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=Robert Wicklund= Robert Thomas Wicklund is an American 20th and 21st centry artist who works with many different media. He is a sculptor, potter, painter, and most prominently photography.

Biography
Robert Wicklund was born September 2, 1982 in St. Paul, Minnesota. He grew up in the suburbs of North Saint Paul. Upon graduating high school, Robert went on to attend college at the University of Wisconsin - River Falls (UW-RF), where he majored in Math and Physics.

Education
Robert attended the University of Wisconsin - River Falls starting in 2001 and graduated in 2006 with bachelor degrees in Physics and Mathematics. During these years, Robert participated in three photography contests hosted by the University's Journalism department.

Early work
Robert's early works concentrated on the use of antique window frames to frame his photographs. The frames provided a unique form for his work due to the multiple panes included in the frames. At this time, Robert also became very involved in night photography, involving very long exposures.

Robert was able to sell his work on consignment at the Kelley Gallery in historic Stillwater, Minnesota. Interestingly, when he dropped his first pieces off at the gallery ( some large window-framed photographs) one piece sold before he had completed his 30 minute drive home.

2005
During the summer of 2005, Robert spent ten days on a road trip out to the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone National Park.

2006
After completing his bachelors degrees, Robert went on to spend a month in Europe. He spent this time honing his photographic style, developing a preference for architectural photography. This preference can be seen in his later works.

2009
In 2009 Robert traveled to Eastern Europe, visiting Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Russia, and Ukraine. During this time, Robert was exposed to the work of David Černý, a prominent Czech artist.

2011
In 2011 Robert traveled to Denmark and Iceland.

2012
In 2012 Robert attending weddings in London, England and Mumbai, India.

Ceramics
During Robert's fifth year at UW-RF, he took an elective course in ceramics. After half of the semester, he decided to quit his job at a local grocery store to spend as much time as possible on his pottery. The course required the creation of 6 distinct, completed works, but Robert completed over 100 pieces during this time.

Pipe Cleaner Sculptures
Late in the the year 2009, Robert started experimenting with the media of pipe cleaners. Starting off small, he created small pipe cleaner animals, and quickly moved on to large sculptures, continually pushing the boundaries of the media as far as possible. He developed a technique that allowed him to build sculptures from this media that were several feet tall. Robert continues work in this media periodically while pursuing projects in other media as well.

Novel
Robert began writing a novel at the end of 2011 in the genre of Science Fiction. The novel is highly secretive, so few details of its content are available at the time of writing this article.