El Kazovsky (July 13, 1948 – July 21, 2008) was a Russian-born
Hungarian painter
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, performer, poet and costume designer who was one of the leading Hungarian painters of his time.
Personal life
El Kazovsky was born under the name of Elena Kazovskaya in
Leningrad
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Russia
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Irina Putolova, an art historian, and Yefim Kazovsky, a physicist. He moved to Hungary in 1965, at the age of 15, and graduated in 1977 with a degree in painting from the
Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts
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. El Kazovsky's masters were György Kádár and Ignác Kokas.
El Kazovsky was open about being a transgender man; he was born as a biological female and self-defining as an
androphile man.
Art
His art cannot be broken down into periods; all of his expressive paintings reveal the same mythological world that he created. Several recurring figures appear in many of his paintings, such as the long nosed dog or the ballet dancer figure. Besides paintings, his work includes stage designs, performances and installations.
Awards
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Kossuth Award (2002)
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Mihaly Munkacsy Award (1989)
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Gyula Derkovits Scholarship (1980)
Exhibitions
Solo shows:
* El Kazovsky: Encoreâ
Várfok Gallery Budapest, 2016
* The State Russian Museum—Marble Palace, St. Petersburg, 2005
Group shows:
* Mis-en Abyme (Kép a képben)â
Várfok Gallery Budapest, 2008
* Hungarian Art. Danubiana—Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, 2007
* —Contemporary Hungarian Artists Respond. Museum of Fine Arts - Budapest, Budapest, 2006
* Common Space—Ernst Museum Budapest, Budapest, 2006
* In Black and White—Graphic Art exhibition. Műcsarnok /
Kunsthalle Budapest
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, 2001
* Millennial serie of exhibitions in the Mucsarnok—Mucsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest, 2000
Public collections
* Hungarian National Gallery (Magyar Nemzeti Galéria), Budapest,
Hungary
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* Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest,
Hungary
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* Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros,
Hungary
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* Muzeum Sztuki w Lodz, Lodz,
Poland
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Books, monographies
* Forgacs, Eva: ''El Kazovszkij'' (monograph, 1996)
* Uhl, Gabriella: ''El Kazovszkij kegyetlen testszÃnháza'' (album, 2008)
References
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1950 births
2008 deaths
Hungarian LGBTQ painters
Russian LGBTQ painters
Transgender painters
Transgender male artists
Russian transgender men
Hungarian transgender men
Hungarian University of Fine Arts alumni
20th-century Hungarian painters
20th-century Russian LGBTQ people
20th-century Hungarian LGBTQ people
21st-century Russian LGBTQ people
21st-century Hungarian LGBTQ people