Bob Emser
Chicago, Illinois

Clearance Zero
stainless steel, lace wood
28 x 18 x 12.5 cm
2005

____Selected exhibitions

  • Sphere of Light, solo exhibition, FLATFILE galleries, Chicago, 2006
  • Symposiet 18-8, Stavanger, Norway, 2005
  • Shadow Drawings, solo exhibition, Northern Illinois University Art Museum, De Kalb, Illinois, 2005
  • Artist/Modelmaker/Sculptor, Continental Building, Chicago, 2005
  • Art on the River, Chicago, 2005
  • Bob Emser Sculpture, Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, Michigan, 2004
  • Structural Space, solo exhibition, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, Illinois, 2004
  • International Sculpture Center at Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey, 2003
  • Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney, Australia, 2002

Bob Emser was born in Illinois in 1954. He holds a BA, 1976, from Eureka College, Eureka, Illinois and a MFA, 1978, from Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois. He is on the board of directors of the International Sculpture Center and is president/co-founder of Chicago Sculpture International. His work has been shown in 4 continents, 7 countries, and 23 states in the United States.

My sculpture is more than a spiritual reference to the pioneering machinery of aviation or nautical history; it is about the belief in one's self. The simpler the execution of an idea, the more pure is the concept or soul of the piece.