BRIGITTA KOCSIS

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Brigitta Kocsis is a Hungarian-born visual artist. In 1988 she lived in the UK, learned English in Brixton and after 2 years there, relocated to Montreal to pursue her education at Concordia University Fine Arts. She is a 2005 BFA graduate of Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design. Since 1994 she lives and works in Vancouver, Canada with her husband and daughter. She has exhibited in several group and solo shows in Canada, Hungary and US. Her work is held in private and corporate collections across Canada and Internationally.

RESUME

EDUCATION
2005       BFA, Studio Art, Emily Carr Institute, Vancouver, BC
1997       Western Front Multimedia Program, Vancouver, BC
1993-94    Visual Arts Program, Painting, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
1985-88    Advanced drawing courses, with Sik, Rita, Young Artists Club (FMK) and Lajos, Szlavik,
           Marczibányi-téri kör, Budapest, Hungary

SOLO SHOWS
2011       TBA, Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC
2011       TBA, Sunshine Coast Arts Council, Sechelt, BC
2009       Secret Mechanisms Campbell River Public Art Gallery, BC, (Manon Staiger)
2007       On An Intimate Dimension, Vancouver East Cultural Center, Vancouver, BC
2006       In The Altogether, Maple Ridge Art Gallery, Maple Ridge, BC, (Laura Moodie)
1997       The eye of the beholder, Gallery Sansair, Vancouver, BC
1995       Cooped, Gallery Sansair, Vancouver, BC
1994       Tea Party, Fine Arts Building, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
 

TWO - PERSON SHOWS
2007       Resonance with Miles Lowry, Amelia Douglas Gallery, New Westminster, BC
1996       Proforma with Folke Kobberling, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, BC
 


SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2010      Celebrate the Art of Canada, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver
2008      Group Show, Chapel Arts, Vancouver
2007      Eileen Fong Gallery, Vancouver
2007      Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver
2006      Simon Fraser University, Vancouver
2006      Performance Work, Vancouver, BC
2006      Arts Umbrella, Vancouver, BC
2005      Grad Show, Emily Carr Institute, Vancouver, BC
2004      Threshold, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, BC (Rina Liddle and Sue Webster)
2003      The Figurative Show, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2002      Mezzanine Gallery, Queen Elizabeth Theater, Vancouver, BC
1998      grunt gallery, Vancouver, BC
1997      grunt gallery, Vancouver, BC
1996      Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1995      Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1988      Marczibányi-téri kör, Budapest, Hungary
 

VIDEOS, SCREENINGS, FESTIVALS
1998      Frenesia Tipica (with SFU composer in residence David Monacchi), Vancouver Community
          Art Council, BC
1998      Minz & Maunz, (sound by Italian composer, Giorgio Magnanensi)
1998      Imposed Hallucination, (sound by Canadian composer Phil 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, Grunt Gallery, Vancouver;
                            British group Locus+, Wells, UK
1997     CRT-Doodles, (sound by Phil Giborski), Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1997     Video demo, Stylus multimedia group ( Zev Asher, Alex MacKenzie, Phil Giborski ), Vancouver
         Film School, Vancouver, BC
1995     Proforma, Video broadcast, Production Parade Rogers Cable Network;
                            ECIAD Media Show '95, Vancouver, BC
1995     Roughage, 10th Improvised Music Festival, Seattle, Washington
 


RESIDENCY
1997     Vancouver Film School, Vancouver, BC
 


PUBLICATIONS
2009    Campbell River Mirror, The boundary between body and environment
2008    ESCENE, Emily Carr University's Alumni Magazine
2007    NZ House & Garden, Home is Where the Art is, Auckland, New Zealand
2008    Globe and Mail, After a rough start,... by Darryl Greer, Vancouver, BC
1998    Performance Research, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, An Indian Act Shooting the Indian Act, Wales, UK
1995    Proforma, video archive of the ECI Library, Vancouver, BC
1995    Proforma, GHK, (Art Academy of Kassel) Kassel, Germany
 
PRIVATE COLLECTORS
Barbara Justason Rudd - Vancouver, BC
Tim Agg & Stuart Alcock - Vancouver, BC
Kara Gourley - Toronto, ON
Michael Macdonald - Vancouver, BC
Gordon Giborski - Steveston, BC






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