Jakob Bokulich is a self-trained, multi-disciplinary artist living in New York City. In addition to his studio paintings, his work includes murals in New York and large-scale kinetic sculptures at Burning Man.
The son of an auto mechanic, Bokulich began painting at age 12 after a house fire left his family homeless and he stayed temporarily with a local landscape painter. At 17 he left home for Europe – his arts education was living in art squats and artist communities, and immersing himself in the museums and galleries of Europe. Drawing inspiration from the wartime environment of Croatia in the 1990s, he exhibited at a young age in Europe and California.
Bokulich was instrumental in building artist communities in the San Francisco Bay Area, and explored performance and ritual, including work in arthouse films. This prompted some time in Los Angeles working in film and set design. In 2015 he moved to New York City’s Lower East Side, developing a unique psychedelic visual language with his paintings, murals, and Burning Man sculptures.
- Section Installation
- Venue Marinaressa Gardens
- Based in New York, USA
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