Ieva Pocius b. 1923

  • Artist (Sculptor)
Following her arrival in Australia from Lithuania in 1951, Ieva Pocius was the first student to major in Sculpture at the South Australian School of Art. She went on to lecture part-time at the school for over a decade, whilst at the same time exhibited in Australia and overseas including the USA and Canada. Her life-size statue of Catherine Helen Spence in Light Square, Adelaide, remains one of her most significant works.
Name
Ieva Pocius
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Other Occupation
  • Lecturer in Sculpture (part-time) 1964 - 1975 South Australian School of Art, Adelaide, South Australia
Birth date
1923
Birth place
Lithuania
Death date
2010
Death place
Adelaide
Arrival
  • 1951
Training
  • Diploma in Fine Art (Sculpture), 1962 South Australian School of Art, Adelaide, South Australia
  • Bronze casting, 1970 International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg, Austria
Initial Record Data Source
  • Art Gallery of South Australia