Béla
Bácsi
Winner of Gold
Medal for Sculpture
California Art Club
100th Anniversary Gold Medal Exhibition 2011
Béla
Bácsi's extraordinary marble and bronze sculpture is exhibited
coast to coast and is held in significant collections throughout
the country.
Bácsi
is a Professional Sculptor member of the National Sculpture Society,
New York City (est. 1893).
Béla
Bácsi was born in Gyor, Hungary. At age six, he and his
family moved to the United States. Continuing the family’s
long tradition as stone carvers, Bácsi took an interest
in carving at an early age. Essentially self-taught, in 1978,
Bácsi gained employment at the Studio Ferdinando Palla
in Pietrasanta, Italy, where he became an “ornamentista”
or fine detail carver.
Returning
to the U.S. and settling in Cleveland, Ohio, he then worked as
an architectural ornamental master designer at Fischer and Jirouch
Architectural Ornamentation and as a bronze foundryman at the
nationally acclaimed Studio Foundry. Eventually, Bácsi
opened his own sculpture studio and now lives and works in Santa
Barbara, California.
In
1999, Bácsi was awarded both the Gold Medal and Maurice
B. Hexter Prize at the National Sculpture Society Members’
Exhibition in New York City.
In 2001, fellow exhibitors at the CAC 91st annual members' exhibition
awarded him the Gold Medal for the Carrara marble masterwork
"Driver of the Wheel".
He won the California Art Club Gold Medal for best Sculpture
again at the
96th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition in 2007.
Bela recently won the 2011 California Art Club Gold Medal for
Sculpture.
This is his third win of this prestigious award.
Bácsi
holds a California Community Colleges teaching certificate for
adult education programs and has taught at Santa Barbara City
College and
offers private classes. In addition, he serves as an adviser
to the Santa Barbara Museum of Art Docents’ Council.
Béla
Bácsi is a Professional Sculptor Member of the National
Sculpture Society and a Signature Artist Member of the California
Art Club.
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