ARTIST STATEMENT

new work - December 2009, Galerie L'Art de Rien, Paris France

BIOGRAPHY

"Gary Dobry is an American ex-boxer, now turned author and visionary artist. He has used his experience in the ring to produce allegorical, hauntingly beautiful iconographical images and writing."

Henry Boxer, gallery owner, art dealer and editor of RAW VISION magazine

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Artist Biography:
Gary studied painting & drawing at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Il, USA and apprenticed as a painter under the late, great Ed Paschke and Bumble-Bee Bob Novak. Gary earned a Diplome de Francaise from the Sorbonne, Universite de Paris , and apprenticed as a tattoo artist under Electric Art Tattoos' owner, Ernie Gonzales.
Gary is/has been represented by, or/and exhibited at; the Judy A Saslow Gallery in Chicago, Il, eklektikos Gallery in Washington DC, The Henry Boxer Gallery in London, England, The Packer Gallery in Chicago, Il , L'Art Noir Gallery in New Orleans and Galerie L'Art de Rien in Paris, France as well as exhibiting with Ed Paschke at the World Tattoo Gallery in Chicago, Il, with Andy Warhol at the Franklin Roosevelt Hotel in LA, Ca. and with Leon Golub at the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Art in Chicago, Il. Gary has been featured on PBS's Artbeat twice and has been interveiwed, or written about, in numerous magazines, newspapers and TV shows including the Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun Times, Gallery Magazine, Current Affair, Danny Bonaduce Show and numerous others.
Gary owns a boxing gym in Crystal Lake, Il., USA.
Gary has 3 novels published, 'En La Lona', 'Kingdom Come' & 'In Good Faith'.
You can contact Gary via his website; www.onthecanvas.com
or email him at: pugsgym@aol.com

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Studied:
SAIC, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Il
Universite' de Paris, Sorbonne, Paris France
Painting apprenticeship w/ Ed Paschke
Painting apprenticeship w/ Bob Novak
Tattoo apprenticeship w/ Ernest Gonzales, Electric Art Tattoo

Books:
1997, George Plasketes Images of Elvis Presley in American Culture, 1977-1997: The Mystery Terrain, Haworth Press, Inc (color)
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The Art and Aesthetics of Boxing
By David Scott, Roger Conover
Contributor Roger Conover
Edition: illustrated
Published by U of Nebraska Press, 2009
ISBN 0803213867, 9780803213869

Exhibition Record (Museums, Institutions and Awards):
last one-man show, eklektikos Gallery, Washington DC, 2001
last 2-man show, Mars Gallery. Chicago, Il, 2003
last 3 man show, Judy Saslow Gallery, Chicago, Il, 2001
last group showings, Packer Gallery, Chicago, Il & Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Art, Chicago, Il, 2003,
Galerie L'Art de Rienm Paris, France, 12/2009

Exhibition Record (Galleries and Art Shows):
available upon request

Magazine and Newspaper References:
available upon request

Dealers or Representatives:
to acquire a painting in the USA, contact Aron Packer c/o the Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, Il, aronpacker@earthlink.net
In Europe, contact Henry Boxer c/o the Henry Boxer Gallery, henryboxer@aol.com

Artist Statement:
take risks. create problems for yourself so you have to come up with solutions to those problems. That'll make you a force to be reckoned with.

EDUCATION

see biography

REPRESENTATION

for acquistion of a piece in the US, contact Aron Packer of the Packer Gallery @: aronpacker@earthlink.net. In Europe contact Henry Boxer via the Henry Boxer Gallery in England: henryboxer@aol.com

SOLO EXHIBITS

see biography

GROUP EXHIBITS

see biography

ARTICLES

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OTHER INFO

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SCHOOL INFO

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