Bio
Bob Avakian and his wife Gail visited Martha’s Vineyard for the summer in 1973 and it has been home ever since. Trained in architecture, engineering and building, for years he has worked in the construction field as a custom homebuilder. After finding himself in management, removed from the satisfaction of hands-on involvement, he turned to photography as a means of self-expression. As his photographic vision has evolved he has been drawn to the natural landscape and an exploration of night photography.
Bob has recently exhibited work from his series Between Night and Day at the Davis Orton Gallery in Hudson NY in a two-person show with photographer Stephen DiRado and a solo show of the series at South Shore Art Center in Cohasset MA. In March 2013 he was Featured Artist for the Photographic Resource Center, Boston’s online site prcneo.org. The Boston Athenaeum has acquired two of his photographs for their collection.
Bob was a Photolucida Critical Mass 2012 Finalist; received honorable mention in a number of categories at the 2012 International Photography Awards (IPA) 10th annual competition; and has been featured in the Aline Smithson’s blog, “Lenscratch" and on Wilson Cummer’s online blog “New Landscape Photography”. He has exhibited his photographs in juried group exhibitions at the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester MA; Gallery Seven, Maynard MA; The Greg Moon Gallery, Taos New Mexico; South Shore Arts Center; Cape Cod Art Association’s “Big Picture Show” and “All New England” exhibitions. At the 2012 All Island Art Show on Martha’s Vineyard, he received the Best in Show Award.
Bob is a juried member of the Cape Cod Art Association and the South Shore Art Center in Cohasset, MA.
