John
Bokor is an Australian artist. He graduated from the National Art
School in 1993. John’s work ranges from domestic interiors and
Still Lifes to suburban landscapes. For over 12 years he has been
represented by King Street Gallery on William in Sydney. He is also
represented by Nicholas Thompson Gallery in Melbourne and Edwina
Corlette Gallery in Brisbane. He has had 20 solo exhibitions at
both commercial Galleries and at regional galleries across
Australia. His work has been included in numerous group exhibitions
including “Still Life” at the Art Gallery of New South Wales,
Sydney in 2013, “Baked Goods” at the University City Arts League in
Philadelphia, PA in 2016 and “Planting Dreams” at the State Library
of NSW in Sydney, 2016.
Apr 27, 2019
In
2012 he won the Plein Air art prize and had 4 large drawings
purchased by the Art Gallery of NSW. In 2013 John won both the Wilson Art Award and the Eutick
Memorial Still Life Award. In 2016 he won the drawing section of
the Muswellbrook Art Prize and was awarded the Kings School Art
Prize.That year he was also the inaugural artist in residence at
the State Library of NSW. Bokor’s work is held in many public and
private collections including the Art Gallery of Ballarat, the Art
Gallery of NSW, the Australia Club, the State Library of NSW,
Maitland Regional Gallery, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery,
Muswellbrook Regional Gallery, Macquarie Bank, UBS Warburg, the
Kings School Art Collection, NSW Parliament Art Collection and
several university collections around Australia.
I had
such a wonderful time talking to John about his work and love of
art. John is located in Australia and talks about growing up above
an art gallery which was a completely fascinating story. In this
episode, we also talk about his process in building his paintings,
how drawing relates to painting his experience being a teacher just
to name a few topics! Overall this is such a great interview if you
want to laugh a lot and talk about color, paint application and
being a painter. Enjoy!