Robert B. Post
Born in El Monte California

During my first years of school, my only interest was drawing. Much to my teacher’s surprise, I would draw on desktops, walls, and anything that would hold ink. I took lessons drawing from my brother-in-law, who was an illustrator for NASA.

Throughout high school, I focused primarily on art classes and received top marks.

I began my studies at the Academy of Art College in San Francisco on a work scholarship. Learning and creating, it was one of the best experiences of my life. I still have those paintings.

In Boston, I began studies in printmaking at the Massachusetts College of Art. I bought a camera and began working in photo silk screening. I found photography to be another exciting medium, and began creating fine art photo images at the New England School of Photography. While studying at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, I was working as an art editor for Arts magazine and contributed my photography to arts and poetry publications. I also began photographing punk rock and Rock & Roll bands. I had a number of images published in magazines and local newspapers and began winning awards and prizes.

The artwork you see before you are a reflection of my life in all of its facets. Although I have studied art history extensively, I rely on an inner feeling to cue my painting. I prefer this to over intellectualizing any work. I paint from my gut.

My erotic works reflect the turbulence/violence, passion/love, friction/flow of human relations and the tension within the self.

I paint because I must. I could not, would not continue to live without being able to express myself. Life is a great and wondrous things and I am part of it.

EDUCAITON

San Francisco Community College
Art Department
San Francisco, CA 1992-93

MIT Art Association
ndependent Studies in Black and White
Photography
Cambridge, MA 1977-78

New England School of Photography
Experimental Photography and Photo Silkscreen
Boson, MA 1976-77

Massachusetts College of Art
Graphics Department
Boston, MA 1976

Academy of Art College
Associate of Arts Degree
Fine Arts Department
San Francisco, CA 1970-73

EXHIBITS

AHA 40th Annual Contemporary Art Show
Pauahi Tower Gallery
Honolulu, Hawaii
Painting
2009

Solo Exhibition of Paintings
Morning brew Café
Kailua, Hawaii
2008

Cruising for the Good Life
Paintings and Photography
Ritz Carlton Laguna Nigel
2000

Gentlemen's Smoker
Paintings and Photography
Ritz Carlton Laguna Nigel
2000

Selected Paintings
Marion Meyer Contemporary Art
Laguna Beach, CA
1999

Best of LA Festival
Selected Artist for Exhibition
Santa Monica, CA
1998

Group Show
Paintings
Gallery B.A.I. New York, NY
1997

Biennial Musee Beaux Art D'Unet
Paintings
Musee Des Beaux Arts D'Unet
Bordeaux, France
1997

Backstage Past
Photography
Morning Brew Coffee House
Kailua, HI
1997

Feast for the Senses
Paintings and Photography
Post Art Studio
Kailua, HI
1996

Shadows of Time
Photography
Morning Brew Coffee House
Kailua, HI
1995

Erotic Abstractions
Paintings and Photography
Red Ram Coffee Roasters
Kailua, HI
1993

Maintenance and Repair
Photography
Sommerville Public Library
Sommerville, MA
1989

AWARDS

Artist of the Year
Colorist Paintings
Musee Des Beaux Arts D'Unet
Borbeaux, France 1997

Honor Award
Black and White Photography
Boston Globe Annual Photography Contest
Bosont, MA 1986

Scholarship Award Painting
Drawing and Lithography
Academy of Art College
San Francisco, CA 1970-73