Artist Profile: Robert Watson

Robert Watson

1201 Masselin Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90019

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Born April 8,1950 in Kansas City Kansas.Creativity and artistic talent throughout elementary and junior high school lead to opportunities at a higher level.First,at the kansas City Art institute in missouri,then the University of kansas in Lawrence,Kansas,both during junior and senior years in high school,1967 and 1968.This lead to various art exhibits in the Kansas City area in the early '70's Los Angeles, California became home in October of 1979 which lead to partnership in a film production company,New Genesis Productions.The company produced animated and live action commercials for small business and soon evolved into one of the first music video production companies on the west coast.Illustration layout art and creating story boards were major contributions to creating the final project. Participation in art exhibits on the west coast began in the early '80's with shows in various parks,malls and venues like very popular Los Angeles Street Scene and a one man show on 'The Bridge' in Los Angeles City Hall in 1987.Such exhibitions continued into the late '90s, the last exhibit being the Pan Africa Film Festival in 1999. The first exhibit of the second milennium was the 14th annual Sesual & Erotic Art Exibition at the Lifstyles Organizations's Annual Convention held in Las Vegas,Nevada in july of 2004. A very successful exhibit and an excellent springboard for re-entry into the world of art.