Background
Gary Bukovnik was born on April 10, 1947, in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. He is a son of Raymond Peter Bukovnik and Betty Bukovnik (maiden name Kisthardt).
Gary Bukovnik
11610 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106,United States
The Cleveland Institute of Art where Gary Bukovnik studied art.
11610 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106,United States
The Cleveland Institute of Art where Gary Bukovnik studied art.
Gary Bukovnik was born on April 10, 1947, in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. He is a son of Raymond Peter Bukovnik and Betty Bukovnik (maiden name Kisthardt).
Gary Bukovnik studied art at the Cleveland Institute of Art.
Gary Bukovnik emerged to the art scene in the late 1970s. He has widely exhibited his colorful still lifes around the United States, both at solo and group shows, including the Brooklyn Museum, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Gallery at Lincoln Center, New York City, the Butler Institute of American Art, and others. He has also demonstrated his artworks in China, Slovenia, and Luxembourg.
Bukovnik has collaborated with several civic organizations working on their commissions. The San Francisco Symphony, the New York Metropolitan Opera, and the Cleveland Institute of Music are among them.
Since 1990, the artist is represented by Steven Scott Gallery, Baltimore.
In 2003 and 2005, Bukovnik was an artist in residence at the American Academy in Rome, as well as at the Michigan Institute of Arts in Kalamazoo in 2010. The same year, he has toured with his watercolors around Japan.
Nowadays, Gary Bukovnik lives and works in San Francisco, California.
Gary Bukovnik is an accomplished artist whose colorful still lifes are widely recognized both by the professional art community and the art amateurs.
Bukovnik has been a recipient of George R. Bunker Award in 1981.
Bukovnik’s art is acquired by many public collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and others. He is represented in multiple corporate and private collections as well.
In 2018, ‘Tulip Bulbs and Irises’ by Bukovnik was purchased at Aspire Auctions for $1,073.
Dark Blue Irises
Peonies in a Tall Vase
Composition with Tumbling Vases
Bright Poppies
Jubilent Tulips
Large Sunflowers
Rhododendron
Joyful Escape
Ecstatic Shanghai III
Golden Lillies
Nolde's Dawn
Peony Garden I
Peonies in a Tall Vase
Rich Iris
Tall Narcissus in a Blue Vase
Water Lilies
Pink Roses in a Red Vase
Ecstatic Shanghai VI
Fortunate Spring
Garden Roses in a Tall Vase
Reflective Begonia
Escaping Cyclamen
Eucalyptus & Zinnias
Paradise Garden
Amaryllis III
Quotations:
"Art is so subjective. Some people will like what you do, and some people will hate what you do. Or maybe not hate it. Maybe they just won't like it. It's not important. What's important is that you like it. I think we need to tell the truth in life. And I think we need to tell the truth in art. And how the cards fall – well, that's just how it is."
"The flowers chose me so many years ago. I think when I was just maybe three or four years old, they picked me. It's a very happy thing for me. I cannot think of anybody more fortunate than me. I do what I love all the time, every day."
Quotes from others about the person
"If you know him as a person and you look at those flowers, that really is him. That is just the person he is. If you talk with him, he will tell you that he's the most blessed person. And I think that he tries to give that message out in those flowers, every single one of them." Olga Merela, general manager and art consultant at Bonfoey Gallery
