Chris Boyko www.boykoart.com cboykoart@gmail.com Tel#. (404) 358- 4325
Biography
Chris Boyko is an Atlanta-based automatist surrealist artist whose paintings are characterized by a highly imaginative interpretation of the everyday world. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Kennesaw State University in 2014.
Education
2009-14 Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) degree, Drawing and Painting, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA.
Selected Exhibitions
2017 - SOUTH, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)
-Dark Eden: Juicy July Jubilee, Ampersand Guild, Macon, GA. (group)
-Chris Boyko + Michelle LaFrance, SOUP Experimental, Tallahassee, FL. (group)
-In-Habit: Practice and Place, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY. (group)
-Tell Me a Story, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO. (juried)
-2nd Annual ATL ART PARTY, Le Fais do-do, Atlanta, GA. (group)
-Otherworlds, Confluence Gallery & Art Center, Twisp, WA. (group)
-Regeneration, ACUA Gallery, Edmonton, Canada. (group)
- Off- the-Wall Pin-Up Show, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA-GA), Atlanta, GA. (juried)
-17th Annual Art with Heart, Founders Hall, Charlotte, NC. (group)
-Love and Death, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)
- Codes of Faith, Barking Learning Centre, London, UK. (group)
2016 - Codes of Faith, Laura I. Gallery, London, UK. (group)
- Toy Party, For the Kid in All of Us, AmericasMart, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)
-Imaginary Million, Le Fais do-do, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)
- Georgia Lawyers for the Arts- 39th Annual Gala, American Spirit Works, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)
- Nick O’ Time, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)
-BOMBAY SAPPHIRE Artisan Series, Mason Murer, Atlanta, GA. (juried)
- Point of Departure, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI. (group)
-Something Wicked, Side Street Studio Arts, Elgin, Il. (group)
- The Creative Soul: Art & The 9 Levels of Self, Life Force Arts Center, Chicago, Il. (group)
- THE DOOR TO THE INVISIBLE MUST BE MADE VISIBLE, Summer Art Series, Seattle, WA. (group)
- Outta This World, Sulfur Studios, Savannah, GA. (group)
- Strange Figurations, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY. (group)
- Galactic Pleasures, The Studio Door, San Diego, CA. (group)
- SOUTH, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)
- RAW: Atlanta Presents TREND, Masquerade, Atlanta, GA. (group)
- 20th Annual Hambidge Art Auction Center Gala, The Goat Farm, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)
- 2016 Festival of the Arts, Cumming First United Methodist Church, Cumming, GA. (juried)
- FCHS 60th Anniversary, Forsyth County Courthouse, Cumming, GA. (invitational)
2015
- Toy Party, For the Kid in All of Us, AmericasMart, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)
- Georgia Lawyers for the Arts- 38th Annual Gala, Piedmont Park Graystone, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)
- Nick O’ Time, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)
- Pre-Holiday Show, OTP Gallery, Marietta, GA. (invitational)
- Off- the-Wall Pin-Up Show, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA-GA), Atlanta, GA. (juried)
- All Hallow Eve, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)
- BOMBAY SAPPHIRE Artisan Series, Mason Murer, Atlanta, GA. (juried)
- SOUTH, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)
- "Because it's February", Binders Gallery, Atlanta, GA. (group)
2014 - Nick O’ Time, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)
- Pre-Holiday Show, OTP Gallery, Marietta, GA. (invitational)
- Georgia Lawyers Art- 37th Annual Gala, Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)
- Off-the-Wall Pin-Up Show, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA-GA), Atlanta, GA. (juried)
- Solo Show, The Art Spot, Peachtree Branch Library, Atlanta, GA. (solo)
- BOMBAY SAPPHIRE Artisan Series, Mason Murer, Atlanta, GA. (juried)
- A Summer Thang, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)
- “CJX” College Juried Exhibition 2014, The Art Place, Marietta, GA (juried)
- Senior Exhibition, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA. (group)
- The Art Spot, Peachtree Branch Library, Atlanta, GA. (group)
- Spring 2014 Pin Up Show, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA. (invitational)
- March Art of Touch, Art of Touch, Atlanta, GA. (group)
- Blick Tape Up Show, Dick Blick, Roswell, GA. (juried)
- January Art of Touch, Art of Touch, Atlanta, GA. (group)
- Introductions, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA. (group)
2013 - Nick O’ Time, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)
- Georgia Lawyers Art Auction- 36th Annual Gala, King Plow, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)
- Off-the-Wall Pin-Up Show, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA-GA), Atlanta, GA. (juried)
2012 - Off-the-Wall Pin-Up Show, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA-GA), Atlanta, GA. (juried)
Publications
2017 -Jay Gidwitz “Chris Boyko Abstract Surrealism”. Surrealism Today. (Accessed on March 24, 2017) Link: http://www.surrealismtoday.com/chris-boyko-abstract-surrealism/
-“Chris Boyko”. Artist A Day. (Accessed on April 10, 2017) Link: https://www.artistaday.com/?p=28088
-Rebecca Bowman, Jiayi Ying “Three Paintings”. Strata Magazine. (Accessed on April 30, 2017) Link: https://stratamag.org/2017/04/30/three-paintings-chris-boyko/
-“Wotisart? #3”. Wotisart? Magazine. London, United Kingdom.
(Accessed on June 5, 2017) Link: http://wotisart.bigcartel.com/product/wotisart-3-june
2016 -Chariskm “Inhalation- Chris Boyko {Artist to Watch/Painter}”. Nakid Magazine. Los Angeles, California. (Accessed on April 27, 2016) Link: https://nakidmagazine.com/2016/04/27/inhalation-chris-boyko-artist-to-watchpainter/
-Josh Ryder, Barbara Scott “Chris Boyko”. ARTicul ACTION Special Issue Summer 2016.Europe. (Accessed on Aug 2, 2016) Link: https://issuu.com/articulaction/docs/articulaction_art_review_-_specssuu
-“Chris Boyko”. Art Reveal Magazine no. 20. Europe (Accessed on Sept 12, 2016) Link: https://issuu.com/artrevealmagazine/docs/no_20
-Grace Powers “Sulfur Studios: The Final Frontier”. The Inkwell. Savannah, Georgia. (Accessed on Sept 22, 2016) Link: https://theinkwellonline.com/2016/09/22/sulfur-studios-the-final-frontier/
-“Something Wicked returns to Side Street Studio Arts”. Daily Herald. Arlington Heights, Illinois. (Accessed on October 3, 2016) Link: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161001/submitted/161009900/
-Sarah G “Featured: Wild”. ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal. (Accessed on October 7, 2016) Link: http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/1173017
-“Exploring our surrealistic subconscious with Chris Boyko” Artist Inspire Artist. (Accessed on October 11, 2016) Link: http://artistsinspireartists.com/painting/exploring-surrealistic-subconscious-chris-boyko
-“What is Art?”. Average Art Magazine. United Kingdom.
(Accessed on December 1, 2016) Link: http://averagearts.bigcartel.com/product/average-art-magazine-december
2015 -“We Found The Song”. Poem by David Shook. The Missing Slate. Islamabad, Pakistan. (Accessed on Dec 29, 2015) Link: http://themissingslate.com/2015/12/29/we-found-the-song/
-“Laws of Gravity”. Poem by Lyn Coffin. The Missing Slate. Islamabad, Pakistan. (Accessed on Dec 29, 2015) Link: http://themissingslate.com/2015/12/29/laws-of-gravity/
-“A Lion in a Shower”. Poem by Jen Lagedrost. The Missing Slate. Islamabad, Pakistan. (Accessed on Dec 29, 2015) Link: http://themissingslate.com/2015/12/29/a-lion-in-a-shower/
-“Nature on the Menu”. Poem by Clare Sullivan. The Missing Slate. Islamabad, Pakistan. (Accessed on Dec 29, 2015) Link: http://themissingslate.com/2015/12/29/nature-on-the-menu/
-“Migrants”. Poem by Eduardo Arelloano. The Missing Slate. Islamabad, Pakistan. (Accessed on Dec 29, 2015) Link: http://themissingslate.com/2015/12/29/migrants/
Membership in Professional Organizations
- Georgia Lawyers for the Arts (GLA)
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