Brigitta Kocsis

Individual

Roles

Artist, Technician, Videographer

Roles at grunt

Communications Director (1996 – 1998), Intern (1996)

Biography

Brigitta Kocsis is a Hungarian-born Canadian visual artist, 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, Hungary 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 nationally and 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. After graduating from the Western Front Multimedia Program in 1996, Kocsis worked at grunt gallery as the Communications Director from 1996 to 1998. She helped establish the gallery's early digital presence including its first website, project websites, CD-ROM publications, digital archiving, and video editing work. 
 
Brigitta Kocsis, 2024

Website

http://www.b--k.ca/

Collection

grunt gallery Programming Archive (Artist)

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Contingent Bodies (Artist)

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