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User:Marilyn Nix/Robert Wilhite

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Robert Wilhite (born May xx, 1946 in Santa Ana, California) is an American sculptor who works with sound, objects and performance. He received a B.A. degree in art from the University of California at Irvine where he studied artists including Larry Bell, Craig Kauffman and Robert Irwin; he studied with Chris Burden, Richard Newton, Barbara Smith and Alexis Smith. He received an M.F.A. degree from California State University at Northridge. He was a competitive swimmer and diver in high school and college (note).

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  • Gagosian's first gallery in Westwood
  • diving
  • worked at pace
  • Shows in Europe
  • Getty
  • Art in America
  • Life magazine
  • collaborations with Guy de Cointet


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