j. Reto

Problem solving is the primary motivating factor in my work. I see myself as a facilitator more so than an artist; setting up creative challenges for myself in which the final works emerge from an ad hoc sensibility and a malleable understand of art history. I derive influence from such art movements as: Art Brut, Fluxus, and Object Trouve`; and artists such as: Joseph Cornell, Louise Nevelson, Robert Rauschenberg, and Julian Schnabel, to name a few.

b. 1967, Eastern Pennsylvania.

Self-taught and represented since 1989.

In the collections of:

Romolo Celli, New York

Andreas Kube, Berlin

Dr. Stephen Kramer, Los Angeles

D.J. Richardson, Los Angeles

Herb Schultzhk, San Francisco

Mark Getty, London

Aileen Getty, Los Angeles

William A. Emboden, Los Angeles