Bobby Puleo

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Bobby Puleo
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Born (1974-10-02) October 2, 1974 (age 46)
New Jersey, United States (U.S.)
Occupation Skateboarder, artist
Sport
Sport Skateboarding

Bobby Puleo (born 1974) is a regular-footed American professional skateboarder and artist. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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Life

Born in Passaic, New Jersey, Puleo began skateboarding at 10. His first board was the Skull and Sword Powell Peralta board, which he received for Christmas in 1984. [3] Puleo started coming to New York at 16 to skate street spots, like the Brooklyn Banks and others. [1] In 1998, Puleo moved to West 108th Street. [1] Since childhood, Puleo has been a collector of found objects. [7]

Skateboarding career

Puleo has been a professional skateboarder for over 20 years, Puleo's first pro deck was on Mad Circle skateboards. [8] Puleo was skating a lot with filmer Aaron Meza for the FTC Penal Code 100A video released in 1996. [8] Scott Johnston and Meza introduced Puleo to Justin Girard who put him on Mad Circle. Before Mad Circle, while riding for Metropolitan, Puleo got put on Stereo. [9]

In 2018, Puleo sat down with Transworld Skateboarding to talk about his favorite skateboarder: Mark Gonzales. [10]

Skate video Parts & Appearances [11] Year
411VM – Issue 101995
411VM – Issue 131995
FTC – Penal Code 100A1996
Mad Circle – 5ive Flavors [12] 1998
Zoo York – Peep This1999
INFMS2000
Skateparks of Oregon/Ecuador2001
Black Out2002
La Luz2002
Static II: The Invisibles [13] 2004
R. B. Umali NY Revisited Vol 1 (96–97)2005
Ipath – Preview: Summer 20052005
Traffic – Moving in Traffic2008
Traffic – Tokyo Transfer2009
Hi Fi – Full Frequency2009
The Secret Basement2013
V5 [14] 2013
Puleo's found object collages - 2021 Bobby Puleo art 2 26 2021.jpg
Puleo's found object collages - 2021

Artistic practice

Building upon his lifelong interest in collecting found objects, Puleo creates collages and assemblages. [1] Puleo also practices photography and has an interest in graffiti. [9] Puleo has shown his art throughout the United States and has an instagram account dedicated to his art: Gutter Gallery [1] [15] [16] In 2003, Puleo opened a show: ''These Eyes Have Eyes," at Space 1026 Gallery in Philadelphia. [1] In 2021, Puleo had a solo show of his assemblages titled "Flat Earth" presented by Hey Check This Out gallery in NYC. [17]

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  2. ↑ "Ten Top Five – Bobby Puleo". TransWorld SKATEboarding. May 13, 2004. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Bobby Puleo Interview". Slam City Skates Blog. August 20, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Bobby Puleo Profile < Skately Library". skately.com. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Step into Bobby Puleo's World in Thrasher's Latest Out There ⋆ SKATE NEWSWIRE". SKATE NEWSWIRE. June 7, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Here's Video Documentation of Bobby Puleo's Trip to Skatercon ⋆ SKATE NEWSWIRE". SKATE NEWSWIRE. March 20, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Bobby Puleo Interview – extended version". Skateboard MSM (in German). Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  8. 1 2 Bobby Puleo bobshirt.com interview , retrieved October 21, 2019
  9. 1 2 "Bobby Puleo Interview". SOLO Skateboardmagazine (de) (in German). Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  10. ↑ Skater's Favorite Skater: Bobby Puleo , retrieved October 21, 2019
  11. ↑ "Bobby Puleo skater profile. Online skate videos and video parts by Bobby Puleo. | Skatevideosite". www.skatevideosite.com. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  12. ↑ Mad Circle – 5ive Flavors (1998) , retrieved October 21, 2019
  13. ↑ Static 2 Remix/Greatest Misses , retrieved October 21, 2019
  14. ↑ V5 , retrieved October 21, 2019
  15. ↑ "Bobby Puleo / Angela Boatwright". niarchive.newimageartgallery.com.
  16. ↑ "Bobby Puleo's Art Opening". TransWorld SKATEboarding. July 27, 2004.
  17. ↑ "Bobby Puleo's "Flat Earth" to Show at Hey Check This Out ⋆ SKATE NEWSWIRE". SKATE NEWSWIRE. February 21, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
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