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John A Okulick BIOGRAPHY
Born 1947 New York. Known for: Geometric shaped wood sculpture, constructions.
John Okuliuk was raised on Governors Island, to first generation Italian and Russian parents. His father being in the military, John traveled around much of the country as a child, living for only a... Read full biography
John Okuliuk was raised on Governors Island, to first generation Italian and Russian parents. His father being in the military, John traveled around much of the country as a child, living for only a year or two in one place. At the age of 10, he moved from the east coast to Southern California near... Read full biography
John Okuliuk was raised on Governors Island, to first generation Italian and Russian parents. His father being in the military, John traveled around much of the country as a child, living for only a year or two in one place. At the age of 10, he moved from the east coast to Southern California near Disneyland where he went to school. He graduated from UC Santa Barbara, BFA, and UC Irvine, MFA. During his graduate work, he had his first solo show in New York at the Nancy Hoffman Gallery and the... Read full biography
John Okuliuk was raised on Governors Island, to first generation Italian and Russian parents. His father being in the military, John traveled around much of the country as a child, living for only a year or two in one place. At the age of 10, he moved from the east coast to Southern California near Disneyland where he went to school. He graduated from UC Santa Barbara, BFA, and UC Irvine, MFA. During his graduate work, he had his first solo show in New York at the Nancy Hoffman Gallery and the Jack Glenn Gallery in Corona del Mar, CA. This started his career as a professional artist. His first studio was in Costa Mesa, CA, a small storage unit that he converted to a live and work space. Carpentry captivated him at the time. From there he... Read full biography
John Okuliuk was raised on Governors Island, to first generation Italian and Russian parents. His father being in the military, John traveled around much of the country as a child, living for only a year or two in one place. At the age of 10, he moved from the east coast to Southern California near Disneyland where he went to school. He graduated from UC Santa Barbara, BFA, and UC Irvine, MFA. During his graduate work, he had his first solo show in New York at the Nancy Hoffman Gallery and the Jack Glenn Gallery in Corona del Mar, CA. This started his career as a professional artist. His first studio was in Costa Mesa, CA, a small storage unit that he converted to a live and work space. Carpentry captivated him at the time. From there he moved to San Pedro, CA, the port of Los Angeles, having found two old storefronts to live and work in for little... Read full biography
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John Okuliuk was raised on Governors Island, to first generation Italian and Russian parents. His father being in the military, John traveled around much of the country as a child, living for only a year or two in one place. At the age of 10, he moved from the east coast to Southern California near Disneyland where he went to school. He graduated from UC Santa Barbara, BFA, and UC Irvine, MFA.
During his graduate work, he had his first solo show in New York at the Nancy Hoffman Gallery and the Jack Glenn Gallery in Corona del Mar, CA. This started his career as a professional artist. His first studio was in Costa Mesa, CA, a small storage unit that he converted to a live and work space. Carpentry captivated him at the time. From there he moved to San Pedro, CA, the port of Los Angeles, having found two old storefronts to live and work in for little rent.
He moved to Los Angeles in the mid 70’s with his wife, whom he met in Graduate school, buying a small bungalow in Ocean Park, Santa Monica, CA. His two children were born there and in the early 80’s, he moved to his present home in Santa Monica. He also purchased a building in Venice in 1982, which he used as a studio.
Since then he has had more than 30 one-man exhibitions over the last 30 years and more than 100 exhibitions in all having shown work in many of the prominent US museums and galleries. Over the last 10 years he also has done numerous Public Art Installations and continue to work on site-specific public and private artworks and exhibit at various art galleries throughout the US. He has also contributed work to numerous non profit and charitable organizations. He continues to work in his studio in Venice, CA. -John Okulick (Artist, 2011)
Submitted by Rob Piepho, whose source is the website of the artist.Biography from International Art Centre
John Okulick was born in New York City and is an arts graduate from the Universities of California, Santa Barbara and California at Irvine. He resides in southern California. Whilst Okulick has worked on numerous public commissions, most of them in metal for outdoor installation, there is a demand for his smaller scale works which complement domestic and commercial spaces. New forms and shapes continue to enliven the artist's pieces. The sculptures have movement, energy, dynamism and a sense of play.
The artist writes: My sculpture is a platform from which the viewer can take a ride .... a flight of fancy or a journey through a vast open space, toward a feeling of freedom.