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| | ARTIST NAME: | Chelmick, Robert | | ACCESSION NUMBER: | 2022.027.001 | | TITLE: | SENATOR TOMMY BANKS, MUSICIAN
THE JOY PROJECT SERIES | | DATE: | 2005 | | CATEGORY: | Photography | | MEDIUM: | digital photograph and acrylic | | SUPPORT: | plywood | | DIMENSIONS: | Image (photograph): 61 × 50.7 cm (24 × 19 15/16 in.)
Sheet (wood): 102.9 × 92.3 cm (40 1/2 × 36 5/16 in.)
Frame: 115.6 × 104.8 cm (45 1/2 × 41 1/4 in.) | | COLLECTION: | Alberta Foundation for the Arts |
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| | OTHER HOLDINGS: | Chelmick, Robert | | ARTIST BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | Robert Chelmick is well-known in Edmonton, and around Alberta. In addition to being a popular television and radio personality, Bob is also a celebrated photographer, visual artist and documentary producer. Born in Edmonton, Bob earned a Diploma in Radio and Television Arts at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology and studied at the Maharishi European Research University to become a teacher of Transcendental Meditation. Bob is an award-winning radio and television host and producer and has worked with CBC, CTV and CKUA radio and is the creator of the web radio station Road Home.
Whimsical and visually stunning, Bob’s creative art photography is colourful, bold and life affirming. One of Bob’s most well-known photography series is titled Jumping for Joy, which features local celebrities caught in mid-air. Through his company, Chelmick Creative Inc., Bob also makes images for commercial clients, which includes portraiture, book and CD covers and still life work.
Bob’s work has been exhibited publicly across Canada and in Washington DC, and Tokyo, Japan. He has received a variety of grants, including corporate grants from Canon, Laidlaw, Canadian Airlines International, as well as from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts. Bob’s works are held in the collections of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the Provincial Museum of Alberta and the Royal Ontario Museum. Bob is also an active member of the Alberta Society of Artists and has published two books featuring his images.
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