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Biography
Archie Scott Gobber (born 1965, Warrensburg, Missouri) is an artist currently living and working in Kansas City, Missouri, who is known for eye-catching works that employ clever wordplay as a vehicle for social and political commentary.
Gobber is represented by DOLPHIN in Kansas City, MO and Marty Walker Gallery in Dallas, TX. His work consists of works on paper, paintings, and sculptural installations.
Education
Gobber received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1988.
Exhibitions
He has exhibited in shows including Artists Interrogate: Politics and War at the Milwaukee Art Museum, American Dream: In Question at the Belger Arts Center, WORD at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, Kansas and Laugh It Off at Walter Maciel Gallery in Los Angeles, California. In 2008 Archie Scott Gobber was featured in a group show at Marty Walker Gallery in Dallas, Tx titled "There's something I've been meaning to tell you...". Also at Marty Walker Gallery, Archie Scott Gobber held two solo art exhibitions in 2008, titled "Group Hug" and "In Loving Memory of You"
Collections
Some of the museums that Gobber is in the collection of are the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri, the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in Overland Park, Kansas, and the Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, Kansas.