George Baloghy
Biography
George Baloghy is an established New Zealand professional painter, having exhibited regularly in NZ and overseas for over thirty years. His style can be described as realism, although it is a particular kind of realism, hardened and sharpened to be something more dramatic. By heightening colour and contrast he creates a reality not quite like the world that we see, but more ideal, more intense, edgy.
Urban Landsacpes form the backbone of his output. These are an ongoing historical record of the city evolving around him, usually with the banal narratives of ordinary street life. There is generally more to the paintings than meets the eye, depending on your knowledge of Art History and sometimes local events - references abound. His city landscapes are effectively history paintings of a moment in time. Many, particularly from the 1980s onwards, have become sought after 'absolute history' paintings, as Auckland City tore itself apart and reinvented itself.
George Baloghy has worked professionally as an artist since 1980, winning a number of awards and accolades for his work. Much has been written about Baloghy’s work and he is included in the curricula of University Art History programmes. George has paintings in almost all the major public art museums & galleries across New Zealand, and has work in numerous significant privative and corporate collections across New Zealand, Australia, Europe, USA and Asia.
SELCTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Te Papa Tongarewa
Christchurch City Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
Auckland War Memorial Museum, Tāmaki Paenga Hira
The University of Auckland Art Collection Waipapa Taumata Rau
Te Pūkenga Whanganui
ANZ Collection
Spark Foundation Collection
The Art House Trust
SELCTED AWARDS & INTERNATIONAL INVITATAIONS
1980 Tokoroa Art Award
1982 QE2 Arts Council Studio Grant
1985 QE2 Arts Council Travel Grant
1984 New Image -Aspects of contemporary NZ Art, (touring exhibition, curated by Auckland Art Gallery )
2008 Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne.
1994 & 2016 Montserrat Gallery, New York.