biographie de Gorki BOLLAR (1944-2015)

Personal data

Address

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Representatives

Galerie Hamer – Leliegracht 38 – Amsterdam, Netherlands

Gorki BOLLAR [ 1944 ]

Professional data

Trips

1970 : Chicago IL, United States
1967-1976 : London, United Kingdom
1966 : Paris, France

Awards

1991

Diplôme de Participation avec mention spéciale
Context: Prix Suisse et Prix Europe de Peinture Primitive Moderne, 20e Concours

Affiliated to an association

Arti et Amicitiae – Rokin 112 – Amsterdam, Netherlands

Work

Categorie and medium


Painting : Acrylic/canvas - Acrylic/paper - Oil/canvas
Drawing-Watercolor : Watercolour/paper

Artistic periods

1966-now : At this point I found my style, a form of realism with strong naive understones. Largely autobiographical representations of a private world.
1962-1966 : Activities with the group "Taller de Montevideo", consisting of expressions of constructivist art : paintings, ceramics, ojects and murals.

Works

Nieuwmarkt
Date of creation : 2008
Medium : Acrylic
Technical data : acrylics/board
Size : 40 x 50
Nieuwmarkt
 
Leviathan
Date of creation : 2003
Medium : Acrylic
Technical data : acrylics/board
Size : 40 x 30
Leviathan
 
Haarlemmersluis
Date of creation : 2002
Medium : Acrylic
Technical data : acrylics/board
Size : 48 x 55
Haarlemmersluis
 
La forêt
Date of creation : 1999
Medium : Mixed media
Technical data : mixed media/board
Size : 110 x 105
La forêt
 
Return of the prodigal
Date of creation : 1978
Medium : Acrylic
Technical data : acrylic/board
Size : 30 x 24
Return of the prodigal
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

Solo exhibitions

2003

Gorki Bollar
librement asbl expositions – Jodoigne, Belgium
03/02/2003 – 04/20/2003

2000

Gorki Bollar
Museum Rijswijk – Rijswijk, Netherlands
05/06/2000 – 06/04/2000

1987

Gorki Bollar
Galerie Hamer – Amsterdam, Netherlands
10/17/1987 – 11/22/1987

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

Group exhibitions

2010

Zichtbaar water
Haagse Kunstkring – The Hague, Netherlands
03/06/2010 – 03/23/2010

1997

INSITA’97 – The 5th Triennale of Naive Art
The Slovak National Gallery – Bratislava, Slovakia
06/26/1997 – 08/31/1997

1993

Les Jardiniers de la mémoire
Site de la Création Franche – Bègles, France
09/24/1993 – 11/28/1993

1991

Willem Van Genk-Gorki Bollar
Galerija Primitivne Umjetnosti – Zagreb, Croatia
05/02/1991 – 05/26/1991

1980

Artexpo NY
New York Coliseum, Colombus Circle – New York NY, United States
Represented by Galerie Hamer
03/06/1980 – 03/10/1980

Bibliography (Selected)

On the artist

Periodicals

2001

Gorki Bollar
in: Fysioscoop
April 2001

1988

Naive painter’s imagination reflected in landscapes
in: The daily journal
Vineland, United States
11/22/1988

1987

Amsterdam: Art Galleries
in: The Independant
London, United Kingdom
10/29/1987

1985

Spelen Tegen Exotisch Decor
in: De Telegraaf
Netherlands
10/10/1985

1983

Gorki Bollar
in: NRC Handelsblad
Netherlands
01/28/1983

1979

Gorki Bollar
in: HET PAROOL
Netherlands
02/23/1979

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