The Art Collective

Robert is a Montreal artist and writer whose preoccupations include the body as landscape, genetic manipulation and the pervasive influence of the media and technology within our nervous systems and perceptions. As co-ordinator of The Collective, Robert receives advice on the group's direction and processes from François Morelli, a Studio Arts professor at Concordia University, whose large-scale drawing Carousel was a highlight of the 2002 Montreal Biennale.

Robert is also pursuing an independent drawing project under Morelli's supervision, involving weaving of images and text into a non-linear visual narrative that explores conscious and subconscious experience. Robert is also co-ordinating work on a new journal, Collaboration, whose goal is to create a forum for discussion of collaborative art-making practices and theory.

Robert's work was shown in the May 2003 exhibition of the Trans-species Collective at the Belgo Building, one of the leading art centres in Montreal. The Trans-species Collective's show, curated by artist and teacher Juliana España Keller, was co-sponsored by Montreal daily newspaper The Gazette, which provided $3,400 in advertising support, and Concordia University's VAV Gallery.