Sculptor
Boky Hackel
Exploring the mysteries of time and being

Rough reflections and noble materials come together in perfect synergy to emphasise the dichotomy of humankind — an homage to all those who have inspired her, and all those who continue to be inspired by life itself.
The Artist
Biography
Boky Hackel — born in Reinfelden, Germany, on May 6, 1964, and raised in Costa Rica and Venezuela.
Boky Hackel has been sculpting for just over a decade. Initially learning under the guidance of Blake Ward, she quickly took the creative direction into her own hands.
Her artistry has evolved with her since birth, initially inspired by the wilderness that cradled her creative spirit in the depth of the Costa Rican jungle were nature and nurture became one. The sky was her first playground. Her. mother an accomplished feminist and acrobatic commercial pilot gave Boky a bird’s eye view of life that would later shape her perspective on the human experience which she has made her mission to share on a spiritual an emotional level through her creative endeavours.
From photography, film, poetry, music, conceptual art which all comes together in her sculptural body work which explores the mysteries of time and being through light, steel, poetry, bronze and gold. Rough reflections and noble materials come together in perfect synergy to emphasise the dichotomy of human kind. An Homage to all those who have inspired her and all those who continue to be inspired by life itself.
1981 - 1985
University of Miami - Film School
1985 - 1987
Full Sail Center for the Recording Arts - Degree in Recording Engineering
1990 - 1991
Relocates to Florence and joins l'Instituto per l'Arte ed il Restauro, Palazzo Spinelli. Joins the Old Master Paintings Restoration Program, simultaneously studion Antique's Trade and Marketing
1991– 1996
TBC
1996 - 2000
Florida Atlantic University - Bachelor in Music ; Honors Program in Composition and Historical Musicology from the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters. Graduating summa cum laude, Phi Kappa Phi Honors society and National Dean's List.
2003
Moves to Monaco - Pocock and Pocock Antiques, Maison d'art and MDA Today
2011
Begins working with Blake The Spirits Collection — embracing negative space, crossing into the abstract and ethereal with exposed interior landscapes.
2016
Creates her first solo piece
Bodies of Work
Collections
Across Three Continents
Exhibited In
United States
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Canada
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France
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Italy
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Monaco
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Switzerland
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Germany
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England
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Vietnam
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Singapore
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Malaysia
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Hong Kong
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India
40+
Years Sculpting
4
Major Collections
13
Countries Exhibited
3
Continents
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Artnet News · Feature
The Restless Gaze and the Divided Ego
“Enigmatic faces, masks, broken bronze portraits covered with gold leaf or platinum by Boky Hackel-Ward present reinterpretations and transfigurations of her enigmatic face — sphinxes of mystery that materialise a tenacious will to affirm her artistic identity.”
Jacqueline Ceresoli, Art Critic
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