Master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations, creating floral images of great depth, intensity, and size. Internationally exhibited and celebrated worldwide, Bukovnik’s iconic works are an homage to the pleasantries of beauty, itself.

Education:

The Cleveland Institute of Art

Residencies:

Visiting Artist, American Academy in Rome, 2003, 2005

Michigan Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI 2010

ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2017:

Eastern Shore Art Center, Mobile, Al.- January

Deland Art Museum, Florida-March

Gallery Van Heinjigen, Den Haag, Netherlands-May

China Art Museum Shanghai, Shanghai China - November

2016

Bonfoey Gallery, Cleveland Ohio- May

The Gallery at the Rainier Club, Seattle Wa.-October

2015

Lecture at Naples Garden Club, Naples, FL. – March

Harmon Meek Gallery, Naples, FL - March

Ansorena Galeria, Madrid, Spain – May

Tour of small exhibitions though out Japan and lectures-November

hanghai Hongqiao Contemporary Art Museum, Shanghai China-December

2014

Lecture & Demonstration – Burlingame Art Society, Burlingame, CA – January

Lecture & Demonstration – California Watercolor Association, Walnut Creek, CA

January Lecture & Demonstration – Forest Hill Community Center, San Francisco, CA –

Exhibition at Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL - February

Exhibition at Today Art Museum, Beijing, China – September

Juror for the California Watercolor Association 45th National Exhibition,

Pleasanton, CA – November

Exhibition at Thomas Reynolds Gallery, San Francisco, CA - November

Exhibition at Honqiao Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China-December

2013

Lecture at Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, CA - January

Lecture & Drawing Demonstration at UC Botanical Gardens,

Berkeley, CA - February

Exhibition (Sunshine & Roses) at The Bonfoey Gallery,

Cleveland, OH - May

Exhibition at Thomas Reynolds Gallery, San Francisco, CA - May

\Exhibition at Tianjin Museum of Art, Tianjin, China – September

Exhibition at the US Embassy in Beijing, China - September

Exhibition in Shanghai, China - September

Exhibition (Eternal Spring) at the Fellows Riverside Gardens,

Youngstown, OH – October

Jiya Art Gallery, Quanzhou, China – December 2013

Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL – Small Works of art, December 16-28, 2013

2012

Campton Gallery, New York, NY

Art Gallery, Quanzhou, China

Xiamen Art Museum, Xiamen, China

Exhibition of Monoprints at Alameda Public Library, Alameda, CA

2011

Exhibitions in China: Quanzhou – Jiya Culture Gallery, Shanghai – Shanghai HongQiao Contemporary Art Museum

Suzhou – Art Museum of the Suzhou Art Academy

2010

Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia, Washington, DC

Exhibition at The Slovenian Museum & Archives, Cleveland, OH

Exhibitions in Japan:

Ureshiro, Saga Prefecture

Ebino, Miyazaki Prefecture

Kanazawa, Ishikana Prefecture

Shibukana, Gunma Prefecture

Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture

Exhibitions in Slovenia: Indria Zagotje Ljubijana

Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2009

Kunstzal Van Heijningen, The Hague, Netherlands

University of California @ Berkeley Botanical Garden, CA

The Bonfoey Gallery, Cleveland, OH

Campton Gallery, New York, NY

2008

Paula Brown Gallery, Toledo OH

Caldwell Snyder Gallery, St. Helena, CA

St. Bonaventure University, New York State

Fellows Riverside Gardens, Youngstown, OH

2007

Gallery at A.C.T., Geary Theatre, San Francisco, CA

South Eastern Regional Flower Show, Atlanta, GA

Caldwell-Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Trajan Gallery, Carmel, CA

Campton Gallery, New York, NY

2006

South Eastern Regional Flower Show, Atlanta, GA

Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN

Fellows Riverside Gardens, Youngstown, OH

Concept Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

Rotunda Gallery at the Sequoias, San Francisco, CA

2005

Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Gallery at A.C.T., Geary Theatre, San Francisco, CA

The Bonfoey Gallery, Cleveland, OH

2004

Erickson Fine Art Gallery, Healdsburg, CA

2003

Paula Brown Gallery, Toledo, OH

Editions Limited Gallery, Indianapolis, IN

2002

The Bonfoey Gallery, Cleveland, OH

Douglas Frazer Fine Art, Bellevue, WA

Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN

Ann Jacob Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2001

The Butler Institute for American Art, Youngstown, OH

Erickson & Elins Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Paula Brown Gallery, Toledo, OH

2000

Ann Jacob Gallery, Atlanta, GA

I. Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA

Neuhoff Gallery, New York, NY

Old Town Gallery, Park City, UT

1999

Concept Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

Editions Limited Gallery, Indianapolis, IN

Erickson & Elins Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Galerie Kutter, Luxembourg [catalog]

Irving Galleries, Palm Beach, FL

Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Johnstown, PA

1998

Ann Jacob Gallery, Atlanta, GA

The Bonfoey Gallery, Cleveland, OH

Chin Show Art Center, Taipei [catalog]

Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN [catalog]

Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Ligonier, PA

Takashimaya, Tokyo

1997

Images Gallery, Toledo, OH

I. Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA

Memphis Botanic Garden, TN

Merging One Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Mulligan-Shanoski Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1996

The Cleveland Play House Gallery, OH

Erickson & Elins Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Galerie Kutter, Luxembourg [catalog]

Steven Scott Gallery, Baltimore, MD

1995

Concept Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation,

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

Images Gallery, Toledo, OH

Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN

Umetnostna Gallery, Maribor, Slovenia

1994

California State University, Bakersfield, CA [catalog]

Galerie Kutter, Luxembourg [catalog]

I. Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA

Jakopic Gallery, Architecture Museum,

Ljubljana, Slovenia [catalog]