Marta Jakobovits

Born 1944 in Satu Mare county, Romania

Doctor of Liberal Arts (DLA), University of Budapest 

Member of the Hungarian Academy of the Arts

Ceramics at the Academy of Fine Arts Cluj

Technical School of Architecture in Cluj

Lives and works in Oradea, Romania 

Fine Art Museum, Budapest
Art Collection of the Hungarian Academy of Art, Budapest
Collection of the International Ceramic Studio, Kecskemét 
Rákóczi Museum, Sárospatak
Katona József Museum, Kecskemét 

Contemporary Art Collection of the Romanian Academy in Rome 

Continental Art Centre, Rotterdam

National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC), Bucharest
Transylvanian Art Centre, Sf. Gheorghe
Museum of the Cris County, Oradea
Art Museum, Cluj-Napoca
Art Museum, Covasna
IRIS Porcelain Museum, Cluj
Collection of the Cultural Centre, Szárhegy Arts Museum, Baia-Mare
Contemporary Art Collection of the Peter Jecza Foundation, Timişoara
Stefan Jager Museum, Jimbolia
Art Collection Cucuteni
Art Museum, Baia Mare
Haáz Rezső Museum, Odorheiu Secuiesc

Contemporary Hungarian Art Gallery, Dunaszerdahely 

Life Achievement Award, Romania 

Hungarian Knight’s Cross of Merit, accorded by the President of the Republic of Hungary

Ferenczy Noémi Award from the Ministry of the Cultural Heritage and Human Resources, Hungary

Diploma of Excellence of the Romanian Cultural Ministry

The Fire Arts Award of The Romanian Artists’ Union

The Ceramic Award from the Artists’ Alliance, Romania

The Award of Excellence of the Townhall Oradea, Romania
The Award of the Hungarian Culture
Honor Prize, Mino, Japan

Körösi Csoma Sándor-Award, Hungary

Research-Scholarship of the Hungarian Cultural Ministry

The Prize of the Plastic Artists Union

Szolnay Sándor-Award, Romania

Research-Scholarship of the Soros Foundation for an Open Society
Honorable Mention – MINO ’89, Japan

Metaterra, Muzeul Țării Crișurilor Oradea, Romania

SmArt Stories, Cris County Museum Oradea, Romania
The Blue Segment, Blue Biennale, Museum of Brasov, Romania 

Look and See, Elizabeth Xi Bauer Gallery, London

Part of the Road Travelled – MNAC/ National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest
Jakobovits Márta – Art Center Sepsiszentgyörgy, St. George, Romania 

Ways of Ceramics, Forms Emergence – program of the CIBC, Gallery of the Matthias Corvinus House, Art and Design University Cluj
Metaterra, Hungarian Cultural Institute, Bucharest 

Pilgrimage/Pellegrinaggio, Romanian Academy in Rome, Italy
Coordinates, Erlin Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Metamorphoses Mimesis, Cultural Centre Mogosoaia, Bucharest, Romania  

Recollection 70, Gallery of the Town, Salonta, Romania 

Fúzió Gallery with painter Miklós Jakobovits, Budapest, Hungary
Erlin Gallery with painter Miklós Jakobovits, Budapest, Hungary

Empire Gallery, Oradea, Romania

Duo with painter Miklós Jakobovits, Posticum. Visual Contact, Oradea, Romania

Time and Space with Miklós Jakobovits, Gallery Nyiregyháza, Hungary  

Metaterra, Calina Gallery, Timisoara, Romania 

Metaterra, Arts Museum, Cluj-Napoca, Romania 

Triangle with Aurel Roşu and Aurel Dumitru, Artis Gallery, Bucharest, Romania and Gallery of the Visual Arts, Oradea, Romania

Metaterra, Museum of the Criş County, Oradea, Romania

Metamorhoses Mimesis, Rákoczy Museum, Sárospatak, Hungary
Reflections in the White Space, with Miklós Jakobovits, Tower of the Reformed Chuch, Salonta, Romania

Improvisations, Press Club, Oradea, Romania
Raku, Dorottya Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

Artsi with Reija Remes, Siilingjarvi, Finland

Optik Groschupf Gallery, Maisach, Germany

Volksbank, San-Wendel, Germany
Malecke Gallery, San Wendel, Germany

Westrenen Gallery with János Bittenbinder, Ms’t Goy, Netherlands 

Arts Museum with Miklós Jakobovits, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Cris County Museum with Miklós Jakobovits, Oradea, Romania  

Arts Museum with Miklós Jakobovits, Sft. Gheorghe, Romania

Art Gallery, Oradea, Romania

Museum János Arany, Salonta, Romania

Cupid, Elizabeth Xi Bauer, London
Chaos and Disorder, Gallery Reperaj Oradea, Romania 

Rolling with the Homies, Elizabeth Xi Bauer Gallery, London
Picking flowers and objects for meditation, Palace of the Catholic Bishop, Oradea
Voices in Ceramics, Budapest Museum of Applied Arts with Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan
Salva-Ukrania, National Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest
Relay, Hungarian Academy of Arts, Budapest
ROOTS, International Ceramic Symposium and exhibition at the International Ceramic Studio Kecskemet, Hungry
Visual Intersections, symposium, residency and exhibition, at the Cultural Centre Hărman, Romania
International Symposium of Ceramics, Ethnographic Museum, Budapest
Objects of Meditation, Hungarian Art Academy, Budapest
THE HAPPY DARO, International Ceramics Festival, Lugoj, Romania 

The Immortal, Elizabeth Xi Bauer Gallery, London
Rock, Paper, Scissors, Elizabeth Xi Bauer Gallery, London
Art-Effect, National Biennial of Applied Arts, Cris County Museum, Oradea, Romania
Aus-Terra, National Biennial of Ceramics, Art Museum, Cluj-Napoca
Artist`s Studio, Jecza Foundation`s exhibition, Oradea
Presentations and workshop in Denmark
National Salon of Decorative Arts and Design, Kunsthalle, Budapest
Black Swan, Reperaj Gallery, Oradea, Romania 

90+1 BMC Anniversairy Exhibition of the Barabás Miklós Guild, Art Museum, Miercurea-Ciuc.

Biennial of Christian Ikonografy, Katona József Museum, Kecskemet, Hungary
Incandescent Methaphors, Biennial of Glas, Ceramic and Metal, Art Museum, Cluj-Napoca
Form-Art, Exhibition of Contemporary Decorative Arts, Reperaj Gallery, Oradea 

1947-2007, Looking History,/Văzând istoria/ MNAC, National Museum of Contemporary Art Romania, Bucharest
Biennial of Decorative Arts, Cultural Centre Brancovenesti Palace, Mogoșoaia
CCB – Cluj Ceramic Biennial, Art Museum Cluj-Napoca
National Salon of Decorative Art, Cotroceni Palace, Bucharest
National Salon of Decorative Art, Fortress Museum, Oradea
Pas de Deux, – Reperaj Gallery Oradea, Romania
Human, Simposium and exhibition, Cucuteni, Romania
Transmission, Exhibition of Hungarian Academy of Art, Sft Gheorghe, Romania
Return of a Generation/Restituirea unei generatii/ Art Museum, Timisoara
Pulzus, International Art Camp and Exhibition, Odorheiu Secuiesc
Bouche a Bouch, City Museum and Gallery Reperaj, Oradea, Romania
Art and experiment, City Museum and Gallery Reperaj, Oradea, Romania
Genesis, City Museum and Gallery Reperaj, Oradea, Romania
Re-Revolution, City Museum and Gallery Reperaj, Oradea, Romania
Beyond Form /Dincolo de forma/, City Museum and Gallery Reperaj, Oradea, Romania 

Book-object/Carte-object, International Biennial, National Museum of Literature, Bucharest
Attractions/ Vonzások, -Atyha, Gallery Kakasülő, Romania
MICAS – Maramures International Ceramic Art Symposium, Baia-Mare, Romania
Balvanyos-Resort, Art Camp and Exhibition, Balvanyos, Romania
Christian Artists Europe, Workshop, Exhibition, SBI Doorn, The Netherlands
Selection from the collection of EMUK/ Transylvanian Art Centre, Sf. Gheorghe, Romania
Rah Art Residency in Iran. Lectures, Artists talks, Workshop in Teheran, Ispahan, Nazarabad
Clay Voice Romania, NCECA, National Council on Education for Ceramic Art, Pittsburg, USA
Jimbolia, Art Camp and Exhibition, Jimbolia, Romania 

National Salon of Design and Applied Art, Kunsthalle, Budapest
Keramikum-Hungarikum, Galateea Gallery, Bucharest
CIBC, International Ceramic Biennial Cluj, Art Museum Cluj
Sign/Semnul – Simposium, Exhibition at the Stefan Jager Museum, Jimbolia
BMC Salon. Barabas Miklos Guild exhibition, Art Museum, Cluj
CA – Christian Artists Europe, Workshop, Exhibition, Siegburg, Germany
Incandescent Methaphors, Arcade Gallery, Bistrita, Romania
PaperClips, MODEM / Cultural Center for Modern and Contemporary Art, Debrecen, Hungary 

Coated in Pre-existence, Elizabeth Xi Bauer at the Cob Gallery, London
Nature Art – Variations, International exhibition at Kunsthalle Budapest, Hungary
Glowing Metaphors, Biennial of Ceramics, Glass and Metal, Cluj-Napoca Art Museum, Romania
Bridges and Signs, Gallery of Visual Arts, Oradea, Romania
Nature – Metaphor and Reality, Gallery of Visual Arts, Oradea, Romania
Autumn Salon of Bihor County, Cris County Museum, Oradea, Romania
Wings, International Exhibition of Visual Arts, Covasna, Romania
The Bread, Jimbolia Art Gallery, Timisoara, Romania 

Romanian Ceramists Exhibition, Casa Matei Gallery, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
International Ceramics Biennale, Museum of Art, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Fate and Symbol, National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

Orbis Pictus, Kosice, Czech Republic

International Ceramics Biennale, Museum of Art, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Galateea Today, Galateea Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
The Shadows of the White, Galateea Gallery, Bucharest, Romania

Exhibition of the Hungarian Academy of Art. 56/56, Duna-Palace, Budapest, Hungary
Fiat Lux, Erlin Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Christian Artists Europe, Bad Honnef, Germany
Noémi Ferenczy Award Winning Artists, MKISZ Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Mica Cera-Mica, Galateea Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
The Letter, Galateea Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
Ceramics Now, Galateea Gallery, Bucharest, Romania

National Salon of Decorative Arts, Cotroceni Palace, Bucharest, Romania
Fiat Lux, Erlin Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Ceramic Rendez-Vous, Galateea Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
The Municipal Art Salon, Museum of the Criş County, Oradea, Romania
Artists from Oradea of the second half of the twentieth century, Museum of the Criş County, Oradea, Romania  

European Ceramic Context, Bornholm, Denmark
Romanian Contemporary Ceramics, Romanian Cultural Centre, Paris, France
Timeless Introspection, Konstant Gallery, Oradea, Romania 
The Municipal Art Salon, Museum of the Criş County, Oradea, Romania 

Contemporary Romanian Ceramics, Mogoşoaia Palace, Bucharest, Romania
Crescendo, Au-dela de la music, Temple de Marais, Paris, France
National Salon of Decorative Arts, Cotroceni Palace, Bucharest, Romania
Christian Artists Europe, Doorn, Netherlands
Cerart, Salon of the Fire Arts, Palace of Culture, Tg. Mureş, Romania
80 Years of the Miklós Barabás Guild, Arts Museum, Sft. Gheorghe, Romania
Exhibition of the Pallas Academy Publishing House, Tg. Mureş, Romania
100th exhibition of the Partium Cultural Guild, Oradea, Romania

The Municipal Art Salon, Museum of the Criş County, Oradea, Romania
Liliput Ceramics, World Exhibition of Small and Miniature Ceramics, Zagreb, Croatia

Award-Winning Artists of the Romanian Artists’ Union for 2006, Apollo Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
Teachers of the European Academy of Arts and Culture, Doorn, Netherlands
Lilliput Ceramics, World Exhibition of Small and Miniature Ceramics, Cakovec, Slovenia

Exhibition of the Members of the Hungarian Academy of Arts and of the Széchenyi Academy, Budapest, Hungary
Contemporary Art Salon, Museum of the Criş County, Oradea, Romania
Teachers of the European Academy of Arts and Culture, Doorn, Netherlands

National Triennial of Paper Art, Vaszary Museum, Kaposvár, Hungary
Artists from Oradea, Debrecen, Hungary
Exhibition of the Members of the Hungarian Academy of Arts and of the Széchenyi Academy, Visual Arts Gallery, Pécs, Hungary  

Interaction III, International Ceramic Studio, Kecskemét, Hungary  

Interaction III, International Ceramic Studio, Kecskemét, Hungary
Contemporary Artists from Oradea, Day of Hungarian Culture Museum of the Criş County, Oradea, Romania

National Triennial of Paper Art, Vaszary Museum, Kaposvár, Hungary
Hungarian Art in Romania, 1965-1975, Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Interaction I, International Ceramic Studio, Kecskemét, Hungary
Exhibition of the Miklós Barabás Guild, Cluj, Romania

Gallery of the Hungarian Contemporary Arts, Dunaszerdahely, Slovakia
International Paper Art Exhibition, Csurgó, Hungary
The Four Elements, International Paper Art Exhibition, Kaposvár, Hungary 

Exhibition of the International Ceramic Studio, Kecskemét, Hungary 

National Exhibition of Paper Art, Vaszary Museum, Kaposvár, Hungary
Christian Artists Europe, Doorn, Netherlands
Decorative Arts in Romania, Venice, Italy
The Wall, International Exhibition of Small Graphics, Kaposvár, Hungary

Art-Expo, Art Hall /Műcsarnok, Budapest, Hungary
International Biennial of FIRE ARTS, Bucharest, Romania
National Biennial Salon of the Small Sculpture, Arad, Romania
Hiperbolia, New Gallery, Oradea, Romania
Window Covasna, Romania
Gallery of the Contemporary Hungarian Arts, Dunajska Streda, Slovakia  

Exhibition of the Miklós Barabás Guild, Tg. Mureş, Romania

Corpus, Vaszary Museum, Kaposvár, Hungary and Kassák Musem, Budapest
The Wall: International Exhibition of Small Graphics, Szeged, Hungary 

Contemporaries ’95 Hungarian Artists from Transilvania, Tg. Mures, Romania

100 x Fine Arts, Covasna, Romania

To be Present Varandium, Musem of Cris County, Oradea, Romania
World Exhibition of the Small Ceramics, Zágreb, Croatia 

Cetate-Vár-Fortress, International Exhibition, VARADINUM, Oradea, Romania

Light, Water, Colour, Oradea, Bucharest, Romania

World Triennial of the Small Ceramics, Zagreb, Croatia 

International Ceramic Festival, MINO ’89, Japan
World Exhibition of Miniatures, Toronto, Canada
International Ceramic Art Competition, Perugia, Italy 

International Ceramic Art Competition, Faenza, Italy
International Ceramic Art Competition, Perugia, Italy 

International Ceramic Art Competition, Faenza, Italy
Artists from Oradea, Dalles Gallery, Bucharest, Romania 

Mobil-Fotografia, Oradea, Romania
Quadriennal of the Applied Arts, Dalles Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
Exhibition in The Very Small Theatre, Bucharest, Romania
Exhibition of the National Glass Symposium, Oradea, Romania 

International Ceramic Art Competition, Faenza, Italy

Medium, Arts Museum, Sft. Gheorghe, Romania

International Quadriennal of the Decorative Arts, Erfurt, Germany
Triennial of the Decorative Arts, Dalles Gallery, Bucharest, Romania 

The National Ceramic Symposiums’ Exhibition – Cluj-Napoca, Romania
International Triennial of Applied Arts, Sopot, Poland 

Ceramica 7, Hanul cu Tei Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
International Competition of the Ceramic Art, Faenza, Italy
International Biennial of the Ceramic Art, Vallauris, France
Exhibition for the National Conference of the Fine Arts, Bucharest, Romania 

International Competition of the Ceramic Art, Faenza, Italy
International Triennial of Applied Arts, Sopot, Poland
International Biennial of the Ceramic Art, Vallauris, France
The Porcelain, Bucharest, Romania 

Expo Test ’76, Cluj, Romania
Exhibition of the National Symposium of Porcelain, Curtea de Arges, Romania
International Biennial of the Ceramic Art, Vallauris, France
International Triennial of Applied Arts, Sopot, Poland 

National Exhibition of the Ceramic Design Symposiums, Dalles Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
Festive Exhibition, New Gallery/Galeria Noua, Bucharest, Romania
Exhibition of the National Symposium of Porcelain, Cluj, Romania
Expo-Group 6, Oradea, Romania
National Youth Exhibition, Pitesti, Romania 

National Triennial of the Decorative Arts, Bucharest, Romania

Mălina Ionescu: Márta Jakobovits, Part of the Road Travelled, 2022, MNAC Books, ISBN 978-606-9044-45-2
Dr. Kányádi Iréne: Jakobovits Márta, 2021 Transylvanian Art Centre, ISBN 978-973-0-34168-3
Lucia Neagu: CERAMICA meșteșug, artă și știință, 2020 Bucharest, ISBN 978-606-035-044-6
Giulia Damiani: Coated in Pre-existence, Elisabeth Xi Bauer, London 2016
Katalin Keserű, John K. Grande, Mahmoud Maktabi: Nature Art, Kunsthalle Budapest, 2016
Maria Zintz: JAKOBOVITS MÁRTA, Muzeul Țării Crișurilor, 2012, ISBN 9789737621399
Maria Zintz: Márta Jakobovits, Art Magazine ARTA, NR.1, Bucharest, 2011
Simona Tănăsescu: European Ceramic Context 2010, Bornholms Kunstmuseum, ISBN 978-8789059-86-0
La céramique roumaine aujourdhui, Centrul Cultural Palatele Brâncovenești, ISBN 978-973-88837-6-5, 2010 
Júlia Németh: Jakobovits Márta, Editura Pallas, Miercurea-Ciuc, ISBN 978-973-665-8, 2009
Călin Stegerean: Marta Jakobovits: Metaterra, Ziarul Financiar, 24 martie, 2006
Ileana Pintilie: Jakobovits Márta, METATERRA, catalog, Galeria Calina, Timișoara, 2008
Susan G. Shapiro: The Curtain Rises. Publishers Jefferson, North Carolina and London, ISB2008N 0 7864 1672-6, 2004
Hungarian Applied Arts /Magyar Iparművészet, Art Magazine, Budapest, 2007/3
Contemporary Hungarian Arts Encyclopedie (Kortars Magyar Müveszeti Lexikon) (Budapest, 2000)
Who is Who in Transylvania (Oradea, 1999 – 2000)
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Romanian Artists (Bucharest, 1998)
Time Capsule, a Concise Encyclopedia of Women Artists (New York, 1995)
Arts in Transylvania in the 20th Century (Budapest, 1990)
Encyclopedia Mondiale degli Artisti Contemporenei – Bologna, 1984 
Vasile Drăguţ: Jakobovits Márta – art magazine Arta, nr.6. Bucharest,1984 

International Academy of Ceramics, Switzerland
Hungarian Academy of Art, Budapest
The European Academy of Culture and the Arts
Romanian Artists Union, Bucharest
The Hungarian Artists Union, Budapest
The Barabas Miklos Guild, Cluj/Napoca, Romania
The Christian Artists Europe, Rotterdam, Netherlands