BRIGITTA KOCSIS

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Brigitta Kocsis is best known for her large scale paintings investigating the shifting concepts of the human body and its environment. She took drawing lessons at the Studio For Young Artists (Fiatal Művészek Klubja-FMK) and attended the Marczibányi-téri kör (Marczibanyi Education Center) in Budapest, HU where she studied art under Szlavik, Lajos painter until 1988. She moved to the UK and learned English in Brixton and after two years there, relocated to Montreal in 1990 to pursue her education at Concordia University Fine Arts.

At the beginning of her career, Kocsis’s artistic interests included painting, media and video art. After moving to Vancouver in 1994 she exhibited large scale multimedia installations and screened several videos nationally and in the USA. In 2000, she started focusing on painting, integrating abstract and figurative elements. She received her BFA in Vancouver from Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in 2005 and has dedicated herself to painting since then.

Kocsis’ work has been included in group and solo exhibitions internationally, including the Geneva Art Biennale; the Balassi Institute, Finland; Szeged University, Hungary; Harcourt House, Edmonton; Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby; Grunt Gallery, Vancouver; Brooklyn Expo Center, New York;  Outremont Art Gallery, Montreal. She participated in residencies in Paris, Berlin, Vancouver, Vermont, and received several grants and awards.

Kocsis' most recent series #techboyz, was curated by Lubos Culen at the Vernon Public Art Gallery. In conjunction with the exhibition, an ISBN registered catalog was published, with an essay written by Michael Boyce, a published author of fiction, artist reviews, and criticism. Kocsis is interested in unfolding the implications of the structural and theoretical formations within the painting process by challenging the expectations of conventional abstraction and figuration.

    






-Curriculum Vitae
Education
2002-05         BFA, Emily Carr University of Arts & Design, Vancouver, BC
1997              Western Front Multimedia Program, Vancouver, BC
1993-94         Concordia University, Montreal, QC
1985-88         Drawing courses, Fiatal Muvészek Klubja (FMK), Szlavik, Lajos, Marczibányi-téri kör,
                            Budapest, Hungary


Solo Exhibitions
2022              #techboyz, Petley Jones Gallery, Vencouver, BC
2022              #techboyz, Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC, curated by Lubos Culen
2019              Contingent Bodies, La Galerie d'art d'Outremont, Montreal, QC
2017              Contingent Bodies, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, AB
2017              Contingent Bodies, grunt gallery, curated by Glenn Alteen, Vancouver, BC
2015              Universal Gravitation, Burnaby Art Gallery's off-site exhibition, curated by Jennifer Cane, Burnaby, BC
2015              Magnetic Fields, Okotoks Art Gallery, Okotoks, AB
2015              Magnetic Fields, Yrjo Liipolan Taidemuseo, Koski , FI
2015              Magnetic Fields, Balassi Instutute, curated by Jukka Haverinen, Helsinki , FI
2015              Magnetic Fields, Szeged University, Szeged, HU
2014              Magnetic Fields, Harcourt House, Edmonton, AB
2013              Magnetic Fields, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2012              Secret Mechanisms, Gallery Gachet, Vancouver, BC
2012              Hide()us, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2011              Hide()us, Mac11 Geneva Art Biennale, AaD Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
2011              Hide()us, Nuit Des Bains, organized by The Quartier des Bains Association, Geneva, SW
2011              Secret Mechanisms, Vernon Public Art Gallery, curated by Lubos Culen, Vernon, BC
2011              Secret Mechanisms, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2009              Secret Mechanisms, Campbell River & District Public Art Gallery, Campbell River, BC
2007              On An Intimate Dimension, VECC, Vancouver, BC
2006              In The Altogether, Maple Ridge Public Art Gallery, Maple Ridge, BC
1997              The Eye of the Beholder, Multimedia Installation, Gallery Sansair, Vancouver, BC
1995              Cooped, Multimedia Installation, Gallery Sansair, Vancouver, BC
1994              Tea Party, Fine Arts Building, Concordia University, Montreal, QC


Two-Person Exhibitions
2007             Resonance, with M. Lowry, Amelia Douglas Gallery, New Westminster, BC
1995             Proforma, Multimedia Installation, with Folke Kobberling, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, BC


Selected Group Exhibitions
2023              MoCA Modern Contemporary Art, Venice, Italy
2022              Gallery 1313, Song Word Art House, in Partnership with The Tragically Hip, Muskoka, and Toronto, ON
2022              Diefenbunker Museum, Canadian-Hungarian Artists Collective, Ottawa, ON
2021              La Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay, Montreal, QC
2018              Brooklyn Contemporary Art Fair, Brooklyn, New York
2017              The Salt Spring National Art Prize Exhibition, Salt Spring Island, BC
2016              Gallery Gachet, Vancouver, BC
2014              Science World, ECUD in collab. with TRIUMF (Canada’s National Laboratory for Nuclear and Particle Physics), Vancouver, BC
2013              SpareParts, Hatch Art Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
2013              Interurban Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2013              Smash Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2012              Drawing Festival'12, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2011              Drawing Festival'11, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2010              Celebrate the Art of Canada, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2008              Chapel Arts, Vancouver, BC
2007              Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2006              Resonance, with M. Lowry, (Two person Show) Amelia Douglas Gallery, New Westminster, BC
2006              British Columbia Psychological Association Awards, SFU, Vancouver, BC
2005              ECUAD Grad Show, Vancouver, BC
2004              Threshold, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2003              The Figurative Show, Concourse Gallery, ECI, Vancouver, BC
2002              Mezzanine Gallery, Queen Elizabeth Theater, Vancouver, BC
1998              Blue Valentine, Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1997              Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1996              Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1995              Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1995              Proforma, Collaboration with Folke Kobberling, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1988              Marczibányi-téri kör, Budapest, Hungary


Curatorial Projects
2022             #recap_ture, Photography Project, Instagram
2022             Assistant curator, CHAC, Diefenbunker Museum, Ottawa, ON


Videos/Screenings/Festivals
1998              Frenesia Tipica (with SFU composer in residence David Monacchi), VCAC, Vancouver, BC
1998              Minz & Maunz, (sound by Giorgio Magnanensi)
1998              Imposed Hallucination, (sound by Philip Giborski),
                             SYNC II Film and Video Festival, Toronto, ON
                             Vancouver Community Art Council, BC
                             Vancouver Film School, BC
1998              An Indian Act Shooting the Indian Act, (Editor)
                             Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, BC
                             British group Locus+, Wells, UK
1997              CRT Doodles, (sound by Philip Giborski), OR Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1997              Stylus, Multimedia Group, (Zev Asher, Alex MacKenzie, Phil Giborski),
                             Vancouver Film School, BC
1995              Proforma (video):
                             Production Parade, Rogers Cable, National video broadcast;
                             ECIAD Media Show '95, Vancouver, BC
1995              Roughage, 10th Improvised Music Festival, Seattle, Washington, USA


Awards/ Residencies
2022              Creation Grant - Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
2020/22         Helen Frankenthaler Fellowship - Vermont Studio Center
2017              The Salt Spring National Art Prize Finalist
2017              Project Assistance Grant - British Columbia Arts Council
2016              Hamber Foundation, Grunt Gallery
2015              Travel Grant- Canada Council Visual Arts
2014              Project Assistance Grant - British Columbia Art Council
2011              Travel Grant - Canada Council Visual Arts
2010              Research/Creation Grant - Canada Council Visual Arts
1998              Vancouver Film School, Residency, Vancouver


Presentations/Workshops
2022              Vernon Public Art Gallery, (Zoom Presentation) Vernon, BC
2020/22         Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont, USA
2019              Outremont Art Gallery, organised by CHAC, Montreal, QC
2017              Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2014              Langara College, Vancouver, BC
2014              Harcourt House, Edmonton , AB
2012              Gallery Gachet, Vancouver, BC
2012              Simon Fraser University Critical Inquiries Post - Conference, Gallery Gachet, Vancouver, BC
2011              AaD Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
2012              Amelia Douglas Gallery, New Westminster, BC
2011              Maple Ridge Public Art Gallery, Maple Ridge, BC


Publications
 “Brigitta Kocsis: #techboyz”, catalog, Spring 2022, essay: Michael Boyce, 9x9 in, 37 p, Vernon Public Art Gallery, ISBN: 978-1-927407-67-7.

 “Brigitta Kocsis: Contingent Bodies”, catalogue, Spring 2017, essays by: Clint Burnham, Grunt Gallery, ISBN: 978-1988708-01-0.2017

 "Interpretation Diefenbunker", catalog, Spring 2022, Canadian-Hungarian Artists Collective (CHAC). Diefenbunker Museum, Ottawa

Canadian-Hungarian Artists Collective (CHAC). YouTube, YouTube, 22 Jun. 2022,
    Diefenbunker Museum, Ottawa  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_6SNjLxyZM

Journal d’Outremont. YouTube, YouTube, 22 Jan. 2019, www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOXCGmujDto.

Robert-Bourassa, Bibliothčque. YouTube, YouTube, 11 Jan. 2019, www.youtube.com/watch?v=twp72W3G6T8.

Willow Little. “Contingent Bodies: Metamorphosis in the Moment.” Westmount Magazine, Andrew Burlone, Dec. 2018,
    www.westmountmag.ca/category/art-culture/art-galleries/.

Gomez, Laura. “Interview with Brigitta Kocsis.” Rev. of artist Brigitta Kocsis, Klassik Magazine International Mag., n.d. Web. 6 Sept. 2018.
 
“SSNAP Finalist’s Exhibition”, catalogue, Fall 2017, 22 cm x 28 cm, 112 pages, full color. Salt Spring Art Council.

Wadsley, Helena. “Magnetic Fields by B. Kocsis.” Rev. of Magnetic Fields, artist Brigitta Kocsis, Prairie Seen 1 Sept. 2014: 33-34. Print.

Yang, Molly. “Showcasing today's artist of the day: Brigitta Kocsis.” Rev. of artist Brigitta Kocsis, Atom Review Mag., n.d. Web. 8 Sept. 2014.
 
Priegert, Portia. “Featured Artists: Brigitta Kocsis.” Rev. of artist Brigitta Kocsis, Galleries West Anniversary Issue 3 2011: 22. Print.

Vernon Morning Star, "Do not adjust your eyes" August 2011

Johnson, Mia. “Kocsis: Secret Mechanisms”. Preview Art Magazine Feb. 2011:20. Print.

Buchard, Eva. “Brigitta Kocsis: Secret Mechanisms”.  Escene: Emily Carr University’s Alumni Magazine 4 Dec., 2011: 4. Print.

“The Boundary between Body and Environment”. Campbell River Mirror Jul. 2009: 6. Print.

Greer, Darryl. “After a Rough Start”. Globe and Mail 2009: 20. Print.
 
Buchard, Eva. “Brigitta Kocsis: Secret Mechanisms”. Escene: ECUD’s Alumni Magazine 2008: 2. Print.

“Home is Where the Art is”, NZ House & Garden 2007, Auckland, New Zealand. Print.

 Performance Research Magazin, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, “An Indian Act Shooting the Indian Act”, Wales, UK

Proforma 1995 archive of the Emily Carr Institute Library, Van., Canada. Video.
 
Proforma 1995 GHK (Art Academy of Kassel), Kassel, Germany. Vide

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