User:Marilyn Nix/Robert Wilhite

Robert Wilhite (born May xx, 1946 in Santa Ana, California) is an American sculptor who works with sound, objects and performance. He received a B.A. degree in art from the University of California at Irvine where he studied artists including Larry Bell, Craig Kauffman and Robert Irwin; he studied with Chris Burden, Richard Newton, Barbara Smith and Alexis Smith. He received an M.F.A. degree from California State University at Northridge. He was a competitive swimmer and diver in high school and college (note).

Key points:

• Gagosian's first gallery in Westwood
• diving
• worked at pace
• Shows in Europe
• Getty
• Art in America
• Life magazine
• collaborations with Guy de Cointet

References

• http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jul/15/local/me-bomb15
• Recollecting Performance at LACE

External links

• example.com