Robert Forbes was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He is a widely exhibited Missouri artist known for photo-realist street scenes and genre views depicted with reflections and translucency.


Education:
1969–1970 Fine Arts Major, St. Louis Community College at Meramec, Missouri
1971–1972 Fine Arts Major, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Illinois

Exhibitions:
1993 Elliot Smith Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri
1992 "45th Annual Mid-States Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, Indiana
1992 Morgan Art Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri (solo)
1991 "People – Places – Things," Elliot Smith Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
1990 Elliot Smith, St. Louis, Missouri (solo)
1989 "Black, White, Red," Elliot Smith Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
1989 Morgan Art Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri (solo)
1988 B.Z. Wagman, St. Louis, Missouri (solo)
1988 "Modern Masters: From the 1940’s to the 1980’s," Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1986 Art St. Louis II, St. Louis Arts Festival, St. Louis, Missouri
1986 Art Spirit of St. Louis, B.Z. Wagman Gallery
1985 "Mid-Four, Annual Juried Art Exhibition," Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
1985 "Art St. Louis," St. Louis Arts Festival, St. Louis Globe-Democrat Building, Missouri
1984 "Contemporary Week" Saks Fifth Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri
1984 "August" Timothy Burns Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
1983 Chicago International Art Expo, Illinois
1983 Timothy Burns Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri (solo)
1981 Morgan Art Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1981 Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (solo)