Kiss, Zoltan
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Maker Name
Kiss, Zoltan
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Biography
Kiss studied architecture at the Technical University in Budapest in the early 1940s. He fled wartime Hungary in 1944 spending five years in Denmark where he worked at the Knabstrup Pottery as an artist. After his arrival in Vancouver in 1950, he taught pottery for a short time with the Extension Department at UBC and completed his architecture degree at UBC (1951). In the early 1950s, Kiss was one of the few potters in BC with training and experience and he won at least two purchase prizes at BC Potters annuals (UBC,1959; VAG, 1958). He was also a frequent exhibitor at the biennial Canadian Ceramics exhibitions. His pottery was featured in Western Homes and Living, July 1961 and has been shown more recently in craft and design retrospectives in Victoria and Vancouver.
As a busy architect starting in the 1950s, pottery was an after-hours activity. In the 1950s, Kiss worked for Thompson, Berwick and Pratt and was involved in that firm's design for the Koerner Graduate Centre at UBC. After establishing his own practice in 1962, Kiss designed the ..... at Simon Fraser University and the Vancouver Airport. (Need review)
As a busy architect starting in the 1950s, pottery was an after-hours activity. In the 1950s, Kiss worked for Thompson, Berwick and Pratt and was involved in that firm's design for the Koerner Graduate Centre at UBC. After establishing his own practice in 1962, Kiss designed the ..... at Simon Fraser University and the Vancouver Airport. (Need review)
First name
Zoltan
Last name
Kiss
Career dates (start and end)
1950
Date of Birth
1924
Place of Birth
Gyor, Hungary
Studio location
Major Exhibitions
Ceramics, Textiles and Furniture, VAG, 1951
BC Arts Today, AGGV, Victoria, BC, 1956
First Annual BC Crafts (BC Potters' annual), VAG, 1957,
BC Annual Pottery and Handicrafts Exhibition, (Potters annual) UBC,1958 (award),
Biennial Crafts Exhibition (Potters' annual) VAG, 1959 (award)
New Design Gallery, Vancouver, 1960
Canadian Ceramics 1959 (2 awards), 1961, 1963
Ceramics by Thomas Kakinuma and Zoltan Kiss, AGGV, Victoria, BC, 1963
Retrospect Ceramics 80
Generations 1955 to 1975, West Vancouver Museum, 2004
The Modern Eye, Craft and Design in Canada 1940-1980, AGGV, 2011
Modern in the Making, Post-War Craft and Design in BC, VAG, 2020
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Links to Further Resources
Generations 1955-1975, Art and Artists in West Vancouver, exhibition catalogue, West Vancouver Museum, 2004
The Modern Eye, Craft and Design in Canada 1940-1980, exhibition catlaogue, AGGV, 2011
Modern in the Making, Post-War Craft and Design in BC, exhibition catalogue, VAG 2020
Source
Allan Collier
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