HJ Bott was born in 1933 in Gill, Colorado, a town with a population less than 100, to first generation American parents of German/Russian descent. He attended adult life-drawing classes from an early age and had his first major exhibit at Trinity University by the age of 14. Upon completing high school in San Antonio, TX., he began a Tri-Coastal and European education process that included joint studies in art and cultural anthropology. He showed his work in exhibitions, ranging from a restroom in the bus station (Wendover, UT, 1952), to galleries, art centers and museums principally in New York , Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, Dusseldorf and Mexico City, among many other locations worldwide. He showed in over 80 solo exhibitions, 16 solo ROBOTT™ performances, 24 solo in-situ installations, more than 710 group gallery exhibitions, including 340 invitational survey shows.