biographie de Kosso ELOUL (1920-1995)

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Sculptor

Studied: AIC, 1939-43; sculptor symposiums, Austria, 1960, Jugoslavia, 1961, Italy & Israel, 1962, Berlin, 1963, Montreal, 1964 & Long Beach, CA, 1965.

Exhibited: 29th Venice Biennial, 1959; Middlheim Park Int., Antwerpen, 1959; Fifth Festival Spoleto, Italy, 1962; Carnegie Int., 1964 & 1967; Calif. Artists in U.S. Mus., Lytton AC, Los Angeles, 1967; O. K. Harris Gallery, NYC & Dunkelman Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, 1970s.

Member: L'Accademia Tiberina, Rome, Italy.

Work: Shalom 7 (painted steel), Rose Mus., Brandeis Univ.; Art Gallery Ontario, Toronto; MusÈe d'Art Contemp., Montreal; Mus. Tel-Aviv, Israel; Bezalel Mus., Jerusalem, Israel. Commissions: Hardfact (concrete & stainless steel), Calif. State Univ., Long Beach, 1965; Silent Thunder (painted steel), J. Patrick Lannan Foundation, Palm Beach, FL, 1967; Morning Night (gunite fountain), Beverly Woods, Los Angeles, 1968; Double You (stainless steel), Greenwin Housing Project, Davisville, Toronto, 1969; Now (environmental sculpture), Fanshawe College, London, Ontario, 1971.

Comments: Preferred media: stainless steel, concrete. Teaching: artist-at-residence sculpture, Calif. State Univ., Long Beach, 1965-66; artist-at-residence form & space, Univ. Toronto School Arch., 1969-70.

Sources: WW73; T. H. Heinrich, The Razor's Edge, Vol. 156/157 & Gilles Hemault, Kosso Eloul," Arts Canada; Fernande St. Martin, "Lettre de Montreal," Art Int. (Nov., 1964); Curt Oplinger, article, Artforum (Jan., 1966)."