Rob Hilken
About the artist
Rob is an artist based at Vault Artist Studios in Belfast. His work is disruptive. He works across disciplines, whether it takes the form of a large-scale mural that interrupts people’s journeys, unexpected participatory performances or a more meticulous studio piece, he aims to to disrupt the way we experience the world around us. His work is routed in the familiar and the every day: things that have become embedded and accepted in our lives so much that we barely register them. These things are his starting point: patterns, geometry, mass-produced objects, popular culture, social customs, and even religious iconography. He will often then disrupt these familiar ideas or visuals with a chaotic intervention, or present them in an unexpected way.