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Chris Boyko
www.boykoart.com
cboykoart@gmail.com
Tel#. (404) 358- 4325

Biography
Chris Boyko is an Atlanta-based automatist surrealist artist whose paintings are characterized by a
highly imaginative interpretation of the everyday world. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from
Kennesaw State University in 2014.

Education
2009-14 Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) degree, Drawing and Painting,
Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA.

Selected Exhibitions

2024
- Assembling the Masses, Brenau University, Gainesville, GA. (solo)

2023
- Toy Party, For the Kid in All of Us, Atlanta Biltmore, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)

- Georgia Lawyers for the Arts 44th Annual Gala, King Plow, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)

- Assembling the Masses, Brenau University, Gainesville, GA. (solo)

-2023 SOAAD Alumni Biennial, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA. (group)

2022
- Toy Party, For the Kid in All of Us, Atlanta Biltmore, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)

-Georgia Lawyers for the Arts 44th Annual Gala, King Plow, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)

2021
- Toy Party, For the Kid in All of Us, Atlanta Biltmore, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)

- Georgia Lawyers for the Arts 43st Annual Gala, King Plow, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)

2019
- Toy Party, For the Kid in All of Us, Opera Nightclub, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)

-24th Annual Hambidge Arts Auction, Upper Westside ATL, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)
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- Georgia Lawyers for the Arts 41st Annual Gala, Westside Cultural Arts Center, Atlanta, GA.
(invitational)

- Art is… Distortion, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, IL. (group)

- Alumni Exhibition, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA. (invitational)

- Escape, Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL. (group)

- No Theme Group Show, Happy Gallery, Chicago, IL. (group)

- 4th Annual ATL ART PARTY, 595 North Event Center, Atlanta, GA. (group)

- Surreal Salon 11, Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA. (juried)

2018
- Toy Party, For the Kid in All of Us, Opera Nightclub, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)

- Sugar Rush 2018, Sugar Hill Arts, Sugar Hill, GA. (juried)

- Science Fiction, Battle and Brew, Sandy Springs, GA. (group)

- Automatism, SOUP Experimental, Tallahassee, FL. (solo)

- Surreal Deal, LIT Art Gallery, Chattanooga, TN. (group)

- Monsters, Paragon Framing and Art, Phoenixville, PA. (group)

- SOUTH, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)

- Art and Fear, Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, Cape Girardeau, MO. (juried)

- 23rdh Annual Hambidge Art Auction Center Gala, ADAC, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)

- Mix and Match, Studio Oh!, Chicago, IL. (invitational)

- All Colors, Portfolio Gallery, St. Louis, MO. (invitational)

2017
- Nick O’ Time, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)

- Toy Party, For the Kid in All of Us, AmericasMart, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)

- Winnebago Man vs the Fly, Faux Pass Gallery, Rochelle, IL. (group)

- INSANITY, Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago, IL. (group)

- BOMBAY SAPPHIRE Artisan Series, Mason Murer, Atlanta, GA. (juried)

- SOUTH, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)

- Dark Eden: Juicy July Jubilee, Ampersand Guild, Macon, GA. (group)

- Chris Boyko + Michelle LaFrance, SOUP Experimental, Tallahassee, FL. (group)

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- In-Habit: Practice and Place, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY. (group)

- Tell Me a Story, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO. (juried)

- 2nd Annual ATL ART PARTY, Le Fais do-do, Atlanta, GA. (group)

- Otherworlds, Confluence Gallery & Art Center, Twisp, WA. (group)

- Regeneration, ACUA Gallery, Edmonton, Canada. (group)

- Off- the-Wall Pin-Up Show, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA-GA), Atlanta, GA. (juried)

- 17th Annual Art with Heart, Founders Hall, Charlotte, NC. (group)

- Love and Death, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)

- Codes of Faith, Barking Learning Centre, London, UK. (group)

2016
- Codes of Faith, Laura I. Gallery, London, UK. (group)

- Toy Party, For the Kid in All of Us, AmericasMart, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)

- Imaginary Million, Le Fais do-do, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)

- Georgia Lawyers for the Arts- 39th Annual Gala, American Spirit Works, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)

- Nick O’ Time, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)

- BOMBAY SAPPHIRE Artisan Series, Mason Murer, Atlanta, GA. (juried)

- Point of Departure, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI. (group)

- Something Wicked, Side Street Studio Arts, Elgin, Il. (group)

- The Creative Soul: Art & The 9 Levels of Self, Life Force Arts Center, Chicago, Il. (group)

- THE DOOR TO THE INVISIBLE MUST BE MADE VISIBLE, Summer Art Series, Seattle, WA. (group)

- Outta This World, Sulfur Studios, Savannah, GA. (group)

- Strange Figurations, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY. (group)

- Galactic Pleasures, The Studio Door, San Diego, CA. (group)

- SOUTH, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)

- RAW: Atlanta Presents TREND, Masquerade, Atlanta, GA. (group)

- 20th Annual Hambidge Art Auction Center Gala, The Goat Farm, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)

- 2016 Festival of the Arts, Cumming First United Methodist Church, Cumming, GA. (juried)

- FCHS 60th Anniversary, Forsyth County Courthouse, Cumming, GA. (invitational)

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2015
- Toy Party, For the Kid in All of Us, AmericasMart, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)

- Georgia Lawyers for the Arts- 38th Annual Gala, Piedmont Park Graystone, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)

- Nick O’ Time, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)

- Pre-Holiday Show, OTP Gallery, Marietta, GA. (invitational)

- Off- the-Wall Pin-Up Show, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA-GA), Atlanta, GA. (juried)

- All Hallow Eve, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)

- BOMBAY SAPPHIRE Artisan Series, Mason Murer, Atlanta, GA. (juried)

- SOUTH, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)

- "Because it's February", Binders Gallery, Atlanta, GA. (group)

2014
- Nick O’ Time, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)

- Pre-Holiday Show, OTP Gallery, Marietta, GA. (invitational)

- Georgia Lawyers Art- 37th Annual Gala, Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)

- Off-the-Wall Pin-Up Show, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA-GA), Atlanta, GA. (juried)

- Solo Show, The Art Spot, Peachtree Branch Library, Atlanta, GA. (solo)

- BOMBAY SAPPHIRE Artisan Series, Mason Murer, Atlanta, GA. (juried)

- A Summer Thang, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)

- “CJX” College Juried Exhibition 2014, The Art Place, Marietta, GA (juried)

- Senior Exhibition, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA. (group)

- The Art Spot, Peachtree Branch Library, Atlanta, GA. (group)

- Spring 2014 Pin Up Show, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA. (invitational)

- March Art of Touch, Art of Touch, Atlanta, GA. (group)

- Blick Tape Up Show, Dick Blick, Roswell, GA. (juried)

- January Art of Touch, Art of Touch, Atlanta, GA. (group)

- Introductions, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA. (group)

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2013
- Nick O’ Time, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)

- Georgia Lawyers Art Auction- 36th Annual Gala, King Plow, Atlanta, GA. (invitational)

- Off-the-Wall Pin-Up Show, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA-GA), Atlanta, GA. (juried)

2012
- Off-the-Wall Pin-Up Show, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA-GA), Atlanta, GA. (juried)

Publications

2023
- Lawson Smith “Brenau University opens newest solo-exhibition in President's Gallery”, Access WDUN,
Gainesville, Georgia
(Accessed on September 2023) Link: Brenau University opens newest solo-exhibition in Presi... |
AccessWDUN.com

2021
-”High Shelf XXXIV”, High Shelf Press, Portland, Oregon.
(Accessed on September 2021) Link: https://bit.ly/3NfVHw7
2018
-“Shape”. Apero Catalog November 2018. California.
(Accessed on November 1, 2018) Link: http://www.showapero.com/november-2018-catalogue.html

-“Anatomy: compose, distinctive, personal”. Sand Hills Literary Magazine Vol. 42. Augusta, Georgia.
(Accessed on May 22, 2018)

-“2018 GNU Other”. GNU- Winter 2018. San Diego, California.

(Accessed on March 21, 2018) Link: https://gnujournal.com/2018-gnu-other/

-“Open Boundaries”. Loosen Art. Italy.

(Accessed on February 12, 2018) Link: https://www.loosenart.com/blogs/books/open-boundaries

-“Chris Boyko”. Up the Staircase Quarterly 10th Anniversary Issue no. 40.
(Accessed on February 1, 2018) Link: https://www.upthestaircase.org/chris-boyko.html

-“Serenity: pacific, placid, pursuit”, 3Elements Review Issue no. 17.

(Accessed on January 1, 2018) Link:
http://www.3elementsreview.com/journal-issues/3elements-review-winter-journal-issue-17-2018.pdf
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2017
-“Birth Story”. Poem by Sara Moore Wagner. Gulf Stream Magazine no. 19. Miami, Florida.
(Accessed on December 23, 2017) Link: https://gulfstreamlitmag.com/birth-story/

-“Chased by the Dream”. Poem by Jack Lavelle. Allegory Ridge.

(Accessed on December 11, 2017) Link:
https://www.allegoryridge.com/home/2017/12/11/chased-by-the-dream

-Adam Veldman “Chris Boyko”. Twyckenhan Notes.

(Accessed on December 1, 2017) Link: https://twyckenhamnotes.com/archive/issue-three/chris-boyko/

- Jay Gidwitz “Chris Boyko Abstract Surrealism”. Surrealism Today.

(Accessed on March 24, 2017) Link: http://www.surrealismtoday.com/chris-boyko-abstract-surrealism/

- “Chris Boyko”. Artist A Day.

(Accessed on April 10, 2017) Link: https://www.artistaday.com/?p=28088

- Rebecca Bowman, Jiayi Ying “Three Paintings”. Strata Magazine.

(Accessed on April 30, 2017) Link: https://stratamag.org/2017/04/30/three-paintings-chris-boyko/

- “Wotisart? #3”. Wotisart? Magazine. London, United Kingdom.

(Accessed on June 5, 2017) Link: http://wotisart.bigcartel.com/product/wotisart-3-june

2016
- Chariskm “Inhalation- Chris Boyko {Artist to Watch/Painter}”. Nakid Magazine. Los Angeles,
California.
(Accessed on April 27, 2016)
Link: https://nakidmagazine.com/2016/04/27/inhalation-chris-boyko-artist-to-watchpainter/

- Josh Ryder, Barbara Scott “Chris Boyko”. ARTicul ACTION Special Issue Summer 2016. Europe.
(Accessed on August 2, 2016)
Link: https://issuu.com/articulaction/docs/articulaction_art_review_-_specssuu

- “Chris Boyko”. Art Reveal Magazine no. 20. Europe.

(Accessed on September 12, 2016) Link: https://issuu.com/artrevealmagazine/docs/no_20

- Grace Powers “Sulfur Studios: The Final Frontier”. The Inkwell. Savannah, Georgia.
(Accessed on September 22, 2016)
Link: https://theinkwellonline.com/2016/09/22/sulfur-studios-the-final-frontier/

- “Something Wicked returns to Side Street Studio Arts”. Daily Herald. Arlington Heights, Illinois.
(Accessed on October 3, 2016)
Link: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161001/submitted/161009900/

- Sarah G “Featured: Wild”. ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal.

(Accessed on October 7, 2016) Link: http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/1173017
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- “Exploring our surrealistic subconscious with Chris Boyko” Artist Inspire Artist.
(Accessed on October 11, 2016)
Link: http://artistsinspireartists.com/painting/exploring-surrealistic-subconscious-chris-boyko

- “What is Art?”. Average Art Magazine. United Kingdom.

(Accessed on December 1, 2016)
Link: http://averagearts.bigcartel.com/product/average-art-magazine-december

2015
- “We Found The Song”. Poem by David Shook. The Missing Slate. Islamabad, Pakistan.
(Accessed on December 29, 2015) Link: http://themissingslate.com/2015/12/29/we-found-the-song/

- “Laws of Gravity”. Poem by Lyn Coffin. The Missing Slate. Islamabad, Pakistan.
(Accessed on December 29, 2015) Link: http://themissingslate.com/2015/12/29/laws-of-gravity/

- “A Lion in a Shower”. Poem by Jen Lagedrost. The Missing Slate. Islamabad, Pakistan.
(Accessed on December 29, 2015) Link: http://themissingslate.com/2015/12/29/a-lion-in-a-shower/

- “Nature on the Menu”. Poem by Clare Sullivan. The Missing Slate. Islamabad, Pakistan.
(Accessed on December 29, 2015) Link: http://themissingslate.com/2015/12/29/nature-on-the-menu/

- “Migrants”. Poem by Eduardo Arelloano. The Missing Slate. Islamabad, Pakistan.

(Accessed on December 29, 2015) Link: http://themissingslate.com/2015/12/29/migrants/

Permanent Collections
- Brenau University, Gainesville, GA.

Membership in Professional Organizations

- Georgia Lawyers for the Arts (GLA)