He studied art and political science at Hampshire College, pursuing postgraduate studies in political science at Budapest’s Central European University and an MFA from Columbia University. He attended Skowhegan, the Marie Walsh Sharpe Studio Program, the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, the Bronx Museum AIM program, the Robert Blackburn Printshop Fellowship, and is alumnus of the Philadelphia art collective Vox Populi. Rob is a cofounder and master printer of Prints of Darkness, a collaborative printmaking studio in Brooklyn, NY. He has had numerous solo exhibitions, and appeared in many arts publications, contemporary Printmaking books and art blogs.