Konstantin Bokov
Miss Liberty
Oil Stick on Paper
15” x 19”
$1,200
About
Konstantin Bokov (b. 1940) was born in Shostka, Ukraine. His father was a famous songwriter and poet, and it was at his wish that Bokov attended the Art Academy of Leningrad. There, he studied music and was introduced to painting. After finishing university, Bokov moved to Moscow, RUS where he encountered Van Gogh’s Red Sunset. The zealous experience of seeing that work ultimately inspired Bokov to pursue painting. In 1974, Bokov immigrated to New York City where he became a member of The Rivington School and began creating paintings, sculptural works from found objects, and DIY public installations.
Bokov is the subject of an award-winning independent documentary entitled, FREE, which follows his artistic process of discovering and transforming raw trash into art objects before placing the work in public places for an unsuspecting audience to see. FREE has been screened and honored at numerous festivals around the globe. A link to the trailer can be found at the bottom of this page.
Konstantin Bokov has appeared alongside Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring at the Now Gallery as well as in other exhibitions at various institutions that include the Emerging Collectors Gallery, Morin Miller Gallery, the Grant Gallery, and the Monique Goldstrum Gallery. The artist also showed at the 2008 European Outsider Art Fair in Vienna and the Outsider Art Fair in New York.
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AWARDS AND PRIZES First Award, Russian-American Society, Rodina First Award, Russian-American Society, Rodina First Prize, Flushing Art League Fourth Prize, Flushing Art Competition First Prize, Gallery 12 Competition First Prizes, Morin-Miller Gallery EXHIBITIONS 1972, Various Exhibitions, Moscow 1973, Various Exhibitions, Moscow 1974, Various Exhibitions, Moscow 1975, Ligoa Duncan Gallery, New York 1975, Banakh Gallery, New York 1975, Alvie Whiteman Gallery, New York 1978, Focus Parkway Gallery, London 1979, Greenwich Village Art Show, New York 1980, Russian-American Society, Rodina 1981, Cayman Gallery, New York 1981, Madison Square Garden, New York 1982, International Art Expo, New York 1983, Steve Bush Gallery, New York 1983, Gail Chase Gallery, Washington, DC 1983, Lynn Kotler Galleries, New York 1983, Flushing Art League 1983, Edward Namkankin Gallery, New York 1983, Pinnacle Gallery, Rochester 1984, Pinnacle Gallery, Rochester 1984, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris 1984, Gallery 12, New York 1985, ART EXPO, New York 1985, Gallery 12, New York 1986, Terro Artists Gallery, New York 1986, Kraine Gallery, New York 1986, Emerging Collector, New York 1986, Morin-Miller Galleries, New York 1986, Studio Marconi, Milan 1987, Edward Nakhamkin, San Francisco 1987, Emerging Collector, New York 1987, Morin-Miller Galleries, New York 1987, La Maison Française, Columbia University, New York 1987, Dina Vierny Gallery, Milan 1988, Emerging Collector, New York 1988, Edward Nahkamkin, Soho, New York 1988, Morin-Miller Galleries, New York 1988, MAT, Laval, Quebec 1989, La Galerie Guillot, Paris 1989, Morin-Miller Galleries, New York 1989, Emerging Collector, New York 1989, ART EXPO, Tokyo 1989, Dans le Forêt, Collegeville, PA (installation, 1989–2012) 2012, Van der Plas Gallery, New York 2013, Van der Plas Gallery, New York MEDIA COVERAGE New York Magazine Harper's Bazaar Novoye Russkoye Slovo Manhattan Cable Voice of America Group W Richard Roffman Show Manhattan Arts ArtSpeak Village Voice Visual Arts Review Newsday Russian Thought Hoboe Picckoe Cjiobo PUBLIC & COMMISSIONED WORKS Fort Washington Library, New York Baldwin Piano, 57th Street, New York Columbia University, logo design Tsarevitch Restaurant, murals and décor Glasnost Restaurant, murals and décor 1985, Portrait caricature of Ronald Reagan, commissioned by Nancy Reagan 1986, Portrait caricature of Mayor Ed Koch, New York City COLLECTIONS Nancy Reagan, Private Collection, Washington, D.C. Ed Koch, Private Collection, New York, NY Columbia University, New York, NY Tsarevitch Restaurant, New York, NY Glasnost Restaurant, New York, NY Van der Plas Gallery, New York, NY Richard Roffman, Media Executive, New York, NY Dr. Jean-Louis Baudry, Paris, France Benedetta Barzini, Milan, Italy Private Collection, Tokyo, Japan Private Collection, London, England Private Collection, San Francisco, CA Various Private Collections, United States, France, Italy, Japan
New York City Landscapes, 1988
Still Life, 1988
