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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Books & Publications (11)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
American Art Now
1985
Lucie-Smith, Edward
160 pages (color)
The Art of California Selected Works/ Oakland Museum
1984
Orr-Cahill, Christina
199 pages (color)
Decade Los Angeles Painting in the Seventies (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Art Center College of Design
108 pages (color)
Southern California Artists 1940-1980 (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Ball, Maudette
66 pages (color)
Frederick Weisman Collection California Art (Exhibition catalog)