• 23. November 2004. - 05. April 2005.

Takács Zoltán
Bakonypölöske, October 23, 1951

He learnt to paint porcelain at the Herend Porcelain Factory. In 1969, he obtained a certificate of skilled craftsman at the Fischer Mór Porcelain School. In 1977, he went on to study at the porcelain department at the Hungarian Academy of Craft and Design and graduated with special honours in 1982. His master was Imre Schrammel. Since 1982, he has worked as designer at the Herend Porcelain Manufactory designing household wares (Snow-ball family of tableware) and ornamental objects, figurines and mural ornaments alike. He has been the designer of the factory's Studio founded in 1985 and takes part in shaping the new professional profile of Herend. He took part in the work of Herend's Figure-program in Siklós in 1995. He is a member of the Hungarian Art Fund, MAOE (1982) and the Hungarian Designer Guild (1994).

Prizes, scholarships:

1982 Budapest Award for Excellence Diploma
1987 B.I.D International Gold Star for Quality Award
1988 Gold Circle Award
1992 Spring Exhibition, Award for Excellence, Veszprém
1993 Gizella Days, Award for Excellence, Veszprém
1999 "Pelsó 99" National Ceramics and Textile Biennial,
Keszthely, Award of the Federation of Fine and Applied Artists
2001 I. World Ceramic Exposition, Korea, Diploma of Honor - Honorable Mention
2002 International Ceramics Competition, Mino, Japán, Bronze Award
2002 International Postmodern Ceramics Competition,
Varazdin, Croatia, Honorable Mentions
2004 Spring Exhibition, Award for Excellence, Veszprém
2004 Ajka Exhibition, National Fine and Applied Arts Exhibition, Award for Excellence, Ajka

Works in public collections:

Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest
Porcelain Museum, Herend
Siklós Ceramists' Resort , Siklós
Bakony Museum, Veszprém
Dezső Laczkó Musuem, Veszprém
Porcelain Museum, Hohenberg (Germany)
International Cermaics Collection, Ichon (Korea)

Works in public places:

Ornamental tiles, Fókusz Klub, Herend
The Tree of Knowledge - Vocational School, Herend
Sacral porcelain vessels, Külsővat, King Stephen Ecumenical Chapel
Ceramic tondo of King Stephen and Queen Gizella, Külsővat, King Stephen Ecumenical Chapel

Publications:

Special Drawing for Ceramics Industry, Budapest, 1989. (Vocational Scool textbook)

Significant individual exhibitions:

1982 North-Transdabubia Exhibition, Győr
1983 Veszprém Autumn Exhibition, Veszprém
1984 National Ceramics Biennial, Pécs (1992, 1994, 1996, 2000)
1985 Indonesia Studio Porcelain (1992, 1994, 1996, 2000)
1986 Studio Herend, London
1987 Frankfurter Messe
Valencia, Athens, Vienna- Lobmeyr Gallery
1988 Milan, Iraklion, Thessaloniki
1988 Kecskemét Design Triennial, Kecskemét
1989 Tihany
1992 Spring Exhibition, Veszprém (1994, 1996, 2000)
1993 "Furniture, Porcelain and Glass from Veszprém County", Árkád Gallery, Budapest
1993 Gizella Days, Veszprém, Tihany Múzeum
1994 Porto Maggiiore
1996 Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest
1999 Living Material, Szigliget
1999 Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest
1999 "Pelsó" National Ceramics and Textile Biennial, Keszthely
2000 Dezső Laczkó Museum, Veszprém
2000 ULM, Munich
2001 Millennium Applied Arts Exhibition, Exhibition Hall, Budapest
2001 Vienna, Lobmeyr Gallery
2001 "Orbis Pictus" the Painted City, Veszprém
2001 Frankfurt Fair
2001 World Ceramic Exposition, Korea
2002 VI. International Ceramics Competition, Mino, Japan
2002 Varazdin, Croatia - International Postmodern Ceramics Competition
2002 Hohenberg (Germany) - Herend Exhibition
2003 Tihany Abbey
2003 Industrial Design Award for Excellence Competition, Musuem of Applied Arts, Budapest
2003 Ka-De-We, Berlin
2003 Munich
2003 "A long table laid with Herend porcelain sets of a 150 years", Ernst Musuem, Budapest
2003 "The Power of Design and Art", Mino, Japán - a selection of the award-winning works of the 6th International Ceramics Competition
2004 Takumi Studio Gallery, Tajimi City, Japan
2004 Veszprém Spring Exhibition
2004 Ajka Exhibition, Ajka