(1973, Budapest)
Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts 1994-99 degree in painting department
The Doctoral Programme of the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts 2006-2011 doctor’s degree
Assistant Professor at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts
2014 Bakony-Balaton, Törökház, Alsóörs
Tree-Water-Picture Fészek Gallery, Budapest
2013 Mountain-Water-Picture, House of Culture, Balatonkenese
2012 Remember the journey, Dovin, Budapest
2010 Evening star, Dovin, Budapest
2008 Veduta, Dovin, Budapest
Bubble, Fészek Gallery, Budapest
Hungarian Galleries (Dovin), Hungarian Institute, Paris, France
2006 Mohács, Dovin, Budapest
2003 Regen–Schön, Dovin, Budapest
Peugeot 205, Pécsi Gallery, Pécs
Apocalypse, Fészek Gallery, Budapest
2002 Calm belt, Dovin, Budapest
1999 Villa Cora, Fészek Gallery, Budapest
2014 Colony of Jelsa Art IX-XI Gallery Budapest
Kép-Tár-Ház Gallery of Szombathely
Muse Adriatic Gallery of Szombathely
2012 Art Market Budapest (Dovin), Budapest
Suit, Liget Gallery, Budapest
2011 Inventario, Accademia d’Ungheria in Roma, Italy
Patron, Studio Gallery, Budapest
Töreki forever,Kálmán Imre Cultural Centre, Siófok
30th Anniversary of the Fészek Gallery II., Fészek Gallery, Budapest
Symptomatic Presence, Dovin, Budapest
Artplacc, Tihany
2009 Pixels, Ernst Museum, Budapest
We are out!, Studio Gallery, Budapest
Arte Lisboa (Dovin), Lisbon, Portugal
ARCO Madrid (Dovin), Madrid, Spain
2008 Advent calendar, Palace of Gerbaud, Budapest
2007 Arte Lisboa (Dovin), Lisbon, Portugal
Hungarian Galleries (Dovin), Hungarian Institute, Brussels, Belgium
Master and pupils Clubhouse of Wekerle, Budapest
Out of the Blue, Dorottya Gallery, Budapest
2006 Arte Lisboa (Dovin), Lisbon, Portugal
2004 One weeky, Kunsthalle, Budapest
2003 Exhibition of the Derkovits Scholarship Winners, Ernst Museum, Budapest
Rouge, Szombathelyi Gallery, Szombathely
Exhibition of the Gruber Award Winners, Tihanyi Monastery, Tihany
2001 Gruber Prizers, Tihany Abbey
Tigers, Gepards and Leopards, Dovin, Budapest
1999 Budapest Postcard, Fészek Gallery, Budapest
Foton, Greek church, Vác
1998 Invitation, Liget Gallery, Budapest
Black Money, Polish Institute, Budapest
1997 Image-Writing, Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest
Oil–Canvas, Kunsthalle, Budapest
1995 C as Chimera, Szombathelyi Gallery, Szombathely
1993 National Pastell Biennial, Esztergom
2016 The Munkácsy Mihály Prize
2011 Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy, Rome, Italy
2004 Kunsthalle award
HVB Bank award
2003 Budapest Gallery award
2002 Gyula Derkovits award
Corvina reward
2000 Scholarship of the Academy of Fine Arts, Marseille
1997 Béla Gruber award
Arte Lisboa Collection, Portugal
Collection of the Colony of Artists Töreki, Hungary
Collection of HVB Group, Germany
Cultural and Art Center of Lazarea, Romania
Zsolt Farkas: Hotel Triglav. About the Painting of Zoltán Ötvös. Dovin, 2010
Gábor Rieder: Zoltán Ötvös:. Artportal, 2008
Zsolt Farkas: Mohács. Exhibition of Zoltán Ötvös. Balkon, 2006/4
Gábor Rieder: Exhibition of Zoltán Ötvös in the Dovin Gallery. Artportal, 2006
Pál Szuromi: Pictural Turn. ÉS, 2004
Klára Hudra: Painters of the Quiet Life. Új Művészet, 2004/1.
István Sinkó: More Roles Searching for a Single Author. Műértő, 2003/11.
Károly Bebbesi: Paraphrasing-on Panel Paintings. Dunántúli Napló, 2003
Anna Bálványos: Trial Line.”Calm Belt” – Exhibition of Zoltán Ötvös, Balkon, 2002/1-2.
Noémi Fórián Szabó: Nineteen Stories. Új Művészet 1999/9.
Tünde Bognár: Repro–Spektive. Balkon, 1999/7–8.
József Készman: Chips–Black Money. Balkon, 1998/11.
Ernő Tolvaly: C as Chimera. Balkon, 1997/5.