Rob Licht

I am a New York Artist who does sculpture, works on paper and photographic work. My work focuses on specific forms that have strong symbolic meaning, either to me personally or to the culture at large. Through manipulation of context my work examines underlying contradictions that I find in these symbols, either via my personal experience or observations of the world around me. Often, the symbols from one distinct series merge with another in the way that the events of one's life seamlessly connect to one another. The landscape and rural culture of Upstate New York informs my work with a seductive melancholia. Underlying all of the work is an autobiographical search for personal meaning. Most recently I have been creating ephemeral interventions in the landscape and using photography to document the process. I use a broad range of processes and materials such as steel, wood, photography, cement, mold making and bronze. I let the ideas dictate the medium and maintain a broad working vocabulary so that the expression of my ideas is not limited by a narrow approach.

Education: Cornell University, Master of Fine Arts, Sculpture. Maine College of Art, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture, with honors. State University of New York, College at New Paltz, B.F.A. program. Rob Licht is a native of the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York. He exhibits his work through out the Northeast U.S and has won several grants and awards. Recently he completed a residency at Playa, in Eastern Oregon. He has taught sculpture, design and drawing at Ithaca College. He maintains a studio in Ithaca and is currently involved in several Public Art initiatives.

Elemental, Munson Williams Proctor Institute, Utica, NY, March 2016
Faculty Show, Community school of Music and Art, Ithaca, NY, 2015
Line/Language, Corners Gallery, Ithaca, NY, 2014
All Things Cazenovia, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY, 2014
Landscape/Structure, Exhibit A gallery, Corning, NY, 2014
NYFA MARK Artists, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY, 2013
Wilderness Bisect, Dowd Gallery, State University of New York, College at Cortland , 2013
Work From Playa, Center For Faculty Excellence, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, 2013
A Dialogue with the Landscape: Work from PLAYA, CAP Art Space Gallery, Ithaca, NY, 2013
Cazenovia Landforms, Cazenovia College Gallery Courtyard Installation, 2012-2014
Art with a View, Outdoor Sculpture at City Lights, Ithaca, NY, 2008
Rob Licht: Recent Sculpture, Raab Gallery, Philadelphia, 2001
A Whisper in the Wilderness, Raab Gallery, Philadelphia, 1997
In Nature/Out of Nature: New Works by Rob Licht, State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY, 1996
Rob Licht: New Work, The Hahn Gallery, Philadelphia, 1994