Robert Hitzeman

Robert's work uses visual languages to subtly disrupt readings of interior and exterior in the body and the built environment, as well as examining the relationships between ideology and the physical conditions of space. The idea of the subtle abjection; a way of transgressing the viewer quietly, is a central theme to his work. He is interested in how a transgressive force can appear seductive or benign but still disturbing on another level: subverting traditional separations between attraction and repulsion.
"Stonelickers" are a series that include several works relating to parasitic relationships to feeding and mating and their potential as a model for artistic production and cultural exchange. The drawings for this permutation of the series are based on images of the mouth and teeth of several species of Lamprey, and several models of angle grinder bits used in stone and metal work.
In sculpture, Robert's work is made from assembling building materials gathered from a particular area; creating a link from that area’s history to a totemic object or artifact that connects it to the present while questioning notions of location. "Sweet dredge" is another take on this idea, using animal remains gathered from ...

BFA Spatial Arts and Sculpture
California State University, San Jose, California, United States

MA Fine Art
Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, United Kingdom

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
Stone Lickers Dessins
LeHic, Brussels, Belgium January 2017

VSVSVS Presents: Robert Hitzeman
VS Gallery. Toronto, Canada. July 2014

Post_human Statements: Robert Hitzeman vs Maurizio Rosazza Prin
Spazio Musae. Milano, Italy. July 2011

Attraverso il Tempo e Lo Spazio
Galleria Da.Co. Terni, Italy, June 2010

Artificial Breakdown
Herbert Sanders Gallery. San Jose State University, March 2010

Ventral Metastasis: Malignant Inorganic Compounds
The Black Gallery. San Jose State University, May 2008

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
CREEKSIDE OPEN 2015 selected by Richard Deacon
A.P.T Gallery, London UK, June 2015

POP LIVING
Schwartz Gallery, London UK, February 2015

Guerilla Galleries Presents: Forbidden
Daniel Libeskind Space, London, UK January 2015

STARS IN MY EYES
Schwartz Gallery, London UK, November-December 2013

Everyone Talks About The Weather, We Don’t.
Rowan Arts Project, London, UK. October 2013

Silence and I
Hanmi Gallery, London, UK, September 2013

Hot 100
Schwartz Gallery, London, UK, July 2013

Leap Into The Void Presents: SYNESTHESIA
The Darnley Gallery. London, UK April 2013

National Sculpture Prize Exhibition 2012
Broomhill Sc...