John Bokor is a contemporary Australian-born artist who has been represented by King Street Gallery for just over 18 years. John graduated from the National Art School in 1993 with a diploma in Painting, and once again in 2000 with a Bachelor of Fine Art.
Bokor has had 25 solo exhibitions in both commercial and regional galleries across Australia, with his most recent solo exhibition ‘Between Two Rooms’ at King Street Gallery in 2023. His work has been featured in numerous group exhibitions including The Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, 2024 and 2018; The Dobell Drawing Prize at the National Art School, 2023 and 2021; the Sulman Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2021; Muswellbrook Art Prize at Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery, 2020; ‘Baked Goods’ at the University City Arts League in Philadelphia, 2016; ‘Planting Dreams’ at the State Library of NSW in Sydney, 2016; and ‘Still Life’ at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, in 2013.
In 2015, Bokor won the Kings School Art Prize and the Muswellbrook Art Prize Drawing Section at Muswellbrook Regional Gallery. In 2012, Bokor won the NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize and had four large drawings purchased by the Art Gallery New South Wales. In 2013, he won both the Wilson Art Award and the Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, and in 2016 he won the drawing section of the Muswellbrook Art Prize and the Kings School Art Prize.
Bokor’s work is held in many public and private collections, including the Art Gallery of Ballarat, the Art Gallery of NSW, the Australian Club, the State Library of NSW, the Kings School Art Collection, NSW Parliament Art Collection and several university collections around Australia.
John lives and works in Bulli, south of Sydney. King Street Gallery has represented John since 2005.
Maria Stoljar interviewed award-winning artist John Bokor at his exhibition 'Inner World' at King Street Gallery in Sydney in November 2020. The show included stunning paintings and drawing of still lifes and interiors. Maria interviewed John about his life and art in episode 8 of the podcast. That episode and other videos of John in his studio are in the links below. For more videos of fabulous Australian painters subscribe to this channel!
Podcast guest John Bokor talks with Maria Stoljar in the lead up to his 2019 solo show with Edwina Corlette Gallery in Brisbane, Australia. Maria's 2016 interview with John is episode 8 on the Talking with Painters podcast at talkingwithpainters.com or listen however you get your podcasts.
A clip from episode 8 of the Talking with Painters podcast where John Bokor talks about his painting 'Quiet Street Bulli' with Maria Stoljar. Bokor won the NSW Parliament Plein Air art prize with this painting in 2012.
2024
Studio Stories, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2023
Between Two Rooms, King Street Gallery on William, Sydney, NSW
2022
Domestic Splendour, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
A place like home, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
2020
Inner World, King Street Gallery on William, Sydney
2019
Between the Walls, Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne
At My Table, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2018
Interiors King Street Gallery on William
2017
The Source Wollongong Art Gallery, NSW
2016
Everyday World King Street Gallery on William
Artist in residence exhibition at 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
2024
The Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize, Croydon, NSW
The Kedumba Drawing Award, Kedumba Gallery, Wentworth Falls, NSW
Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton, NSW
The Dobell Drawing Prize, touring exhibition; Blue Mountains Cultural Centre; Glasshouse Regional Gallery; Tamworth Regional Gallery; South East Centre for Contemporary Art, Bega
2023
The Dobell Drawing Prize National Art School, Sydney
The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
2021
The Dobell Drawing Prize National Art School, Sydney
Sir John Sulman Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW)
2020
Muswellbrook Art Prize Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery, NSW
2019
National Still Life Award Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery
Muswellbrook Art Prize Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Inside/Outside King Street Gallery on William, Sydney
Sir John Sulman Prize AGNSW
Eutick Memorial Still Life Award Wollongong, NSW
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, USA
Paddington 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 Art 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
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
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, NS
Art Gallery of Ballarat, Vic
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Australian Catholic University
Charles Sturt University Art Collection, NSW
Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, NSW
Macquarie Bank, Australia
Maitland Regional Gallery, NSW
Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, NSW
New South Wales Parliament Art Collection, NSW
State Library, NSW
The Australia Club, NSW
Trinity Grammar School, Lismore, NSW
UBS Warburg, Australia
University of Sydney, NSW
University of Wollongong, NSW
Waverley/Woollahra Council, Sydney
Wollongong Art Gallery, NSW
HappyMag TV
25 November 2016
Reflections on the 'Regional': Joe Eisenberg in Conversation by Anna Waldmann
New South Wales Focus: Art Monthly
June 2015
Bokor's Parliament pick by Tom Douglas, edited by Bridget Cormack
Arts, the Australian
Thursday 10 May 2012
