Hello! My name is Rob Balsewich. I am an acrylic painter and digital artist from Chicago, Illinois and based in Boulder, Colorado. I graduated from University of Colorado Boulder in August 2021 with a BA in Art Practices and Psychology. The following year, I completed a Post-Baccalaureate Program in Painting and Drawing at CU Boulder, and I plan to enroll in a MFA Program in the near future.

 

I have been making art since a young child, beginning with drawing and coloring. I have continued my art education throughout my schooling, studying and making art all throughout high school and college. I have explored art through various mediums, including drawing, painting, sculpture, and digital art.

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My interest in digital art began in college, when I was required to compose a digital sketchbook for a Studio Arts course. I quickly grew fond of this new medium's possibilities and began doing freelance work designing tour posters for local bands and creating pet portraits for my friends. I am continually impressed with digital media, yet I am drawn to physical mediums, for I seek the release of bodily energy when creating art.

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Critical and collaborative thinking is crucial to my artmaking process. Often times I must talk through an idea aloud and listen to the voices of others to explore every avenue of that idea. Currently, I am most interested in testing the boundaries of visual nourishment. We receive so much visual input during a day, yet our attention often departs us, demanding something more interesting. I seek to create an art piece that is as nourishing to look at as it is to make.

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My work spawns at the intersection of physical intuition and visual gratification. As my hand moves paint across canvas on a whim, my eyes judge the resulting images and decide the next move. In a venture of personal fulfillment, I create art of imagined landscapes, grotesque self-portraits, and multisensory environments. As I seek to encapsulate emotions of immense magnitude, reflection, solace, or frustration, I offer a lens into my own personal journey of self-actualization.

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