Bob Landström is an interdisciplinary artist based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He studied fine art at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts.

Landström’s work shares the experience of both pre and post-materiality.  He often works in the conceptual space where science and art intersect, exploring the overlap of physics and metaphysics. Materiality plays a crucial role in his work. He is best known for using the Earth as his painting medium, particularly pigmented volcanic rock, employing processes that are uniquely his own.

His images are assemblages and dis-assemblages of totem animals, letters, word fragments, diagrams, symbols, and glyphs—some of which are invented, while others are drawn from research. The surfaces of his paintings bear testament to his striking style, characterized by gritty textures that emerge through the use of trowels, knives, nails, and his own invented tools.

In his digital and kinetic works, Landström explores electromagnetic static as a pre-manifestation state of physical reality. He integrates field recordings of electromagnetism—sometimes captured through devices of his own creation—into audio and visual assemblages. His kinetic pieces use sound and light to interact with fragments of volcanic rock.

Landström’s artistic process is driven by a relentless curiosity. When an idea or concept captures his attention, he dives deep, spending months reading, researching, and experimenting until a new body of work emerges.

Landström’s work has been widely exhibited and is included in public, private, and corporate collections worldwide. He lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia.