The works in this exhibition represent two facets of my painting practice. The still lifes are composed on tables and surfaces in my home using objects that are part of my everyday life. During the painting process these objects are changed and rearranged on canvas many times as I strive to find a kind of simplicity within the chaos.
On the other hand there are the large interiors. Created from an assortment of images found online and in magazines, spliced together to create an imaginary space. These paintings take a long time to resolve as I add and subtract elements, looking for a space that feels like something both other-worldly yet at the same time familiar. John Bokor March 2022
John Bokor is a graduate of the National Art School, Sydney. Winner of the Muswellbrook Art Prize Drawing Section (2016), the Kings School Art Prize (2016, 2015), the Eutick Memorial Still Life Award (2013) and the NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize (2012), he is a multiple-time finalist in nationally-recognised art prizes such as: the Muswellbrook Art Award (2020, 2019, 2015); Sir John Sulman Prize (2019); Eutick Memorial Still Life Prize (2019, 2014, 2013, 2012); Tattersall’s Landscape Art Prize (2019, 2018, 2017); National Still Life Prize (2019); Keduma Drawing Prize (2018, 2016, 2014); Mosman Art Prize (2018, 2017, 2015, 2013, 2010); Paddington Art Prize (2017, 2014); Rick Amor Drawing Prize (2016, 2014, 2012); Fishers Ghost Art Award (2014, 2013); Calleen Art Prize (2014); and the Fleurieu Landscape Prize (2013). His work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout Australia, the USA and Europe, and is held in major public, regional and university art collections.
Image: ‘Sunset Memories’ 2022 oil on canvas 137 x 152 cm
