I have been doing art since 1966 and have always been interested in the ways things can be depicted. I try to evoke a sense of depth, of complexity, of spirit.
I often combine images together and try to improve the representation of each image within the total work, seeking to make them more ‘acceptable’ to each other.
My output is about different ways of depicting thinking, remembering and seeing, with reference to art of the past and to fantasy, sexuality, mythology, religion and history.
I realize that I have the freedom to think about past events and eras, about present reality, and to engage in pure fantasy. My goal is to challenge myself technically while staying connected with what is unfolding in front of my eyes, to give birth to something that has not previously existed.
I have always been a collector. My mind is filled with images, ideas, references, words, slogans, random memories, and things I encounter.
curriculum vitae
Robert Culicover
127 Midland Avenue
Montclair NJ 07042
email: culicover@gmail.com
FB: rculicover
IG: @culicover
b. 1948 - Bronx, NY
Education
1980 San Francisco Art Institute - M.F.A. - printmaking
1976-78 Foothill College, DeAnza College, CA - printmaking extension courses
1970 Teacher Training Course in TM - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Estes Park, Colorado
1969 University of California, Berkeley, B.A. (studio art)
1964-66 City College of NY (languages & literature)
1964 Bronx High School of Science (diploma)
Employment History
2000-16 hi+lo modern (antiques and rare books), owner
1982-83 Museum of American Folk Art, administrative assistant, development office
1976-2000 Corporate communications/p.r./adverting copywriter/consultant Silicon Valley, San Francisco and New York City
1970-75 Transcendental Meditation, initiator/instructor/lecturer
Exhibition history
2025 Tiny Art gallery, Montclair, NJ. - ‘Biggest Tiny Art Show” - small sculpture
Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ - State of the art - annual member’s show
2024 Mighty Real/Queer Detroit - queer art biennial: I’ll be your mirror - Kayrod Gallery
2022 Postcards from the Edge - Visual AIDS - NYC
2021 Postcards from the Edge VIsual AIDS - NYC
2017 “Pictures and Words,” - illustrated chapbook, STH Editions, 2017 (featured at Printed Matter art book fairs, Geffen Center in Los Angeles and MOMA P.S.1 in New York
1988 BACA Downtown Gallery, Brooklyn - small works
1986 BACA Downtown Gallery, Brooklyn - works on paper
1984 Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn - works on paper
Brooklyn Museum Community gallery - “Brooklyn ’84”
Washington Sq East Gallery, N.Y.U. - small works
1983 Hickory Museum, NC - ‘New York Artists’
Jersey City Museum - curated group show
Farthing Gallery, Boone NC - ‘New York Artists’
1982 Public Illumination Gallery, New York City - 100 works
1981 SF Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery - rental collection
1980 Emmanuel Walter Gallery, San Francisco - M.F.A. group show
Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute - “Place/Time/Text”
Jetwave Gallery, San Francisco - wall drawings (curated by Sabina Ott)
Heller Gallery, University of California/Berkeley - prints
1979 Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute - group show
Northlight Gallery, Tempe, Ariz. - group show
S.F. State University - exhange show
1978 Euphrat Museum, Cupertino Calif. - annual student show
Foothill College Gallery, Los Altos, Calif. - prints