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ABOUT NKB GALLERY

NKB Gallery, formally founded by artist Bobby Hill in 2023, has produced several art exhibitions in the past and will continue to do so in the future. 

Bhillboards - Soho NYC 2010

Euro Tour - Copenhagen 2012

STELLAR Exhibition - LES NYC 2019

STELLAR Printshow Exhibition - LES NYC 2019

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS - USA/ EUROPE 2024

ABOUT BOBBY K. HILL


THE MISSION

My mission as an artist is to add something new to the language of art.

I’ve always heard that everything has previously been done but I don’t believe that. I believe if I keep creating, one day I will stumble upon a new style that will help push art forward.


THE PROCESS

I was once told… “don’t fall in love with one style.” Since then, I’ve made it a practice to continuously test out new art styles, ideas and processes as I create 2-D images using a mixed media array of materials. 

Below is a quick list for all of collectors of my work so you know what art style you have from me and the year it was developed. 

Early to mid 1990’s - B/W  pen  & ink line style drawings
2001 then again in 2007- Photo based Pop culture  Mixed Media screenprints
2016 - Mixed media Screenprinted quick line drawings - PRINTSHOW
2019 - Slow process Mixed media  hand paintings on wood - STELLAR 
2020 - Clean style Mixed Media Screenprinted collages on wood - STELLAR 2
2021 / 2022 - Freestyle Photo and text based  Mixed Media Screenprinted Collages on paper and wood - STELLAR 3
Inspiration
A quick list of inspirations for my work.. Ernie Barnes, Picasso, Keith Haring, NYC, Matisse, Kerry James Marshall, Japanese line art…
THE HISTORY

Artist Bio

Bobby Hill (b.1973), is the NYC based visual artist whose career started as an illustrator. He began painting on canvas in 2008 after returning to the US from my first trip overseas. His work has been commissioned by Coca Cola, Nike, XXL Magazine, Slam Magazine, The Source Magazine, and The James Luxury Hotels. He has also been featured in Mass Appeal Magazine, Gen Art, Max Fish, The Grey Worldwide Gallery, The Art Directors Club, a number of events throughout NYC and several galleries in Europe. Throughout his career, he has sold countless artworks to buyers from around the world. From 2010-2019, he produced a few of his own solo art exhibitions and promoted them by hiding $50,000 worth of art prints around the streets and trains of NYC and abroad. Currently, Bobby is finishing up a new collection of large scale mixed media paintings on canvas. Once completed, he will embark on a traveling exhibition featuring these works. 


A Michael Jackson Concert and Meeting Warhol

At the age of six, I attended a Michael Jackson concert at Madison Square Garden with a schoolmate and her mother. There was a strange looking guy with white hair sitting right in front of us who asked to take our picture. After he took the photo, I asked the girl’s mother who the guy was and she told me it was Andy Warhol. I then asked her what he did for a living and her answer was that I would find out when I got older. Years later I did some research, found out all about “The Factory” and how he used screen-printing to create his art. This chance encounter is what got me interested in the silkscreen process.

Snoopy

My first “piece of art” that I thought came out really good was a drawing of Snoopy that I made from looking at one of my pillowcases. I was somewhere around 9- 10 years old. I showed my mom the drawing and she said she loved it. This inspired me so much that I’m still creating art many years later. 🙂

Beginnings as an Illustrator




My art career began as a freelance illustrator for Slam basketball magazine and XXL hip hop magazine. It came at a time when I was working a stock job at FIT. Because of this opportunity I felt I can make a living off my art. A few months later I was “let go” from that job and the long journey of being a professional artist began. 

Coca Cola and the Development of a New Style

After the Coca Cola commission in 2001, where I produced 100 original screenprints for their top executives on the east coast, I was able to take some time off and briefly make art for art’s sake. During this period I stopped drawing and begin to experiment with color by throwing it around on paper reminiscent of Jackson Pollock. This allowed me to first understand how color corresponds to one another and when I took it a step further and finally added images within it, I understood how various colors could make the same image feel entirely different.


Artist CV

Capital One Corporate Office NYC 2020

@BobbyHillArt- The Print Show NYC 2019

STELLAR NYC 2019

The Port Authority Art Installation 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YncPcNvDjmo

James Hotel NYC 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0M1McYhwg0

Bhillboards Tour Mouche Gallery LA California 2013

https://mouchegallery.com/move-over-oscar-artist-bobby-hill-live-in-studio-at-mouche-gallery/

Bhillboards Tour James Hotel Miami Beach 2012

http://www.cartwheelart.com/2012/12/27/fashonart-miami-basel-dinner/

Bhillboards Euro Tour Spring 2012

https://vimeo.com/56984312

Bhillboards NYC 9/11/2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMi23OdI3e4

112 Greene St - Work To Do Group Art Show, Soho NYC 2008 

https://112greene.wordpress.com/

Momentos Solo Art show Seville Spain 2008

The Grey Worldwide Gallery NYC 2008

The Art Directors Club NYC 2008

Gen Art Splashlight Studios Art Show 2002

Max Fish LES NYC 2001

 

Commissions/ Features

1 World Trade Center NYC 2020

Andersen Hotel Copenhagen 2014

CB2 2013

The Source Magazine 2012

Nike 2009

Mass Appeal Magazine 2002

Coca Cola 2001

XXL Magazine 2001

Slam Magazine 2001