... is a prolific artist with roots planted deep in the skateboard industry. He's the founder of Crownfarmer Clothing, MumbleMagazine.com and the Little Giants documentary series. His first book of photography, Beach Glass, was released in 2004 by Holy Water of London. His next book is due out in 2009.

The CV below hasn't been updated since 2005. Information on current projects can be found on the previous blog page.

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FINE ART PRINTS

Artist statement for Centinella:

"These images are the product of a search for balance between living a metropolitan lifestyle while maintaining simplicity. An alternative to the fast-paced, disposable culture of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, my photography provides me with a different reality to inhabit. Here, the volume has been turned down and technology has been put on pause. These photographs are not unlike the backgrounds of the dreams that haunt my sleep; ephemeral, yet somehow recognizable places and situations that I feel I've visited at some point but can never pin down. In my waking life I attempt to find these hauntings and capture them on film for proof that they may actually exist."

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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2005
"On The Wall" @ The Artery Gallery - AUS and NZ
"Sketchel" @ Jeremyville - Sydney, AUS
"Right Place, Wrong Time" @ Transport Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
"Slapshot" for Vice Magazine - NY, Calgary, Vancouver, MTL, T.O., Ottawa
"Skate Or Die" @ New Image Art - Los Angeles, CA
"Roll Call" @ AP Gallery - Denton, TX

2004
"P-art One" @ Bar Delux - Hollywood, CA
"Market East Meets West" @ Camp Fig - Austin, TX
"Fecal Face Photo Show" @ Brink Gallery - San Francisco, CA
"Giant Robot 10 Year Anniversary Group Show" @ GR2 - Los Angeles, CA
"START Showcase" @ Spaces Gallery - Cleveland, OH
"32 Inch Canvas" travelling art show @ Giant 45 Calgary, AB, Livestock Vancouver, BC and Montreal, QC
"Hot For Teacher" @ Camp Fig - Austin, TX
"Club Canyon" @ Harmony Gallery - Hollywood, CA
"Boardology" benefit art auction @ ASR Trade Show - San Diego, CA
"CASA Benefit" benefit art auction @ Adrift Gallery - Toronto, ON
"The Mega Zine Show" @ Sanctuary Artsite - Burlington, VT
"Beach Glass" book launch and art show @ Flatspot London UK, Antisocial Vancouver BC, Giant Robot LA and Autumn NYC
"Two Steps Back" traveling 55DSL show in NYC @ Diesel flagship store and locations throughout the USA, Canada, Europe and Japan

2003
"Art and Design Showcase" @ Studio Z - San Francisco, CA
"Heavy Metal Cover Art" @ Camp Fig - Austin, TX
"A Yeah Right Photo Show" 3 man photo exhibition with Spike Jonze and Andy Mueller @ Antisocial Gallery - Vancouver, BC
"Textstyles’ @ NFS Gallery - Boston, MA
"From Overseas" @ The Watari-Um MOCA - Tokyo, Japan
"Meeting Places" @ 4016 Gallery - Los Feliz, CA
"Pedrosideways" with the Girl Art Dump @ Walled City - San Pedro, CA
"FecalFace Arty Party 6" @ Punch Gallery - San Francisco, CA

2002
"Scribbles" @ 1800 Gallery - Cleveland, OH
"Soul To Sole" @ Antisocial Gallery - Vancouver, BC
"Would" with the Girl Art Dump @ Three Gallery - San Pedro CA
"Windmilling" @ Andenken Gallery - Denver, CO

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

"No Comply: Skateboarding Speaks On Authority"
Contributed: accompanying photographs
USA, 2006, Fun Not Fame Press

"Concrete To Canvas"
Contributed: 4 photo / design pieces
London, 2005, Laurence King Publishing, ISBN 1-85669-457-7

"Untitled: Documents of Street Culture"
Contributed: 4 photographs, 1 interview
Germany, 2005, in conjunction with Lodown Magazine and Streetwear Today

"Semi Permanent 05" and "Sketchel"
Contributed: 2 pages of photographs to "05" and 2 pages of photographs to "Sketchel"
Australia, 2005, books accompanying Semi-Permanent design conference

"55 DSL: Two Steps Back"
Contributed: 2 pages of photographs
USA, 2005, book accompanying traveling art show

"Beach Glass, A Collection of Photographs by Bob Kronbauer"
167 pages of photographs, shot in Los Angeles over a 3 year period
UK, 2004, Holy Water Books, ISBN 0-9548238-0-X

"Life and Limb: Skateboarders Write From The Deep End"
Contributed: 4 photographs, one short story
USA, 2003, Soft Skullz Press, ISBN 1-932360-28-X

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PRESS

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PROJECTS* / FRIENDS / ETC

Crownfarmer *
Little Giants *
Umbrella *
Mumble *

Antisocial
Arkitip
Craig Metzger
Crailtap
Don Pendleton
Elliott Louis Gallery
John Trippe
Lori D
Matt Irving
Michael and Laura Leon
Porous Walker
Rob Abeyta Jr
The Art Dump
Tony Larson
Tyler Reid

Special thanks to Natas Kaupas for the title typography for this site

All work contained within is copyright 2002/2006

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CONTACT

bobk@crownfarmer.com

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