Bob Clyatt Sculptures Fuse Memory and Karma
Bob Clyatt is drawn to explore what are unknowable and uncontrollable aspects of memory and karma, of a larger reality framing our existence, of moments when our fate begins to change. He generally use the sculpted human form as a vehicle for these explorations.
His work arises as a fusion of formal knowledge -- anatomy, sculptural methods and forms – with a mystery theater of accident, adventure, construction and a host of other influences.
For him, a successful sculpture gathers and amplifies whispers from the edges of awareness. He hopes his sculptures can store these whispers like a battery, or a well to draw from.
As a teen in northern California, Bob's interest in narrative figurative photography moved him to create fine art prints in a darkroom he built. Several of these works were juried into Photographic Society of America exhibitions. Bob was taken on as a rare private pupil under noted western photographer Challis Gore.
During the following years, Bob focused on philosophy, family and growing businesses, founding HorizonLive and i/o 360, a prominent New York City digital design firm which employed 30 designers and was sold to a public company in 1998.
Bob returned to creating art shortly thereafter with an intensive study of sculpture under several teachers in the figurative tradition, including Michael Keropian, Anthony Antonios, Sarah Coble, Andrew Cawrse.
Bob has received numerous commissions and awards for his figurative sculpture. His work is acquired by private collectors, corporations and other organizations.
