“Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony” ––Heraclitus
Bob Bechtol is a painter based in Kingston NY. His work explores visual and contextual balance in the dilemmas created by combining elements in opposition, and the structure of the paintings is arrived at through repeated rounds of combination, replacement, dissection and reconfiguration of the work –– finding balance, unexpected composition and coalescence within that process. His approach is informed by philosophical and spiritual theories of opposition and is conceived as observations/meditations on those animating principles at work in our lives and the world around us.
The paintings are mixed media on paper, using primarily charcoal, collage, acrylic and spray paint, and have been shown throughout the United States. Bob earned his BFA from the Columbus College of Art & Design and his MFA from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.
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Selected Exhibits:
Causal Effects, solo, Available Items /
Tivoli, NY
Is It Is, solo, State Gallery / Nashville
Contradiction to Coalescence, solo, The Arts Company / Nashville
Not Just Drawing: A Line With Intent, juried, ARC Gallery / Chicago
Beholder Artists, group, 111 Minna Gallery /
San Francisco
New Beginnings, juried, Satsuma Gallery /
Los Angeles
Paint and Content, group, Post Gallery /
Kansas City
Five Abstract Artists, Contemporary Art Workshop / Chicago
Red, group, Contemporary Art Workshop / Chicago
Drawing, juried, Moming Dance and Art Center / Chicago
Solo, UP Gallery, University of Pittsburgh / Pittsburgh
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INSTAGRAM: bobbechtol.art
INQUIRIES: bobbechtol@gmail.com