About

Artist Statement

The influence of music has had a deep impact on my fine art practice. My mother taught classical string instruments out of our home. There is an exploration of the relationship of music and math in each of my bodies of artwork. My wood and metal sculptures explore the juxtaposition of organic and geometric form and asymmetry. My electronic and kinetic artworks explore the beauty of geometric forms and symmetry. The electronic and kinetic artworks often involve random and chaotic sounds and motion, with the goal of defining chaos and making it understandable.

Both bodies of artwork strive to be meditative objects. The wood and metal sculptures actualize this through a harmony of fabricated components with found wood. The electronic and kinetic artworks perform rhythmic events that can be subtle or overwhelming, creating a focus for awareness.

My sculptures address the perception of time. The wood and metal sculptures reflect the process that formed the wood or the future state of the wood. In other words, the metal elements in these sculptures represent the force that created or will create the wood. The electronic and kinetic artworks reference memory and nostalgia through the combination of motion, sound, and form.

Biography

Bob Kephart grew up in the Four Corner area of New Mexico and at the same time Calgary, Alberta Canada. Bob received his BFA from the Alberta College of Art in Calgary, which is now named the Alberta University of the Arts. He went on to earn an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Bob moved to Massachusetts in 2003 where he continues to have a studio practice.

Exhibitions

Group Exhibitions:

2024

"Harvest, Foraged, Found", Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA

2023

"Sculptural Elements", Worcester State University, Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery, Worcester, MA
"Danforth Annual Juried Exhibition", Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
"Form and Function", Arts Center East, Vernon, CT
"Seaport Art Walk ", Groundwork Gallery, New Bedford, MA
"About Face", Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, MA
"Light and Shadow", Stove Factory Gallery, Charlestown, MA
"Art Ramble 2023: Geo-Metric", The Umbrella Arts Center, Concord, MA

2022

"Red Hot", Loading Dock Gallery, Lowell, MA
"Art on the Trails", Beals Preserve, Southborough, MA
"Boundaries", 6 Bridges Gallery, Maynard, MA
"3rd Annual Spring Juried Exhibition", The James Library & Center for the Arts , Norwell, MA
"Annual Juried Show", Front Street Gallery, Scituate Arts Association, Scituate, MA

2020

"Touchy Feely", Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
"Activation", Brookline Center for the Arts, Brookline, MA

2019

"The Seeing of Sound", Art League of RI, VETs Gallery, Providence, RI
"Then and Now", Assemblage Gallery, Boston, MA
"40: The FPAC Open Studios Member Show", FPAC Gallery, Boston, MA
"Chaos & Order", Post Office Gallery, North Truro, MA
"Please Touch the Art", Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
"Winter Showcase", TILL Wave Gallery, Watertown, MA

2018

"Present from the Past", Art League of RI, VETs Gallery, Providence, RI
"Waves of Time", TILL Wave Gallery, Watertown, MA
"In the Future...", Atlantic Wharf Gallery, Boston, MA
"History of the Future", Boston Cyberarts Gallery, Boston, MA
"Space Invaders", Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, MA

2017

"Objects in Motion", Artscape, Concord, MA
"Blanche Ames Invitational", Friends of the Borderland, Sharon, MA

2014

“Solstice”, BCEC Exhibition Space, Boston, MA

2013

"COLLISION19:COmpress/DECompress”, Axiom Gallery, Boston, MA

2012

"COLLISION17:transformer", Axiom Gallery, Boston, MA

2009

"COLLISION14:pov ", Axiom Gallery, Boston, MA
"Kinetic Art Symposium", Godine Gallery, Boston, MA
"Off Hours", MassArt - President's Gallery, Boston, MA
"Boston Cyber Arts Festival", Redtail Artist Collective, Boston, MA
"Firefly Festival", Firefly Art Collective, Boston, MA

2008

"Off Hours", MassArt - President's Gallery, Boston, MA
"Firefly Festival", Firefly Art Collective, Boston, MA

2007

"Emergent Consciousness", Boston Cyber Arts Festival, Boston, MA
"For the Love of Art", Currier Downtown, Manchester, NH
"Spectra Returns", Club Shelter, NY
"Aries Rising", Philadelphia Experiment, Philadelphia, PA

2006

"Entheocentric Salon", CoSM, New York, NY
"Firefly Festival", Firefly Art Collective, Boston, MA

2004

"Dragon's Dream", Yves Polliet Gallery, Quebec City, QC

2003

"Blanche Ames Invitational", Friends of the Borderland, Sharon, MA
"Gadgets, Gizmos, and Games", Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA

2002

"Fifth National Juried Show", Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
"Exposed", Artoconnecto Gallery, Washington, DC
"Immeadia", University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
"Urban Edges VI", BAAC Art Center, Barrington, IL
"Viscous", 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
"Reactions", Exit Art Gallery, New York, NY

2001

"Baer Art Invitational", Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL
"Recent Work", Limner Gallery, New York, NY
"Matrix Arts Invitational", Matrix Arts Gallery, Sacramento, CA
"Juxtaposition", Our Dream Gallery, Portland, OR
"8th Annual Juried Art Exhibit", Jasper Arts Center, Jasper, IN
"58th Annual Salon Show", Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN

1999

"Contemporary Abstraction", Klein Artworks, Chicago, IL
"Synapse: Neurectopia", Contemporary Arts Workshop, Chicago, IL

1998

"Synapse: Extoisis", Gallery EGG, Chicago, IL

1997

"Electronic Immersions", ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL

Solo Exhibitions:

2014

“Simply Complex”, Charles River Museum of Industry, Waltham, MA

2005

"Automated Reflections", Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville, AR

2004

"Iconography", Psyforia, Boston, MA

1997

"Lines and Circles", Gallery X, Chicago, IL

1995

"The Dimensional Intrusion", Marion Nicholl Gallery, Calgary, AB

Awards