Robert Hite (artist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetRobert Hite (artist)
American artist
Date of Birth: 02-Aug-1956
Place of Birth: Richmond, Virginia, United States
Profession: artist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Robert Hite (artist)
- Robert Hite (born 1956 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American visual artist.
- Hite lives and works in Esopus, New York.
- Robert Hite is inspired both by a rich Southern narrative tradition and closeness to nature.
- The imagery in his work draws upon the memories of his childhood in rural Virginia during the Civil Rights Movement era.
- Hite is interested in exploring issues of local knowledge, memory, transience, environment, disenfranchisement and domicile as living art.
- Much of his photographic work juxtaposes the artificial and the natural and play with architectural scale.
- In April 2014, Hite was named as a Guggenheim Fellow for his work in fine arts.
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