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 is currently completing a tattoo apprenticeship 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, Aron Packer Gallery in Chicago, Il , L'Art Noir Gallery in New Orleans 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 is the owner of Pugs Boxing Gym in Marengo, Il., USA.
Gary has 3 novels published.
You can contact Gary via his website; www.onthecanvas.com
or email him at: pugsgym@aol.com
or via : http://www.askart.com/AskART/studio/art_detail.aspx?Studio=11010286&type=portfolio
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)
Museums:
upon request,
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, Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, Il & Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Art, Chicago, Il, 2003
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.
