MARTA JAKOBOVITS
b. 1944, RomaniaMarta Jakobovits’ practice is focused on profoundly exploring ceramic techniques: casting, modelling, firing, and glazing. The artist works with shape, colour, and texture, building a vast detailed, personal library of how her use of chemicals informs the physical and vice versa. Her installations often present a special visual dialogue with natural forms, stones, leaves, tree barks, and even found objects.
Jakobovits graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. In 2006, Jakobovits earned a Doctorate in Liberal Arts from the University of Arts and Design in Budapest, Hungry. In 2013, Jakobovits received the Hungarian Knight’s Cross of Merit. In 2010, she was presented the Diploma of Excellence of the Romanian Ministry of Culture and in 2007, she obtained The Fire Arts Award of the Union of Artists from Romania, the highest professional recognition Romania awards. In 2023, Jakobovits received membership from the International Academy of Ceramics in Switzerland.
Jakobovits’ artworks are held globally in private and public collections, including the Collection of the International Ceramic Studio Kecskemet and Museum of Fine Arts Budapest in Hungary, Continental Art Centre Rotterdam, Contemporary Art Collection of Rah Art Residency Tehran and the Contemporary Art Collection of the Romanian Academy in Rome. Collected by institutions across Romania, Jakobovits’ artworks are included in the National Museum of Contemporary Art Bucharest, Public Art Collection Covasna, Țării Crișurilor Museum Oradea, Art Museum Cluj and the Peter Jecza Foundation.
In November 2024, celebrating the artist’s 80th Birthday, Țării Crișurilor Museum Oradea opened Metaterra, a retrospective of the artist’s works. In 2025, Jakobovits was included in the inaugural group exhibition A Sphinx, Beast and Girl; Unicorn, Chimera and Mixed body, for the opening of New Oradea Contemporary Art (NOCA), Romania.
Courtesy Elizabeth Xi Bauer, London.
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