BIO:
Robert Howsare’s interdisciplinary work highlights the glitches occurring in systems. He received his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and graduated with an MFA in printmaking from Ohio University.
His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally; selected venues include the Grand Rapids Art Museum, the Austrian Cultural Forum of New York, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art and the International Print Center of New York. Howsare’s work has been recognized by WIRED Magazine, Abitare International Design Magazine, HOW, and other publications. Most recently his work has appeared in The Art of Tinkering, Meggs’ History of Graphic Design and on Adult Swim.
ARTIST STATEMENT:
Within my studio practice, I use the printmaking matrix to create variables of color and composition to explore the illusory and ambiguous aspects of visual perception. This examination of color and form shifts the viewing experience from a purely visual image to a more immersive sensorial experience.
Informed by my background in psychology and commercial printing, my work utilizes interference patterns to investigate the correlation between the printmaking process and human perception. The moiré pattern simultaneously represents errors that occur during the printing process and the limitations within our perceptual systems. The inability of our eyes to process certain visual stimuli, such as the moiré pattern causes a discrepancy between actual and perceived vision, which can create the illusion of movement within a static image.