John Gurbacs has been painting professionally since 1975. His work is represented in four museum collections, including The Tampa Museum of Art, Gulf Coast Museum, Polk Museum of Art and the USF Contemporary Art Museum. Some corporate and public collections include: Tampa Electric Company, Holland and Knights, Hillsborough County Public Art, Jan Platt Public Library and the Volusia County Courthouse. John's work is also in numerous private collections throughout North America. Several prestigious awards include a National Endowment for the Arts Regional Fellowship Award and Individual Fellowship Award from the State of Florida.

Artist Statement:
"In my paintings, I am interested in showing the similarities and contrasts between forms both natural and man made. This has lead me to develop imagery that reflects on a range of issues, from social to environmental concerns, to meditations on the patterns and actions of nature. By showing a shifting of scenes, events and forms merge, while at the same time retaining their own individual identity. The interactions between the scenes and images help define new relationships and meaning. Working with this attitude reveals for me, new interpretations and ways of seeing the world."
- John Gurbacs