“Robot” Rob Zylstra

Creativity is something that exists within all of us in many different forms. It’s truly the essence of who we are but like anything worth preserving, it needs to be cared for and used on a regular basis otherwise it becomes stagnant and harder to access as we get older.

Education:

• 2 year apprenticeship with published storybook illustrator Geraldo Valerio

• “Storybook Illustration” – Instructor: Geraldo Valerio [When You Are Happy, Do You Have A Hat?] – Granville Island

• “Set Design and Storyboarding” – Instructor: Ken Rabhel [Battlestar Galactica, Babylon5, Andromeda] – Capilano College

• “Anatomy for the Artist” – Instructor: Gordon Finlay – Langara College

• 5 years as owner and designer for Kon-sep’shon Glass Art Studio

• 2 years on the board of The British Columbia Glass Arts Association

• 2 year Fine Art Program – Langara College

Shows:

• November 2011 – Moonbase Gallery Re-Launch Group Show @ Interurban Gallery – Gastown, Vancouver

• Sept 2011 – Art of the Fool: Joker Inspired Artworks Group Show @ Tartooful Gallery – Edgemont Village, NV

• May 2011 – Robot Factory: The Robots of Rob Zylstra @ Tartooful Gallery – Edgemont Village, NV

• November 2007 – North Shore Artists Guild Group Show [juried] – Park Royal, WV

• September 2007 – Gambier Island Annual Group Art Show – New Brighton, GI

• Summer 2007 – North Shore Artists Guild Group Show – Heritage Car and Art Show – Waterfront Park, NV

• Summer 2007 – North Shore Artists Guild Group Show [juried] – Harmony Arts Festival – Ambleside, WV