ZOLTAN POPOVITS

Studies

School of Architecture at the University of Colorado 1959-63Kansas City Art Institute 1963-65
Bachelor of Fine Arts (K.C.A.I.) 1965
Fulbright Grant 1965-67 
Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki 1965-66

Activities

Guest artist of Arabia ceramics factory 1969-71
Lecturer at the University of Applied Arts, Helsinki 1979-83
Lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki 1988-90
Lecturer at the University of Technology, Espoo 1996
Designer for Lapponia Jewelry Oy 1975-
Member of the Finnish Sculptor's Association Contests
Regione Emilio Romagna -prize in the Faenza ceramics contest 1978
Ist prize in the Nuutajärvi glass design contest 1978
Ist prize in the sculpture contest arranged by the commune of Tuusula 1987
Gold medal at the Second Triennale of Sculptural Portrait in Gdansk 1989

Purchases by museums

Museum of Arabia ceramics factory, Helsinki 1971
The Art Museum of Ateneum, Helsinki 1974
Museum of Ceramics, Faenza (Italy) 1978
Lahti Art Museum, Lahti 1979 · Museum of Applied Arts, Helsinki 1981, 1986
Helsinki City Museum, Helsinki 1983, 1988, 1992
Amos Andersson Art Museum, Helsinki 1985
Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku 1988
Museum of Contemporary Art / Kiasma, Helsinki 2004
Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi 2004 Public commissions
Office building of the Lutheran congregations of Finland, Helsinki ("Gate" 1979)
Conference Palace, Baghdad ("Column" 1982) 
Länsi-Pasila, Helsinki ("Fountain" 1985)
Forum, Helsinki ("Oasis" 1985) 
Sanomatalo, Helsinki ("Fountain" 1987)
Provincial state of government of Southern Finland, Helsinki ("Sailing vessel" 1988).
Itäkeskus, Helsinki ("Air", "Earth" 1992)