The Artist

BIO:

Bob Freyer is an American award winning artist from Pittsburgh Pa. Born in 1980 and living in a small town of North Huntingdon he gravitated to cartoons, action figures, and using his imagination. While growing up in the 80s and 90s he used his imagination to draw things as he saw them. Drawing his figures differently than they were or how he would like them, or drawing weird creatures that appeared out his window at night. Even to this day he’s still drawing creatures that don’t exist.

His artistic influence started young. The beginning of what is now, it started with watching Bob Ross. In the later years he fell in love with Hip Hop, basketball, BMX, and skateboarding. Hip Hop is a big part of his life, while listening to music he pictured snapshots of art associated with the music. This led to a love for graffiti and the freedom of the graffiti culture. Finding more artists to be inspired from that were untraditional and the artists themselves were misfits.

Since 2013 after picking up the art supplies it has lead to him creating almost everyday since. From 2013 to around 2016 he was creating pop art. Using mainly spray paint and stencils. Painting in style gave him many opportunities to in showing his work and gaining a following on social media. He’s since moved on to creating original artwork and using different mediums. Like acrylics, oils, oil pastels, spray paint, oil pigments, inks and other materials that he can incorporate to his paintings.

His works now consist of memories of his childhood. Finding the moments that are hidden by adulthood. He like to explore his insecurities he had as a child and as an adult apply them to his subjects. Having two young kids is something that inspires Mr. Freyer. He watches how they interact and finds glimpse of himself as a kid. Bob loves to paint with his kids, and they have taught him just to have fun and enjoy it. This has resulted in him taking a new approach to art and painting for himself. It’s not for the likes on social media, it’s all about his release he gets through his art.

Looking through his catalog of work, you’ll see how he pokes fun at himself. You’ll also see he likes to play with words and pop art. There’s also an obsession with painting bunnies.

Bob Freyer is an artist that paints for himself. His paintings are how he sees the world through his eyes. His artwork is his words, his memories his thoughts, and his secrets.

Awards

2016 Pittsburgh City Paper Best Visual Artist (First Place) (went by Durty Art)
2018 Pittsburgh City Paper Best Visual Artist (Second Place)
2020 Conception Art Show Esoteric Excellence Award
2021 Pittsburgh City Paper Best Visual Artist (First Place)
2022 Pittsburgh City Paper Best Visual Artist (First Place)
2023 Pittsburgh City Paper Best Visual Artist (Third Place)

Publications

2016 Featured in WHIRL Magazine
2016 Featured in Local Pittsburgh Magazine
2016 Featured in Hip Hop Art Book VOL 1
2017 Featured in WHIRL Magazine
2022 Front Page of Plum Advanced (newspaper) April Edition (article)
2022 Front Page of Plum Advanced (newspaper) September Edition (article)
2022 New York Weekly (article)
2023 Plum Advanced (newspaper) June edition (article)

Exhibition History

Solo Shows

2015 – Solo Exhibition at New Amsterdam
2016 – Solo Exhibition at Black Forge
2017 – Solo Exhibition at New Amsterdam
2018 – Solo Exhibition at Point Five Gallery (Thoughts Of Yesterday)
2018 – Solo Exhibition at Ketchup City (Awake While Sleeping)
2018 – October Solo Exhibition at Black Forge
2019 – Solo Exhibition at Ketchup City (The Empire Paints Back)
2019 – Solo Exhibition at Civilization PGH (Oddities of the Astral)
2021 – Solo Exhibition at Thoughtrobbers Gallery (Creatures of the Unknown)
2021 – Solo Exhibition at Point Five Gallery (Childhood Bubble Gum)
2022- Solo Exhibition at Ketchup City (Youth Gone Wild)
2023- Solo Exhibition with Dabster Art (view the exhibition here)
2023- Solo Exhibition at Point Five Gallery (Down The Rabbit Hole)

Group Shows

2014 – RAW Artists Awakening
2014 – RAW Artists Panorama
2014 – RAW Artists Holiday Rawk
2014 – Art All Night
2015 – Delaney’s Coffee Group Show
2015 – Red Fish Bow Group Show
2015 – South Side Crawl (Live Painted and Showed at Threads)
2015 – Art All Night
2015 – Art Basel – The Art Album Live at Museo Vault
2016 – Black Forge Group Show
2016 – Red Fish Bowl Group Show
2016 – Group Show in Las Vegas
2016 – Group Show at Gallery 4
2016 – Group Show in Colorado
2016 – South Side Crawl (Live Painted)
2016 – Local On The Rocks group show
2017 – Red Fish Bowl Group Show (Live Painted)
2017 – Group Show at Spirit
2017 – Group Show at Artist Corner Gallery (California)
2017 – Art Basel – Shown with Artist Corner Gallery
2017 – Group Skate Deck Show at Black Forge
2018 – Group Show at The House (Brooklyn)
2020 – Conception Art Group Show
2021 – Conception Art Group Show
2022 – Open Studio Show (Point Five Gallery – March)
2022 – Star Wars : Forging Colors Group Show (Point Five Gallery)
2022 – Open Studio Show (Point Five Gallery – June)
2022 – Deck The Walls Skate Deck Group Show (Point Five Gallery)
2023- MONOCHROME Group Show (Point Five Gallery)
2023 – Hip Hop Elements Group Show (Point Five Gallery)
2023 – Big Art Show at the Oaklander (through Throughtrobbers Gallery)
2023 – Petrichor release show (at Mixtape)

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