Gideon Bok

Bio

Gideon Bok  (b. 1966) received his MFA from Yale University and his BFA from Hampshire College. He has presented solo exhibitions at numerous galleries and institutions, including the University of Maine at Gorham, the College of Charleston, and the Center for Maine Contemporary Art.

His work is held in the collections of the Boston Athenaeum, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Farnsworth Art Museum, and the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Bok was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship in 2004 and received the Hassam, Speicher, Betts, and Symons Fund Purchase Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2005.

His work has been featured in The New York Times, Time Out New York, ARTnews, Art New England, The Boston Globe, and Hyperallergic. A monograph of his paintings, Time Fades Away, was published in 2006.

Bok is committed to painting the passage of time within a confined space, his own studio, he depicts it over and over in various states of array with objects such as draped clothes, musical instruments, and artist supplies. His intent is to make the room seem alive, showing it shortly after it has been occupied. Through his slow process, Bok has a unique ability to capture the viewer's attention by making his space feel familiar. His honest depiction of the changes that naturally occur over time opens up the opportunity to take a longer pause to notice the visual gifts that tell the story of his studio.