EDIT KAPROS-KÓSA

Biography

Kapros Kósa Edittextile artist

• Born on 14 September, 1950 in Kispetri, Transylvania, Rumania
• 1975 Graduated at the Ion Andreescu Academy of Fine Arts and Applied Arts, Cluj, Faculty of Carpet and Tapestry
• Since1987 has been liveing and working in Hungary

Memberships

• 1989 Artisrs’ Guilt, Veszprém,
• 1991 Member of the Association of Hungarian Fine and Applied Artists,
• 1993 Member of the Cultural Foundation for Textile Art,
• 1996 Founding member of the Association of Hungarian Tapestry Artists

Prizes, Scholarships

1975–1976 Scholarship at Academy of Fine and Applied Arts, Cluj, Rumania
1988 1st Prize of Veszprém County at Autumn Exhibition
1996 Main Prize of the 14th Biennial of Tapestry and Spatial Textile (common work, Tapestry without Borders), Szombathely
1998 Award for Excellence of National Exhibition of Fine and Applied Art

Solo Exhibitions

• 1987 Art Gallery, Zirc
• 1989 Lake Shore Gallery, Tapolca
• 1989 House of Trade Unions, Veszprém
• 1995 Wunsiedel, Germany
• 1999 Kis Gallery, Veszprém
• 2000 Bakonyszentlászló
• 2000 Veszprém TV Aula, Veszprém
• 2001 Institute of Pedagogy, Veszprém
• 2001 Gallery of Art, Zirc
• 2008 Laczkó Dezső Museum, Veszprém
• 2009 Opera Gallery, Budapest

Selected Foreign Exhibitions

• Cluj, Sibiu, Bucharest, Romania
• Epau, France,
• Palma de Mallorca, Spain
• Wunsiedel, Landrasant, Germany