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Bob Conge
Conges’ portraits project an intimate knowledge of his subjects within the freshness of his expression, almost as if he has time travelled back through history for aone-on-one sitting with each of them.
Born in a rural environment in Upstate New York, Bob Conge was introduced to the world of Arts and Crafts while studying at the Rochester Institute of Technology. After graduating he continued his studies in the College of Art at Syracuse University where he received his MFA degree. Upon graduating Conge was awarded a Louis Comfort Tiffany grant. A year later he returned to Rochester Institute of Technology as a full time professor where he taught in the School of Art. After teaching on the college level for 6 years, Conge established his studio in Rochester, New York where he consistently produced award winning work for his clients. Conge’s clients included: American Express, AT&T, Bank of America, Citibank, Eastman Kodak, General Electric, IBM, Mobil Corp., The Mirage-Las Vegas, New York Times, Sprint, Sony Music, National Public Radio, Volkswagen, The Wall Street Journal, to name just a few.
Conge has also continued to produce and exhibit his personal works in numorous Museums and Galleries. Conge’s work is known internationally and he is represented in public and university collections in the United States, Europe, Japan and China including:
* Museum of Modern Art - Toyama, Japan
* Musee de la Publicite - Paris, France
* Lahti Poster Museum - Lahti, Finland
* Moravian Gallery - Brno, Czechoslovakia
* Colorado State University - Fort Collins, CO
* International Poster Museum - Warsaw, Poland
* The German Poster Museum - Essen, Germany
* Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences - Norfolk, VA
* State University at Cortland - Cortland, NY
* Everson Museum of Art - Syracuse, NY
* Marine Midland Trust Company - Syracuse, NY
* Mobil Chemical Corp.- New York, NY
* Syracuse University - Syracuse, NY
* University of Rochester - Rochester, NY
* Dansk Poster Museum - Aarhus, Denmark
* Colorado State University Libraries, Kluge Project, Fort Collins, CO
* University of Utah, Marriott Library, Salt Lake City, UT
* University of Connecticut, School of Fine Arts - Storrs, CT
In 1995, Conge and his wife Sue moved to a rural setting in the Finger Lakes area of Upstate New York where Conge’s studio is now located in a converted 19th century carriage house.
In 2003, Conge began working on his current series of assemblages - “SHRINES”.
Additional examples of work may be viewed at BOBCONGE.COM