JOHN BOKOR
ARTIST
Portfolio
CV
Born
1973 Sydney, NSW, Australia
Studies
1991-93 Diploma in Painting, National Art School, Sydney
2000 Bachelor of Fine Art, Conversion Course, National Art School (NAS)
Solo exhibitions
2018
Interiors King Street Gallery on William, Sydney
2017
The Source Wollongong Art Gallery, NSW
2016
Everyday World King Street Gallery on William
Artist in residence exhibition Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, NSW
2015
Close to Home King Street Gallery on William
2014
John Bokor Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery
2013
The Still Life King Street Gallery on William
Union Club Sydney NSW [Courtesy of King Street Gallery]
2011
Black Diamond District King Street Gallery on William
2009
Inside King Street Gallery on William
2007
Small World Paintings King Street Gallery on William
2005
Paintings king street gallery on burton, Sydney
2004
Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
2002
Mary Place Gallery
1999
ABC Gallery, Sydney
1998
Crawford Gallery, Sydney
1997
Crawford Gallery
1996
Crawford Gallery
1995
Mary Place Gallery
Awards & residencies
2016
Awarded the Sawtell Artist in Residence, Coffs Harbour NSW
2015
NSW State Library Artist in Residence [2 weeks], Sydney
Winner, Kings School Art Prize, the Kings School, Sydney
Winner, Muswellbrook Art Prize Drawing Section, Muswellbrook Regional Gallery
2014
South Hill Yellow House Residency Goulburn NSW
2013
Eutick Still Life Memorial Art Award; Wilson Art Award Lismore Trinity Grammar School
2012
Winner, NSW Parliament en Plein Air Prize Sydney, Eutick Memorial Still Life Award [Sponsors prize] Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, NSW
2006
Loquat Valley Anglican School Art Prize Sydney
2004
Waverley Woollahra Art Prize Sydney, Allan Gamble Art Prize Sydney
2003
Waverley Art Prize [local subject] Sydney
1997
Peoples Choice Award Glebe Art Show, Sydney
Collections
Art Gallery of Ballarat, Victoria
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Charles Sturt University Art Collection, New South Wales
Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, New South Wales
Macquarie Bank, Australia
Maitland Regional Gallery, New South Wales
Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, New South Wales
New South Wales Parliament Art Collection, New South Wales
State Library, New South Wales
The Australia Club, New South Wales
Trinity Grammar School, Lismore, New South Wales
UBS Warburg, Australia
University of Sydney, New South Wales
University of Wollongong, New South Wales
Waverley/Woollahra Council, Sydney
Wollongong Art Gallery, New South Wales
Group exhibitions
2019
National Still Life Award Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery
Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, NSW
Inside/Outside King Street Gallery on William, Sydney
2018
Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing PLC, Sydney
Tattersall’s Landscape Prize, Brisbane, Qld
Mosman Art Prize Mosman Art Gallery
2017
Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing PLC
Tattersall’s Landscape Prize Brisbane
Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
Paddington Art Prize Sydney
GIFC travelling works on paper exhibition - Chart Art Fair, Copenhagen, Denmark; The Hole, NYC; Rod Bianco Gallery, Oslo, Norway; 0-0 Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2016
Bokor, Ferguson & McKenzie Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Planting Dreams State Library of NSW, Sydney
Baked Goods University City Arts League Gallery, Philadelphia, USPaddington Art Prize Sydney
The Rick Amor Drawing Prize Melbourne, Vic
Just Draw [travelling drawing exhibition] Newcastle Art Gallery and Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Planting Dreams: Shaping Australian Gardens State Library NSW
Kedumba Drawing Award Orange Regional Art Gallery, NSW
2015
Drawings from Artist in Residence Amaze The Michael Crouch Gallery, Mitchell Library State Library, NSW
Kings School Art Prize [winner] Kings School, Sydney
Mosman Art Prize Mosman Art Gallery and Museum
Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing PLC
Winner, Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Just Paper Maitland Regional Art Gallery, NSW
2014
Paddington Art Prize Sydney
Kedumba Drawing Award Wild Valley Art Gallery, NSW
Eutick Memorial Still Life Award Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, NSW
Rick Amor Drawing Prize Ballarat Regional Gallery, Vic
Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize Methodist Ladies College, Sydney
Fishers Ghost Art Award Campbelltown Arts Centre, NSW
A Landscape of Place and Name King Street Gallery on William
En Plein Air Painting Prize NSW Parliament House, Sydney
Calleen Art Prize Cowra Regional Gallery, NSW
2013
Last but not Least King Street Gallery on William
Fishers Ghost Art Award Campbelltown Arts Centre, NSW
Eutick Memorial Still Life Award Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery
Mosman Art Prize Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
Looking Forward King Street Gallery on William
Wilson Art Prize Trinity Catholic College, Lismore NSW
Still Life AGNSW, Sydney
Fleurieu Landscape Prize SA
Calleen Art Award Cowra Regional Gallery, NSW
2012
Recent Acquisitions Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW
Local Current Wollongong City Gallery, NSW
City of Albany Art Prize Albany Town Hall, Albany, WA
Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney
Eutick Memorial Still Life Award Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, NSW
Rick Amor Drawing Prize Art Gallery of Ballarat, Vic
NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize NSW Parliament House
2011
Whyalla Art Prize Middleback Theatre, Whyalla
NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize NSW Parliament House
Nora Heysen Centenary Art Prize Hahndorf, SA
2010
Mosman Art Prize Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
Stanthorpe Regional Gallery Art Prize Qld
En Plein Air Prize NSW Parliament House
2009
Mosman Art Prize Mosman Art Gallery
ANL Maritime Art Prize Melbourne
Coffs Harbour Art Prize Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery
Kenilworth Art Prize Kenilworth, Qld
Paddington Art Prize Menzies Art Brands, Sydney
2006
Last Show of the Year King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney
Sustainable Living NG Gallery, Sydney
No Place Like Home NG Gallery
2005
Agri / culture Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, NSW
Bon A Tirer-Prints from the Studio Mosman Art Gallery
Dog Trumpet Michael Nagy Gallery, Sydney
2004
Project Parkinsons Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute
2003
Hazelhurst Works On Paper Exhibition Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Sydney
Mosman Art Prize Mosman Art Gallery
Waverly Art Prize Exhibition Sydney
2002
Brett Whitley Travelling Art Scholarship Exhibition Sydney
2001
Young Australian Artists Bartley Drey Gallery, London
2000
Jackman Gallery, Melbourne
Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
Lloyd Rees Memorial Art Award Exhibition ABC Gallery, Sydney
Waverley Art Prize Exhibition Sydney
1999
Brett Whitley Travelling Art Scholarship Exhibition
Cityscapes Level Gallery, Sydney
1997
Glebe Art Show Sydney
1994
Fishers Ghost Exhibition Campbelltown Bicentennial City Art Gallery, NSW
Contact
King Street Gallery on William
177-185 William St Darlinghurst
02 9360 9727
Edwina Corlette Gallery
629 Brunswick St New Farm Q
+61 7 3358 6555