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Bobby Hill (b. 1973), is the New York based visual artist
whose career started as an illustrator. He began painting on canvas in 2008
after returning to the US from his first trip overseas.
His work has been commissioned by Coca Cola, Nike, XXL Magazine, Slam
Magazine, The Source Magazine and The James Luxury Hotels. He has also
been featured in Mass Appeal Magazine, Gen Art, Max Fish, The Grey Worldwide
Gallery, The Art Directors Club, a number of events in Chelsea, Soho,
Williamsburg, Bushwick NYC and several galleries in Europe. He briefly
founded his own brand of bOB hiLL t-shirts and has sold countless artworks
to various celebrity buyers.
In 2010, Bobby Hill produced his first art event and promoted it by hiding
$50,000 worth of art prints around the streets and trains of NYC.
Since then, he toured Europe in Spring 2012 (Barcelona, Copenhagen and
Freiburg Germany), was the featured artist at The James Royal Palm Hotel
in South Beach during Art Basel Miami 2012, sold out print editions on
1xrun.com and did two art events in Beverly Hills during Oscar week 2013.
In addition, he collaborated with the home décor store CB2 for a limited
edition print release, which also sold out.
Currently, Bobby Hill is expanding his line of mixed media screenprints
on paper to stores throughout the world as well as continuing to paint
large scale on canvas and wood.
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I started my hand painted screenprint style back in 2001
a couple of months after the World Trade Center went down. My first style was
black and white pen and ink drawings on paper. I became bored of that style so
I started messing around with throwing color around which was reminiscent of
Jackson Pollock. These works have now become how I practice and stay sharp for
times when I create larger works on canvas and wood. In essence, they have become
my "studies."
- Bobby Hill
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