Simon Raab | |
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| Born | 1952 (age 70–71) |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Painting, sculpture |
| Website | http://www.parleau.com |
Simon Raab is an American contemporary artist, entrepreneur, inventor and scientist. [1]
Simon Raab | |
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| Born | 1952 (age 70–71) |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Painting, sculpture |
| Website | http://www.parleau.com |
Simon Raab is an American contemporary artist, entrepreneur, inventor and scientist. [1]
Simon Raab was born in Toulouse, France in 1952. He was raised in Canada and immigrated to the United States in 1990. He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from McGill University, Montreal, Canada, a Masters of Engineering Physics (Surface Physics) from Cornell University, USA, and a Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of Waterloo, Canada. [2]
Raab lives and works in Santa Barbara, California.
Raab is the co-founder of Faro Technologies where he remains chairman of the board. He served as chief executive officer of the company from its inception in 1982 until January 2006, and is presently in that role again, after resuming the position in November 2015. [3] Raab holds more than 80 US patents with associated foreign patents in fields of 3D coordinate measuring systems, bio-materials, medical diagnostics and computerized surgical assistance. [4] He is currently the Chairman of LunglifeAI focusing on diagnostic tests for early lung cancer and serves as Co-Chairman of TrueDigital Surgical, Inc developing the first digital 3D surgical microscopes and robotic guidance systems. [5]
Raab comes from a family involved in creative enterprises. His mother was a landscape artist and an acquaintance of Frederick Varley (1881–1969) from Canada's Group of Seven. Raab's uncle, Ernest Raab was a sculptor of Jewish art and created bronze sculptures and glass altars for synagogues and memorial sites, such as the Holocaust Memorial in Earl Bales Park Toronto, Canada. [6] Raab's aunts were fashion designers and his father Alexandre, was a rose hybridizer and the author of "The Manifesto of Entrepreneurial Democracies". [7]
As a scientist and engineer, Raab claims to bring his technical training in materials to bear on his art:
"My art is the result of my many years working in science and physics, encompassing a career focused on 3D measurement devices. [...] Parleau is about realizations. I realize that when I try to control, I control less. I realize that every time I try to color inside the lines that the color leaks out. I realize that understanding begins by admitting I don't understand. In physics, the uncertainty principle embodies the resistance to precision. The art begins formalized, boundary-delimited and planar, and then begins to quickly escape and deform and seek other dimensions." [8]
Raab works in a new medium, he calls and patented as "Parleau" ("Parleaux" in the plural) which is French for 'through the water'. [1] The term suggests the quality of light passing through liquid. He uses large-format sheets of metal (aluminum or stainless steel) which he paints first and then forms and sculpts by hand. He creates wall-mounted paintings with embedded frames and freestanding volumetric sculptures.
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