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Kosso Eloul (; 1920–1995, born in Russia) was an Israelis sculptor. His work displays a combination between the influence of "Canaanism" art and the Abstract art of the Ofakim Hadashim movement. He won the Dizengoff Prize for Sculpture in 1951.
During World War II he volunteered for the United States Navy, in which he served for two years. Returning to Palestine in February 1946, he settled in Shfeya. During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War he lived in the kibbutz of Ein Harod and served as a medic in battles taking place near Mount Gilboa. In Ein Harod he worked for five years as an art teacher. Afterwards he moved to Ramat Gan and continued teaching there until 1955. Among his students were Pinhas Ashat,"אמנים צעירים". Davar. 05\06\1959 Matanya Abramson,Modzelovich, Efraim (06/09/1959). "תערוכות". Davar. and Raffi Lavie. He joined the New Horizons art group in 1948. In 1951 he won the Dizengoff Prize for Sculpture for his sculpture "Prisoner". Beginning in the 1950s he took an active roles in Symposia in Israel, and from 1960 in international symposia for sculptors, including in BerlinAshad, Haggai (08/11/1963). "זעקה בברלין, תסיסה בלונדון". Davar.(1963) and Montreal(1964), while displaying his work in European cities such as Rome and Berlin. Towards the end of 1962 he organized an international sculpture symposium which took place in Mitzpe Ramon. This event indicated the growing interest of sculptors in the Israeli landscape, especially desert and barren landscapes.
In 1964 (according to another source – 1969) Eloul immigrated to Toronto, Canada, where he lived until his death in 1995. During his residence there he erected more than 40 sculptures around the city.
Invited as a participant to the first sculpture symposium in the United States in 1965, he contributed the monolith sculpture "Hard Fact".
Eloul died from a heart attack in Toronto in November 1995, at age 75. Obituary NY Times He left behind two sons and a daughter.
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