Gyuri Hollosy

Gyuri Hollosy started his sculpture career at a very young age with a very classical, figurative beginning, and although his materials and visual concepts have changed a great deal over the years, the figure remains my constant source of inspiration. In the late 1970s he left behind the traditional figure as a solid unified whole and developed a new language of expression through bodies that were necessarily fragmented and partial. Influenced by Medieval and Eastern armor, he created works using this technical style to investigate the theoretical figure through the hollowness of the form and the linear edges of the flattened sections. By fabricating sections of materials, metal, wax or sawdust bonded with resin, he assembles these shapes and piece together each figure through a skin made up of multiple parts. The body is figured through a boundary that is porous, mingling interior and exterior and the seams between each element reveal a sense of strength and a sense of fragility. By exposing the process of construction on the surface, he imbues each figure with movement. In the summers of 1963-66, he apprenticed with sculptor Frank Varga in Detroit, Michigan and then entered the Cleveland Institute of Art, where he studied from 1965-68. In his fourth year, he left to study under sculptor David Hostetler at Ohio University, to receive his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in sculpture and ceramics in 1969. That summer he interned at the Meierjohan-Wengler Foundry studying bronze casting techniques and returned to Ohio University in the fall to continue his graduate studies in painting. 1970 he was drafted into the military. After five and half years of service in the U. S. Coast Guard, he resumed his graduate studies under sculptor Jules Struppeck, earning a Masters of Fine Arts degree in sculpture and drawing from Tulane University in 1977. He assumed teaching positions at Tulane University, New Orleans, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri and Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas. In 1988, he moved to Mercerville, New Jersey, as a technical instructor at the Johnson Atelier, Technical Institute of Sculpture and later to assume the position as assistant academic director and gallery director in their apprenticeship program. After 25 years of academic service at the end of 2003 he left the Johnson Atelier to continue his career as an artist.

He now devotes all his time in producing his art (sculpture and painting) in his studio at the Grounds For Sculpture. During these years he has been awarded four major commissions; “Our Heritage” in the Heritage Building in Metairie, Louisiana from 1982-83, “Aspirations For Liberty” on Liberty Square in Boston, Massachusetts from 1986-89, “The Family” on Municipal Complex Center in Peoria, Arizona from 1990-92, the “Hungarian War Memorial” at Sunset Memorial Park, in North Olmstead, Ohio from 1986-2004. He was also awarded six minor commissions; Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty Memorial on Mindszenty Plaza in Cleveland, Ohio from 1975-77, Martin Luther King Memorial in the Martin Luther King Municipal Complex in Lafayette, Louisiana in 1979, “The Simple Monk” His Holiness the Dahlia Lama on the grounds of Peace Weavers Meditation Center, Bath, New York in 2002, “Rev. T. Dömötör” in the memorial courtyard at Loranttfy Care Center in Akron, Ohio in 2003, “Mary from Csoksijon,” in St. Ladislaus Church in New Brunswick, NJ in 2006 and the 56’ Hungarian Commemorative Memorial on Plum and Summerset in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 2006. For his personal work he have been a recipient for several grants and awards; most particularly a grant from the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation in 2003, Redondo Beach, California, a grant from Helen and George Segal Foundation, North Brunswick, New Jersey in 2003; First Place, Sculpture 2010, at the Bucks County Fine Arts Gallery, New Hope, PA; the Shaun M. Miller Award in Sculpture, Phillips Mill Community Association, New Hope, PA in 2009; the Herk van Tongeron Sculpture Award in 1999 from the Atlantic Foundation, Mercerville, New Jersey, Trenton Artist Workshop Award, Trenton City Museum, Trenton, New Jersey in 1999. He has participated in many group exhibitions and has had twenty solo exhibits since 1977. His last solo exhibition “Point of Reference” was held at the Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Museum in Cleveland, Ohio from June 18 – October 22, 2010.

Education
M.F.A. Tulane University, New Orleans, LA - Sculpture and Drawing, May 1977
Intern Meirjohn & Wengler Foundry, Cincinnati, OH - summer 1969
B.F.A., Ohio University, Athens, OH - Ceramics and Drawing, May 1969
Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH - Sculpture and Painting 1965 - 1968
Apprentice Frank Varga, sculptor, Detroit, MI - 4 summers 1963 - 1966

Professional Experience
2017: International Research Artist, China National Academy of Painting, Beijing, China
2004-present: Independent Artist, Artist In Residence, Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
1995-2003: Assistant Academic Director & Gallery Director, Johnson Atelier, Technical Institute of Sculpture, Mercerville, NJ
1994 (9 mo.): Interim Patina Dept. Head, Johnson Atelier, Mercerville, NJ
1988-1994: Technical Instructor, (Metal Finishing/Structures and Sand Foundry) Johnson Atelier, Mercerville, NJ
1985-1988: Associate Professor of Art, Bethany College, Lindsborg, KS
1982-1985: Assistant Professor of Art, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
1980-1982: Interim Dept Head, Tulane University, New Orleans,LA
1977-1978: Instructor, Sabbatical Replacement, Newcomb College, New Orleans, LA

2017: Voices In An Artist's Head by E. Gyuri Hollosy, Xlibirs publication
2006: Monuments of a Revolution by Beverly James
2018: China May - China and American Artist Exhibition by China National Academy of Painting.

Philadelphia Sculptors, Philadelphia, PA
Hungarian Sculpture Society, Budapest, HU
American Artist League, West Windsor, NJ
International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, NJ

May 2014 “Isaac Witkin waist bust” Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
October 2006 “56 Commemorative Memorial” New Brunswick, NJ
July 2005 “Rev. Tibor Domotorffy waist bust, Lorantfy Care Center, Akron, OH
October 2005 “St. Steven and Prince Arpad”, Sunset Memorial Park, North Olmsted, OH
June 2001 “Angel of Peace & Angel of Forgiveness” Sunset Memorial Park, North Olmsted, OH
August 2000 “The Simple Monk” 48” x 28” x 30”; bronze & cast iron Peace Weavers Center, Bath, New York
January 1992. "The Family" 18' x 18 1/2' x 6' bronze; 248.6 x 563.8 x 182,8 cm Municipal Complex Center, City of Peoria, Arizona
May 1989. "Aspiration for Liberty" '56 Hungarian Memorial 19" x 7 1/2' x 6 1/2' bronze; 568.9 x 243.8 x 213.3 cm, Liberty Square Park, Boston, Massachusetts
May 1986 “Hungarian National Memorial” Sunset Memorial Park, North Olmsted, OH
April 1983. "Our Heritage" 9' x 16' bronze relief; 292.l x 487.6 cm Heritage Plaza, New Orleans, Louisiana June
1979. Dr. Martin Luther King Memorial 6' x 2'x 2' bronze; 213.3 cm Martin Luther King Municipal Center, Lafayette, LA
June 1977. Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty Memorial, 11' x 3' x 2' bronze; 304.8 cm Mindszenty Plaza, Cleveland, OH

Private Commissions
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA Hungarian Memorial Museum, Budapest; Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ; Hungary Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, Lindsborg, KS; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA; St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ

Hamlin Collier & Co., Boston, MA Stewart Enterprises, Inc, New Orleans, LA Simpson College, Indianola, IA` University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT Mr. & Mrs. Lou Frierson, New Orleans, LA Mr. Gerold Stockman, Trenton, NJ Mr. & Mrs. Gerold Andrus, New Orleans, LA China National Academy Museum, Beijing, China White Graphics, London, England Xinjiang Karamay Museum of Art, Karamay, China