show.
Planning Initiative Award, $30,000. “Liquid Pixel Imaging Project,”
selected by UNLV President Carol Harter
The first PIA awarded to a UNLV Art Department Faculty member.
Louis Comfort Tiffany Award Nomination, nomination by Dr. Arthur Danto
2004
LehmannMaupin Gallery, New York, NY Some Exhaust, Group Show.
T1&2 Artspace, London, England, The Pattern of the Plan and the Lack of the Plan Plan, Group Show.
Producer & Co-Curater : Survival Research Laboratory’s 25th Anniversary Exhibition & Performance
Donna Beam Gallery, January 19- February 7 2004
Screened Jonathan Fineberg’s Imagining America: Icons of 20th Century American Art
2003
UNLV Print Exchange
New Investigators Award, $10,000. “Billboard Exhibition Proposal”
The first NIA awarded to a UNLV Art Department Faculty member.
2002
UNLV Donna Beam Gallery, Las Vegas, NV topiarius ferrous, Solo Show.
UNLV Donna Beam Gallery, Las Vegas, NV Group Faculty Show.
Screened Stephen Prina’s Vinyl II
Screened Matthew Barney’s Cremaster 1 and Radial Drill
2001
Cream, Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas
NV Exhibition and Spoken word piece, Track 16, Santa Monica, CA
2000
Mandashchild (solo exhibit), 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA
16 Nights", A spoken word piece w/video, Track 16, Santa Monica, CA
1995
M.F.A.Thesis Exhibition, Yale University Gallery, New Haven, CT
1992
99.99% Pure (solo exhibit), Room 106, University of California Berkeley, CA
Bob Wysocki also has been involved with the production of a number of commercials, music videos and films including Sheraton Hotels, Whiska's Cat Food, Old Navy, The Discovery Channel, KIA Automobiles, the Dave Matthew's Band music video, Too Much, Lit music video, Miserable, and the feature films Tear it Down, Hijacking Hollywood, Dog Watch, Hit Me, and Freshman Fall. He is also an active member on the committee to return the body of musician, Jim Morrison, to the United States.
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