March 7-10, 2008 Coromandel Peninsula - New Zealand

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George Baloghy

Oil Painting

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N.Z. Studio:

107 Pa Road (last property on Pa Rd left hand side)
Hahei

Tel. 021 881 017

georgebaloghy@xtra.co.nz
www.georgebaloghy.com

Biography:

George Baloghy is an established New Zealand artist specialising in Urban Landscapes, Coastal and Rural Landscapes, Art Historical Whimsies, as well as commissioned work for individual clients. He deals with a number of different themes, and these threads of ideas intertwine over the years of his production, creating pictures that can be viewed at a number of levels, some banal, some symbolic, some historic, some humorous. There is generally more to the pictures than meets the eye, depending on your knowledge of art history and sometimes local events. He is considered one of the foremost artists in New Zealand, frequently published and reviewed. His work is included in the curricula of University Art History Programmes, and he has work in all the major public art collections in the country. He has worked professionally as an artist since 1993.

1950 Born Budapest, Hungary.
1957 Emigrated to New Zealand as a refugee.
1974-7 Attended the University of Auckland School of Fine Arts graduating with Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA).
First Solo Exibition at Barry Lett Galleries in Auckland in 1978. Since that time Baloghy has had twenty-six solo exhibitions in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch
and Sydney. Also numerous group exhibitions in New Zealand and overseas. Baloghy has been awarded two scholarships by the Queen Elizabeth Arts Council.
Every major public Art Museum in New Zealand has at least one Baloghy in its collection, including the Auckland City Art Gallery, Waikato Art Museum, National Gallery in Wellington, the Christchurch City Gallery and the Dunedin Art Gallery.
Baloghy divides his time living and working in Auckland City and Hahei Beach on the Coromandel Peninsula.