JOHN BOKOR
BIOGRAPHY
John Bokor has held solo exhibitions since 1995. His work has been included in group exhibitions throughout Australia and internationally in the UK, USA, Denmark and Norway. Bokor has a Bachelor of Fine Art from the National Art School, Sydney. He is a recipient of the Kings School Art Prize (2015), The Muswellbook Art Prize, Drawing Section (2015), The Wilson Art Award (2013), The Eutick Memorial Still Life Award (2013), The New South Wales Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize (2012) and the Waverly Woolhahra Art Prize (2004). His work is held in the collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the New South Wales Parliament Art Collection as well as significant regional, tertiary and private collections.
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PREVIOUS EXHIBITION
BETWEEN THE WALLS
6 TO 24 NOVEMBER 2019
These paintings and studies are the continuation of a theme I started two years ago centred around the domestic interior. They are hybrid paintings, part reality and part fiction; part drawing and part painting. I use traditional oil painting implements and methods combined with an airbrush.The scenes are a mixture of images sourced online and spaces composed from my imagination. I want to make paintings that feel like another world but are also familiar.
John Bokor 2019
NEWS
JOHN BOKOR FINALIST IN THE DOBELL DRAWING PRIZE 22
John Bokor is a finalist in The Dobell Drawing Prize 22 . The Dobell Drawing Prize is the leading drawing exhibition in Australia. Presented in partnership with the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation (SWDAF), the biennial prize explores the enduring importance of drawing within contemporary art practice. . The exhibition is current at the National…
