Robert Pasternak, (NAK) artist, father, illustrator, graphic designer, novelty product inventor/manufacturer and filmmaker, spanning the themes of the cosmic, surreal, technological, metaphysical, and what it means to be human. He has been creating and exhibiting his art for almost 40 years. His science fiction illustrations have appeared on Amazing Stories and On Spec magazine and on book covers for Guy Vanderhague and Timothy Findley. In 1994 he won the Aurora award in Canadian Sci-Fi art. His short films have played all over the world, with his first experimental short The Affirmation of Jimmy Brown selected for the Venice Film Festival in 2004.