Biography
Robert G. You was born in Beijing, China. He started teaching drawing and painting at the age of 17. After receiving a diploma of art education from Beijing Teachers Training College, Robert came to the United States in 1985. He received a BA degree in studio art from Northeast Missouri State University, and obtained his MFA degree in sculpture and drawing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
As an artist, Robert has been continuously exhibiting his work nationwide since the early 1990's, including solo shows at Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Sun Cities Art Museum in Arizona, Carnegie Arts Center in Kansas, L.J. Brown Gallery at Duke University, and CCB Gallery in North Carolina; and group shows at Kresge Art Museum in Florida, Miami University Art Museum in Ohio, Ackland Art Museum in North Carolina, The LAB in San Francisco, California, The Dahl Art Center in South Dakota, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art in Arizona, just to name a few.
Robert Started teaching at SCC in 1997 as an adjunct instructor, he became a residential faculty in 2000.