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CHUKI WAS BORN IN KENTUCKY AND TRUE TO HIS NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE HIS YOUTH EXPOSED HIM TO THE ABUNDANCE OF NATURE IN THE STATE. EARLY WORKS PRODUCED DURING HIS TRAINING AT WOODWARD SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY AT CINCINNATI AND THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY REFLECT AN EMPHASIS ON CLASSIC GENRES TENDING AT TIMES TO RECALL ALMOST PRIMITIVE RESTRAINT AND EFFICIENCY OF SHAPE, FORM, COMPOSITION AND STYLE. THESE TRAITS HOWEVER SOON SERVED AS HIS TOOLS MOLDING AN INCREASING INFLUENCE FROM THE NEW YORK SCHOOL AND ABSTRACT IMPRESSIONISTS SCHOOL OF ARTISTS. THESE ICONS OF THE 50’S AND 60’S TO WIT ROBERT MOTHERWELL, RICHARD DIEBENKORN, MARK ROTHKO AND FRANZ KLINE ARE QUITE EVIDENT IN CHUKI’S TEXTURAL ABSTRACTIONS. IT WAS DURING THIS TIME CHUKI RECEIVED THE PRESTIGIOUS HALLMARK AWARD.

APPROPRIATELY ON THE USE OF COLLAGE CHUKI RELATES, “THESE ARE THE FRAGMENTS OF ONES EXPERIENCES INFUSED AND BONDED INTO A MOMENTARY STATEMENT OF BEING.”

CHUKI’S EXTENSIVE TRAVEL TO EUROPE AND HIS PARTICIPATION IN NUMEROUS NEW YORK ART SHOWS HAS TEMPERED WITH A SOPHISTICATED EDGE, THE BASIC MESSAGE OF NATURE WITH AN ENDEAVOR TO EXPLORE TEXTURE, COLOR, COMPOSITION AND FORM AS EACH INTERRELATE WITHIN THE WHOLE.

ON PURPOSE OF WORK, CHUKI COMMENTS, “WHERE THE VIEWER IS COMPELLED TO EXPERIENCE ALL THAT IS SENSUAL IN MY WORK WITH RESULTANT INTERACTION IS MY ULTIMATE ACHIEVEMENT.”

CHUKI’S WORK HAS BEEN COLLECTED BY NUMEROUS PATRONS BOTH CORPORATE AND PRIVATE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND EUROPE. HIS PARTICIPATION IN THE NEW YORK ARTEXPO HAS BEEN EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL AND WELL RECEIVED.