About George Baloghy, Artist
1950 Born Budapest, Hungary.
1957 Arrived in New Zealand as a refugee.
1974-7 Attended the University of Auckland School of Fine Arts graduating with Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), majoring in Photography and Painting.
First Solo Art Exibition at Barry Lett Galleries in Auckland in 1978. Since that time Baloghy has had twenty-nine solo Art Exhibitions in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Sydney and Melbourne. Also numerous group Art Exhibitions in New Zealand and overseas. He has been awarded two scholarships by the Queen Elizabeth Arts Council. Almost every major public Art Museum in New Zealand has at least a Baloghy painting in its collection.
Baloghy divides his time between Australia, Auckland City, and Hahei Beach on the Coromandel Peninsula.
SOLO ART EXHIBITIONS:
1978 Barry Lett Galleries (Auckland)
1979 Barry Lett Galleries (Auckland)
1980 Barry Lett galleries (Auckland)
1981 Barry Lett galleries (Auckland)
1981 Brooke/Gifford Gallery (Chch)
1982 Denis Cohn Gallery (Auckland)
1982 Hogarth Galleries (Sydney)
1983 Denis Cohn Gallery (Auckland)
1983 Louse Beale Gallery (Wellington)
1984 Denis Cohn Gallery (Auckland)
1984 CSA Gallery ( Christchurch)
1985 Denis Cohn Gallery (Auckland)
1988 Portfolio Gallery (Auckland)
1989 Portfolio Gallery (Auckland)
1990 Louise Beale Gallery(Wellington)
1991 RKS Art (Auckland)
1993 Artis Gallery (Auckland)
1994 Tinakori Gallery (Wellington)
1995 Artis Gallery (Auckland)
1996 Artis Gallery (Auckland)
1997 Artis Gallery (Auckland)
2000 Artis Gallery (Auckland)
2001 Artis Gallery (Auckland)
2003 Artis Gallery (Auckland)
2004 Artis Gallery (Auckland)
2006 Artis Gallery (Auckland)
2007 Janne Land Gallery (Wellington)
2008 Artis Gallery (Auckland)
2010 Artis Gallery (Auckland)
NOTABLE GROUP ART EXHIBITIONS:
Numerous Group Exhibitions, too many to list here, but some notables:
1984 New Image -Aspects of contemp NZ Art, touring exhibition, curated by Auckland City Gallery.
1994 Montserrat Gallery, New York.
2008 Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne.
AWARDS:
1980 Tokoroa Art Award
1982 QE2 Arts Council Studio Grant
1985 QE2 Arts Council Travel Grant
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
1984 "New Image" group exhibition catalogue (catalogue booklet).
Art New Zealand (quarterly magazine) Issues Nos. 3, 11, 19, 22, 25, 39, 55, 83.
Contemporary NZ Art (book) by Elva Bett 1986.
"Kaleidescope" (weekly Arts TV programme) screened TV1 5th Sept 1985.
"Metro" (monthly magazine) April 1983, March 1986.
"100 New Zealand Paintings" (book) by Warwick Brown, published by Godwit Publishing 1995.
"Art Today" (book) by Liz Caughey, Saint Publishing 2002.
"Rainbow Over Mt Eden" (book) by Peter Shaw, Godwit Publishing 2002.
"Why Go To The Riviera? Pictures of Wellinton" (book) by Peter Shaw, Godwit Publishing 2003.
Chief Judge Young Thai Artist of the Year Award 2007, 2008 (Bangkok).
COLLECTIONS:
Baloghy has artwork in almost all the major public collections in NZ, including
Auckland City Art Gallery, Te Papa Museum (Wellington),
The Waikato Museum of Art and History (Hamilton),
Te Puna O Waiwhetu Museum (Christchurch). Also in many notable private collections, including the James Wallace Collection, Warwick Brown Collection, and others.
