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Curriculum Vitae
#techboyz 8, 2022, oil on canvas, 72 x 84 inches
BRIGITTA KOCSIS CURRICULUM VITAE
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EDUCATION
2005 BFA, Visual Arts, Emily Carr University of Art & Design, Vancouver, BC 1997 Multimedia Program, The Western Front, Vancouver, BC 1993-94 Visual Arts Program, Studio Arts, Concordia University, Montreal, QC SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Contingent Bodies, Outremont Art Gallery, curated by Laurent Bouchard, Mtl., QC. 2017 Contingent Bodies, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, AB Contingent Bodies, Grunt Gallery, curated by Glenn Alteen, Vancouver, BC 2016 Universal Gravitation, Burnaby Art Gallery’s off-site exhibition, curated by Jennifer Cane, Burnaby, BC 2015 Magnetic Fields, Okotoks Art Gallery, Calgary, AB Magnetic Fields, Yrjö Liipolan Museum, Koski, Finland Magnetic Fields, Balassi Institute, curated by Yukka Haverinen, Helsinki, Finland Magnetic Fields, Szeged University of Hungary, Szeged, Hungary 2014 Magnetic Fields, Harcourt House, Edmonton, AB 2012 Secret Mechanisms, Gallery Gachet, Vancouver, BC Hide()us, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver, BC 2011 Secret Mechanisms, Vernon Public Art Gallery, curated by Lubos Culen, BC 2011 Hide()us, Mac11 Geneva Art Biennale, AaD Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland. Hide()us, Nuit des Bains, AaD Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland Secret Mechanisms, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver, BC 2009 Secret Mechanisms, Campbell River 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, Gallery Sansair, Vancouver, BC 1995 Cooped, 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, with Folke Kobberling, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, BC
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 La maison de la culture Marie-Uguay, Montreal, QC 2018 Brooklyn Contemporary Art Fair, Presented by Saatchi Art, Brooklyn, NY, USA 2017 The Salt Spring National Art Prize Finalists Exhibition, Salt Spring Island, BC 2016 Gallery Gachet, Vancouver, BC 2014 Art Exhibit at Science World, ECUAD in collaboration with TRIUMF, curated by Ingrid Koenig Canada’s National Laboratory for Nuclear and Particle Physics, Vancouver, BC 2013 AMS Art Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Interurban Gallery, Vancouver, BC 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 British Columbia Psychological Association Awards, SFU, Vancouver, BC 2004 Threshold, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, BC 2003 The Figurative Show, Concourse Gallery, ECI, Vancouver, BC 1999 Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, BC 1996 Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, BC 1995 Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC
AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
2021 Creation Grant - Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) 2020 Helen Frankenthaler Fellowship - Vermont Studio Center 2017 The Salt Spring National Art Prize Finalist 2017 Project Assistance Grant - BC Arts Council 2015 Travel Grant - The Canada Council for the Arts 2014 Travel Grant - BC Arts Council 2011 Travel Grant - The Canada Council for the Arts 2011 Research & Creation Grant - The Canada Council for the Arts 1998 Residency - Vancouver Film School, Vancouver, BC 1995 Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design Student Awards SELECTED PRESENTATIONS/WORKSHOPS
2020 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont 2019 Outremont Art Gallery, 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, Vancouver, BC 2011 Fine Arts Academy, Geneva, Switzerland 2006 Maple Ridge Public Art Gallery, Maple Ridge, BC
VIDEOS/SCREENINGS/FESTIVALS
1998 Frenesia Tipica (video), Vancouver Community Art Council collaboration with David Monacchi & Giorgio Magnanensi), Vancouver, BC 1998 Minz & Maunz (video), collaboration with Giorgio Magnanensi. 1998 Imposed Hallucination (video), collaboration with Philip Giborski, SYNC II Film Video Festival, Toronto, ON Vancouver Community Art Council, BC Vancouver Film School, BC 1998 An Indian Act Shooting the Indian Act, Grunt Gallery & British Locus+, Wells, UK 1997 CRT Doodles (video), sound by Phil Giborski, OR Gallery, Vancouver, BC 1997 Stylus (Zev Asher, Alex MacKenzie, Phil Giborski), Vancouver Film School, BC 1995 Proforma, Video broadcast, Production Parade, Rogers Cable and at the ECIAD Media Show’95, Vancouver, BC 1995 Roughage (live video), 10th Improvised Music Festival, Seattle, Washington, USA PUBLICATIONS
Willow Little. Contingent Bodies: Metamorphosis in the Moment. Westmount Magazine, Andrew Burlone, Dec. 2018, www.westmountmag.ca/category/art-culture/art-galleries/.
Journal de Outremont. YouTube, YouTube, 22 Jan. 2019, www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOXCGmujDto.
Robert-Bourassa, Bibliotheque. YouTube, YouTube, 11 Jan. 2019, www.youtube.com/watch?v=twp72W3G6T8.
Gomez, Laura. Interview with Brigitta Kocsis. Rev. of artist Brigitta Kocsis, Klassik Magazine International Mag. n.d. Web. 6 Sept. 2018.
Brigitta Kocsis: Contingent Bodies, catalogue, Spring 2017, essays by: Clint Burnham, 6 x 9 in, 32 pages, Grunt Gallery, ISBN: 978-1988708-01-0. 2017
SSNAP Finalist, 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 Scene, 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.
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, Dec 4, 2011, 4. Print.
The Boundary between Body and Environment. 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.
Proforma 1995 archive of the Emily Carr Institute Library, Vancouver, Canada. Video.
Proforma 1995 GHK (Art Academy of Kassel), Kassel, Germany. Video.
VERNON PUBLIC ART GALLERY VERNON, BRITISH COLUMBIA CANADA www.vernonpublicartgallery.com
