UTA ARTIST SPACE & CARPENTERS WORKSHOP GALLERY PRESENT:Â
DARK FANTASY
October 11 – November 16, 2019
403 Foothill Road, Beverly Hills, CA
Opening Reception: Friday, October 11, 6-8PM
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Random International
You Fade To Light
2009
1064 Warm White Lumiblade OLED's, black custom circuitboard back plane, aluminium suspension, custom driver software, camera based motion tracking, custom motion tracking software and computer
45.7H x 100L inches
Vincent Dubourg
Buffet Nouvelle Zelande
2009
Steel
55.1H x 59.1L x 14.6W inches
Studio Drift
Fragile Future Installation Los Angeles
2019
Dandelion seed, phosphorus bronze, light fittings
124.4H x 95.1L x 103.1W inches
Maarten Baas
Grandfather Clock Brass
2014
Brass, digital equipment
90.5H x 25.5L x 16.5W inches
Virgil Abloh
Alaska Bench
2018
Polished bronze
29.9H x 47.2L x 17.3W
Atelier Van Lieshout
Embrace
2015
Bronze
85.8H x 30.7L x 29.5W inches
Campana Brothers
Pirarucu Armchair Sereia
2017
Cast bronze and Pirarucu leather
46.1H x 107.9L x 38W inches
Vincenzo De Cotiis
DC 1809 375
2018
Jasper, fiberglass, polished brass
28.9H x 147.2L x 34.6W inches
Campana Brothers
Sushi Mirror
2012
Brass, felt
48H x 29.9L x .98W inches
Frederik Molenschot
CL-ARCTIC II
2017
Bronze, light fittings
46.8H x 47.2L x 47.6W inches
Rick Owens
Curial (Petrified Wood)
2011
Petrified wood
26.4H x 32.3L x 22.4W inches
Atelier Van Lieshout
Deer Lamp
2017
Bronze, light fittings
24.4H x 17.7L x 9.4W inches
Najla El Zein
Hay
2014
Pentelic marble, hay
9.8H x 8.7L x 13.8W inches
Verhoeven Twins
Still Wonder (SO W 2)
2018
Borosilicate glass, Robotic, iridescent oil effect (oven), hand UV glued
30.9H x 29.1L x 21.5W inches
Robert Stadler
Irregular Bomb (Dark Gray)
2009
Upholstered leather
37.8H x 120.5L x 65.4W inches
Robert Stadler
Spherical Bomb Armchair (Dark Gray)
2009
Upholstered leather
28.3H x 35.4L x 32.3W inches
Robert Stadler
Triangular Bomb (Dark Gray)
2009
Upholstered leather
15.7H x 28.3L x 28.3W inches
Charles Trevelyan
Circumspect White
2013
Aluminum, acrylic marble powder, light fittings
71.7H x 20.9L x 20.1W inches
Verhoeven Twins
Lectori Salutem Desk Steel
2011
Polished stainless steel 316 (yacht quality)
30.3H x 95.7L x 43.7W inches
Vincenzo De Cotiis
DC 1611 Wall Cabinet
2016
Silver plated brass, polished brass, glass
74.8H x 45.3L x 13W inches
Aldo Bakker
4PTS (Urushi)
2016-19 Urushi
Urushi - Ishimeji Maki, PIR foam
15.7H x 19.7L x 13.1W inches
Sebastian Brajkovic
Fibonacci
2015
Patinated bronze, metal embroidery, linen fabric
34.8H x 38.6L x 17.7W inches
Maarten Baas
Clay Dining Chair Bronze
2016
Patinated bronze
30.7H x 16.1L x 19.7W inches
Ingrid Donat
Commode Galuchat
2013
Bronze
37.4H x 42.5L x 16.3W inches
Kendell Geers
White Dahlia VI
2014
Bronze, steel, light fittings
68.9H x 55.9L x 15.7W inches
Wendell Castle
Veiled in a Dream
2014
Bronze
76.8H x 50.4L x 67W inches
Atelier Van Lieshout
Bambino Lamp
2015
Casted Elfenbein, steel, light fittings
71.3H x 43.7L x 33.1W inches
Nacho Carbonell
Floor Lamp Concrete Base 11
2018
Concrete base, welded texturise metal branches, metal mesh cocoons sprayed layers of Paverpol with pigments, LED lightbulb
74.8H x 43.3L x 51.2W inches
Nacho Carbonell
Alien Cocoon Concrete Base 4 (70/2017)
2017
Metal welded Branch, concrete base, metal mesh spread Paverpol with pigments, LED light bulbs, silicon covers, silicone cable
51.2H x 35.4L x 35.4W inches
Nacho Carbonell
Bunch Chandelier 6 (71/2017)
2017
Two white LED strips, one along each side, with a perforated metal diffusor
43.3H x 37.4L x 29.5W inches
Nacho Carbonell
Light Bronze Mesh (139/2019)
2019
Bronze mesh, bronze base, LED light bulbs
27.6H x 12.2L x 13W inches
Nacho Carbonell
Yellow Light Bronze Mesh (117_2019)
2019
Bronze mesh, bronze base, LED light bulbs
22.8H x 11.8L x 13.8W inches
Nacho Carbonell
Wall Lamp 2 (50/2016)
2016
Concrete, metal mesh, metal welding rods, paverpol, color pigments, paper pulp
59.1H x 22L x 18.5W inches
Nacho Carbonell
Combi Cocoon 3 (102/2018)
2018
Concrete base, metal welded branches, metal mesh, paverpool, papermache, picment sprayed layers, silicon cable, light fittings
88.6H x 51.2L x 41.3W inches
Nacho Carbonell
Sunset Cocoon Concrete Base (74/2017)
2017
Metal mesh cocoons concrete base, sprayed layers of paverpol with pigments, LED lightbulb with Silicone covers
47.2H x 48L x 19.7W inches
UTA ARTIST SPACE & CARPENTERS WORKSHOP GALLERY PRESENT:Â
DARK FANTASY
October 11 – November 16, 2019
403 Foothill Road, Beverly Hills, CA
Opening Reception: Friday, October 11, 6-8PM
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Born in Rockford, Illinois U.S.A. in 1980 â Virgil Abloh is an artist, architect, and fashion designer. After earning a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he completed a Masterâs degree in Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology. It was here at the Illinois Institute of Technology, where he was introduced to a curriculum, originally established by Mies van der Rohe.
A curriculum which was formed from the notions of Bauhaus, that enabled Virgil Abloh to learn how to converge the fields of arts, craft, and design. Those notions merged with contemporary culture make up his inter-disciplinary practice today. Accolades Throughout Virgil Ablohâs career, his work has been awarded in the realm of art and design. – Off-White c/o Virgil Ablohâą was first started in 2012 as an artwork titled “PYREX VISION”.
– In 2013, “Off-White c/o Virgil Ablohâą” was introduced as a seasonal menâs and womenâs fashion brand and additionally moved into the production of furniture designed by Virgil Abloh. – Moving forward to 2015, Off-WhiteTM was nominated as one of the top eight finalists for the LVMH Prize in Paris.
– The following year, in 2016 Virgil Abloh was inducted into the BOF 500 “The People Shaping The Global Fashion Industry” List. – In the same year of 2016, he was nominated for one of the top five nominees in the category of International Urban Luxury Brand at The British Fashion Awards.
– Then in 2017, Virgil Abloh was nominated as one of the top five nominees in the category of Swarovski Award for Emerging Talent at The CFDA Awards.
– Moving along, in 2017 Virgil Abloh was selected as a special guest to show his Spring Summer 2018 Menâs Off-White c/o Virgil Ablohâą Collection in Florence, Italy during Pitti Immagine Uomo 92.
– At the conclusion of 2017, Virgil Abloh won the International Designer of the Year Award at the GQ Men of the Year Awards
– Additionally in 2017, Virgil Ablohâs NIKE “THE TEN” Air Jordan 1 won Shoe of the Year at the FN Achievement Awards.
– Lastly in 2017, Virgil Abloh won the Urban Luxe Brand Award at The British Fashion Awards.
– In the beginning of 2018, Virgil Abloh was nominated as one of the top five nominees in the categories of Womenswear Designer of the Year and Menswear Designer of the Year at The CFDA Awards.
– Furthermore, in 2018 Virgil Abloh was named Louis Vuitton’s newest Artistic Director of Menswear.
– Additionally in 2018, Virgil Abloh was named one of Times 100 Most Influential People in the World.
– For the second consecutive year, in 2018 Virgil Abloh won the Urban Luxe Brand Award at The Fashion Awards.
Virgil Abloh has also presented his work at major design institutions around the globe by the likes of Harvard Graduate School of Design, Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and the Rhode Island School of Design. In 2019 he will have a major exhibition of past and current work at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Chicago, Illinois.
ExhibitionsÂ
– In 2016 Virgil Abloh launched his first furniture collection “Grey Area” (Milan, Italy).
– At the end of 2016, Virgil Abloh curated an exhibition with the works (“Free Cubes”, “Material Table”, and “Trivision Sign”), from his furniture collection for Design Miami at Art Basel (Miami, Florida).
– In 2017 Virgil Abloh worked with Ben Kelly on a touring “SET” which was exhibited at the Open Eye Gallery (Liverpool, England) and then at the Somerset House
(London, UK). Virgil Abloh also collaborated with Ben Kelly on a new installation called Ruin, which was displayed at Store Studios (London, United Kingdom).
– In February 2018, Virgil Abloh and Takashi Murakami collaborated on an Exhibition at the Gagosian Gallery (London, United Kingdom).
– In March 2018, Virgil Abloh showcased his exhibition “PAY PER VIEW” at KaiKai Ki Ki Gallery. (Tokyo, Japan)
– In June 2018, Virgil Abloh and Takashi Murakami collaborated on an Exhibition at the Gagosian Gallery (Paris, France).
– In October 2018, Virgil Abloh and Takashi Murakami collaborated on an Exhibition at the Gagosian Gallery (Los Angeles, United States).
– In the year 2019, Virgil Abloh shall be showcasing an artwork focused retrospective, where he will reveal new work alongside unseen works from his past, at the Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, Illinois).
Maarten Baas is a Dutch designer. Born in 1978, he grew up largely in Burgh-Haamstede and Hemmen in the Netherlands. After graduating from high school, he enrolled at the Design Academy Eindhoven. Baas is at the forefront of the design community and is considered one of the most influential Dutch designers of the early twenty-first century. Since 2005, Baas has collaborated with production partner Bas den Herder. Most of his designs are handmade in the Den Herder Production House studio in âs-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. His works straddle boundaries between art and design, and he is known for his rebellious, playful, intellectual, theatrical, and artistic style. He occupies a unique position in the design field in that he participates in such a wide variety of areas, including conceptual design, installations, public spaces, theater design, and performance. Baas is best known for his works Real Time, Schiphol Clock, Smoke, Clay Furniture, and Carapace. His work can be found in major museum collections, such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Victoria & Albert Museum in London, Les Arts DĂ©coratifs in Paris, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
EXHIBITIONS AND FAIRS (selection)
2018
‘Hide and Seek’, Design Museum, Ghent, Belgium.
‘Close Parity’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
ArtMonte-Carlo, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Monaco, France.
PAD Paris, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
TEFAF, New-York Spring, Park Avenue Armory, New-York, USA.
2017
‘Cabinet Makers’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
‘Hide & Seek’, The Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands.
‘TEFAF’, New York Spring, Park Avenue Armory, USA.
‘Run & Hide’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
2016
‘New, Newer, Newest!’, Salone del Mobile, Milan, Italie.
’10 Years Clay’, Salone del Mobile, Milan, Italie.
Design Miami/ Basel, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Basel, Switzerland.
‘Carapace’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, New York, USA.
‘Martin BAAS Real Time’, Schiphol/Amsterdam,The Netherlands.
‘Expo Chicago’, Navy Pier, 600E Grand Ave, Chicago, USA.
‘Retrospective Exhibition, 10 Years of Collectible Design’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Roissy, France.
Design Miami/, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Miami Beach, USA.
2015
âFetichismâ, Trapholt Museum, Kolding, Danemark.
âLâEloge de lâHeureâ, MUDAC, Lausanne, Switzerland.
‘Make Yourself Comfortable at Chatsworthâ, Chatsworth House, UK.
Design Miami/ Basel, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Basel, Switzerland.
âMeasuring: This much, That much, How much?â, 21_21 Design Sight, Tokyo, Japan.
2014
âThe Theme of Timeâ, Centraal Museum Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
PAD Paris, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
Design Days Dubai, Dubai, UAE.
2013
PAD London, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
Design Miami, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Miami, USA.
2007
Design Art London, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
2006
âSmart Decoâ, Droog Design, Miami, Art Basel Fair
Animaux gallery: permanent exhibition, Rotterdam
âOdds & Endsâ, Contrast Gallery, Shanghai, China
âClay and Smokeâ, Cibone, Tokyo
âUnderdogs & Ăberprodukteâ, MU gallery, Eindhoven
âMade in Eindhovenâ, Milan
âClay Furnitureâ, Superstudio Piu, Milan
2005
âTreasuresâ, The Hague
New York, Dutch Village: Donna Karen, New York
2004
âNoctrnal Emissionsâ, Groningen, Groninger Museum
âWhere Thereâs Smokeâ, Moss, New York
2003
âBrilliantâ, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
âUse Your Faultsâ, The Hague, Artoteek
âAU!?*!â Auping showroom, Milan
2002
âAn educative exhibitionâ, Vivid, Rotterdam
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS (selection)
Vitra Design Museum , Weil am Rhein, Germany
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Collection MusĂ©e dâArt Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Mudam Luxembourg / Cafesjian Center for the Arts, Yerevan, Armenia
Graphic Design Museum, Breda, The Netherlands
Centre National des Arts Plastiques , Paris, France
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA
Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands
MUSEUMS REFERENCES
Groninger Museum, Groninge
Every convention â whether it concerns artistic legacy, beauty or plain purpose â needs to be challenged. And every creation is an exploration of the senses. From early on in his career Aldo Bakker (NL, 1971) has produced works in which his exquisite use of shape, material and colour is balanced with an almost disturbing tenacity in the way these pitchers, bowls, spoons, stools and tables defy everyday perceptions about the relationship between man and object. Or more precisely: the relationship between object and man. Because despite their tranquil appearance and the modesty of their monochrome skins, Bakkerâs objects are anything but submissive. They determine the rules of the interaction. Those who handle or merely observe them should come to terms with the inherent independence of these creatures. Their sensuous presence makes them highly seductive, but also hard to get.
A bowl, a bench, a flask: all these âobjects fatalesâ could be (mis)taken for just being dead gorgeous and desirable, where in fact they undermine fixed notions about the object as a commodity. Aldo Bakker rejected a formal arts training. As an autodidact he carefully studied the oeuvres of some of the most idiosyncratic artists of the modern age, ranging from composer Luigi Nono and painter Giorgio Morandi to writer J.M. Coetzee and architect Carlo Scarpa. With these masters, Bakker shares a fundamental interest for the language of their favoured medium. In fact, the introverted nature of his works, their elegant curves and facets, the depth of their surfaces and their flawless execution all contribute to the sensation that these artefacts tell their own stories in their own language.
When they leave the studio â often after years of careful deliberation â the objects no longer bear witness to their maker, but exclusively to their own existence. To the questions they raise about the integrity of their being. By positioning his works as individual characters, Aldo Bakker forces his audience to shift its perception. We are no longer looking at an inanimate object on which we project our knowledge of style, shape or material value. Instead, these creatures invite us to engage in a conversation about their behaviour, their uncertainties, their beliefs, their native tongue. We do not approach them as buyers or even as art historians, we become their fellow travellers, questioning ourselves as much as they question us. Many of Aldo Bakkerâs works are unique pieces. Several are produced in small editions. Next to his independent studio production Bakker has also created commissioned works for companies like Georg Jensen, Karakter, Puiforcat, SĂšvres and Swarovski.
His work has been acquired by museums like Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam), MoMa (NY), Cooper Hewitt (NY), mudac (Lausanne), Philadelphia Museum of Art, Centre Pompidou (Paris), Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and Victoria & Albert Museum (London). In 2016 and 2017 a major overview of his work was presented in the exhibition Pause (CID Grand Hornu, mudac Lausanne). Other solo exhibitions were staged at Atelier Courbet (NY), Gallery Libby Sellars (London), Looiersgracht 60 (Amsterdam), Villa Noailles in Hyeres and Vivid Gallery (Rotterdam). In 2016 Alice Rawsthorn and Hans den Hartog Jager edited the monograph Aldo Bakker (NAI 010 Publishers NL). Aldo Bakker received the Wallpaper Award 2011, First Prize at DDA 2009 and First Prize at Bornholm Glass (2008).
Humberto, born in 1953 and Fernando, born in 1961 are brothers from Brazil. Since 1983, Fernando and Humberto Campana have achieved both national and international recognition. Their work incorporates their ethos in environment and the idea of re-using and re-inventing everyday materials to achieve some notably Brazilian characteristicsâbright colors, creative chaos, the triumph of simple solutions. Based in SĂŁo Paulo, their studio often works in partnership with local communities, factories, and industries. They are the recipients of numerous awards, including the Ordre des Arts et Lettre from the Ministry of Culture in France and the Order of Cultural Merit in Brazil. In 1998 their Project 66 was shown at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Since then they have worked with Alessi and Fontana Arte on unlimited edition pieces, and their studio crafts its own unique handmade pieces. Those special editions are included in the permanent collections of renowned cultural institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, and the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany. Their studio also works in interior design, architecture, and landscaping, and the brothers have created a collection of Brazilian jewelry for H.Stern, shoes and bags for Grendene, and a cabinet for Louis Vuitton. In 2009 and in 2012 they reinterpreted the traditional Lacoste polo shirt. Set design is another area of interest, and their sets have been featured by the Ballet National de Marseille and in a production of Peter and the Wolf at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Their work has been the subject of several exhibitions, including one at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York in 2008.
EXHIBITIONS AND FAIRS (selection)
2018
Group Show, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris
‘Les Objets Nomades’, Louis Vuitton’s Foundation, Paris, France.
PAD Paris, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
ArtMonte-Carlo, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Monaco, France.
2017
‘Art Light’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
‘Cabinet Makers’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
2016
Zona Maco, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Mexico City, Mexique.
Design Days DubaĂŻ, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, DubaĂŻ, UAE.
‘Manufactura’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
Design Miami / Basel, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Switzerland.
’10 Years of Collectible Design’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
2015
Design Beijing, China.
Design Shanghai, Shanghai, China.
2014
âFrom Art to Designâ Clerkenwell Design Week, London, UK.
âHumberto and Fernando Campana, Recent Worksâ Re: View Gallery, London, UK.
âAntibodiesâ Trapholt, Kolding, Denmark.
2013
âDangerous Luxuryâ, Le Sporting dâHiver, Motercarlo, Monaco.
Design Days Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Design Miami, USA.
Masterpiece, London, UK.
Pavilion of Art & Design Paris, Carpenters Workshop Gallery.
âBrazilian Barroqueâ, David Gill Galeries, London, UK.
âConceptsâ in partnership with Friedman Benda Gallery, New York, USA.
âOcean Collectionâ, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
2012
âBarrocco Rococoâ Les Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France.
Design Miami, Basel.
2011
Pavilion of Art & Design London, Carpenters Workshop Gallery.
2003
âSushiâ Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Brasilia, Brazil.
2002
âNever Letting The Poetry Escapeâ Tel Aviv Museum of Art (TAMA), Tel Aviv, Israel.
âKunstoffâ, Broelmuseum, Courtrai, Belgium.
âMilan in a Vanâ, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK.
âLe Botte-Culâ, Musee de Design et DâArts Appliques Contemporains, Lausanne, Switzerland.
2001
âRede de Tensaoâ (A Network of Tension), Paco das Artes, Universidade de SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil. / âOn Paper, New Paper Artâ, Crafts Council Gallery, London, UK.
âInventividadeâ (Inventiveness), Museu de Arte Contemporanea, Goiania, Brazil.
2000
âAir en Formeâ, Musee de Design et DâArts Appliques Contemporains, Lausanne, Switzerland. / Design Biennial Festival, Saint-Etienne, France.
âBlow Upâ, Vitra Design Museum, Berlin, Germany.
âBeyond European Design â Projects From Around The Worldâ, Abitare il Tempo, Verona, Italy. / âEntre o Design e a Arteâ (Between Design and Art), Museu de Arte Moderna de Sao Paulo (MASP), SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil.
1999
âTranscendencia, Caixas do Serâ (Trancendency, Boxes of Being), Casa das Rosas, SĂŁo Paulo,
Brazil.
âNovos Alquimistasâ (New Alchemists), Espaco Itau Cultural, SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil.
âRetrospectiva Campanaâ (Campana Retrospect), Casa Franca Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Bazil.
âMaterias/Materiaisâ (Matter/Materials). Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil.
1999
âNumerosâ Museu Brasileiro de Escultura, SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil.
âMaterias/Materiaisâ. Museum de Arte Moderna de Bahia, Salvador, Brazil.
âRetrospectiva Campanaâ Casa França Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1996
âBrasil faz Designâ (Brazil Designs), Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy; Museu da Casa Brasiliera, SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil; Instituto dos Arquitetos da Brasil (IAB). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Liceu de Artes e Oficios da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil.
1993
âEdicao 93â (Edition 93), Nucleon 8, SĂŁo Paulo Brazil.
1991
âEsculturasâ Pinacoteca do Estado de SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil.
1990
âOrganicosâ (The Organics), Nucleon 8, SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil.
1989
âDesconfortaveisâ (The Uncomfortable Ones). A Arquitetura da Luz, SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil.
AWARDS AND COMMISSIONS (selection)
2013
Order of the Arts and Letters, Paris, France.
2012
Designer of the Year, Maison & Objet, Paris, France.
Prix Colbert Creation & Patrimoine, Paris, France.
2011
Special Prize at the Museu da Casa Brasileira, SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil.
2008
Designer of the Year, Design Miami, USA.
1999
George Nelson Design Interior Awards, Interiors Magazine, USA.
1998
Home Furniture Category Award â 2nd Place (Labirinto Bookcase), Museu da Casa Brasiliera,
SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil.
1997
Home Furniture Category Award â 1st Place (Inflavel Table). Associacao Basiliera da Industria Moveleira (ABIMOVEL), SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil.
1996
Design Category Award â 1st Place (Papel Chair). XXI Salao de Arte de Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.
1992
Acquisition Award (Cerca Screen), Museu de Arte Brasiliera, Fundação Armando Ălvares Penteado, SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil.
LITERATUREÂ
2010
Adam Lindemann, âCollecting Designâ, Taschen.
2009
Marcus Fairs, âGreen Designâ, London: Carlton Books Limited.
2007
Sophie Lovell, âFurnish: Furniture and Interior Design for the 21st Centuryâ, Die Gestalten Verlag.
2004
Charlotte Fiell and Peter Fiell, â1000 Lights: 1960 to Presentâ, Taschen.
MUSEUM REFERENCES
Museum de Arte Moderna de Sao Paulo (MASP), Sao Paulo. Centro Cultural Banco do Brazil, Rio de Janeiro. Museum of Contemporary Art, Goiania. Museum of Moder Art, Sao Paulo. Museu Brasileiro de Escultura, Sao Paulo. Instituto do Arquitetos do Brazil, Rio de Janeiro. Pinacoteca do Estado do Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo. Casa Franca Brazil, Rio de Janeiro.Oaxaca Design Center, Mexico City. Museu Vale, Vila Velha. Montreal Fine Art Museum, Montreal. Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal. Danish Design Centre, Copenhagen. Design Museum, London. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Manchester Museum, Oxford. Centre George Pompidou, Paris. Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris. Vitra Design Museum, Weil Am Rhein. Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich. Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Dusseldorf. Museum of Art, Tel Aviv. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Jacqueline Vodoz and Bruno Danese Association, Milan. Palazzo Reale, Milan. Design Museum, Milan. Crystal Palace, Milan. Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. Centro Cultural Belem, Lisbon. Museum de Arte Mordernica, Bahia. Liceu de Artes e Oficios da Bahia, Bahia. Fundacion Pedro Barrie de la Maza, Coruna. Don Edelman Foundation, Switzerland. Museum of Design, Lausanne. Latin America Design Foundation, Amsterdam. High Museum of Art, Atlanta. Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas. Architecture and Design Museum, Los Angeles. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New-York. National Design Museum, New-York. Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, New-York. The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia. Museum of Fine Art, Houston. Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh. Museum of Art, Tulsa. Art Museum, Palm Springs.The National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
âI like to see objects as living organisms, imagine them coming alive and being able to surprise you with their behavior. I want to create objects with my hands; then I can give them my personality. I turn them into communicative objects that can arouse oneâs feelings and imagination. In short, what I want to create are objects with a fictional or fantasy element that allow you to escape everyday life,â says Nacho Carbonell. Carbonell is known for his tactile approach to sculpture which plays with textures, experimental techniques, and natural materials. Born in Spain in 1980 and now based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, Carbonell works alongside his team of designers and artists in an open warehouse. He graduated in 2003 from Cardenal Herrera University in Spain and went on to study at the Design Academy Eindhoven. Upon graduating, he created collections such as Evolution in 2009, which won him a nomination for Beazley Design of the Year from the Design Museum in London. In 2010, a year after being named a Designer of the Future at Design Miami/Basel, he presented This Identity, redefining his current style of organic forms and rough and colorful textures. His pieces are part of private collections and museums around the world.
EXHIBITIONS AND FAIRSÂ
2018
The Armory Show, Solo Show, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, New York, USA.
2017
‘West Coast Pop Up’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery in collaboration with 836M Gallery, San Francisco, USA.
‘Living Organisms’, Hortamuseum Bruxelles, Belgium.
Group Show, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
Summer Show, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, New York, USA.
Art Light, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, New York, USA.
Art Light, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
Design Miami/, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Miami Beach, USA.
TEFAF New York Spring, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, New York, USA.
PAD Paris, Jardin des Tuileries, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
Zona Maca, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Mexico City.
FOG Art + Design, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, San Francisco, USA.
2016
‘Forest’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
‘Retrospective Exhibition 10 Years of Collectible Design’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Mitry-Mory, France.
‘New Gallery Opening 10 Years of Collectible Design’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
‘Art Light’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, New York, USA.
‘New Works Only’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
Design Miami/, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Miami Beach, USA.
PAD London, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
Expo Chicago, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Chicago, USA.
Design Miami/Basel, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Basel, Switzerland.
PAD Paris, Jardin des Tuileries, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
Design Days Dubai, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Dubai, UAE.
Zona Maco, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Mexico City.
2015
Light Mesh, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London.
Preview of the new collection for Carpenters Workhop Gallery, Design Miami, Basel.
Presentation with sunbrella Textiles, and the launch of the Book âThe Rebus Naturaâ at
Rossana Orlandi gallery, Milan Furniture Fair, Milano, Italy.
2014
World Design Capital, Cape Town, South Africa.
Maison Hermes window Display, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan.
Design of the window display for the shop during november 2014/ january 2015 âHatch upâ
Milan Furniture Fair, Milan, Italy.
Exemplary 150 years of MAK (Museum of Applied Arts), Viena, Austria.
Nacho Carbonell: Inspiration, Evolution and Transience, Groninger Museum, the Netherlands.
2013
Milan Furniture Fair, Milan, Italy.
Design Miami/Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
Time is a Treasure, Design Miami, Miami, USA.
2012
Design Days Dubai, Dubai, UAE.
Milan Furniture Fair, Milan, Italy.
MINT Museum, Charlotte, USA.
Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
Furniture Sculptures Exhibition, Zurich, Switzerland.
2011
Luciferase, BSL Galerie, Paris, France.
Post Fossil, Museum of Holon, Israel.
Justmad, Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid, Spain.
Milan Furniture Fair, Milan, Italy.
Playground Closes at Dusk and Luciferase, Design Miami/Basel, Basel, Switzerland. / Perceptions of Time and Contemporary Design, Marta Herford Museum, Germany.
Material Research / Examples Exhibition, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
Organic Dwelling, State Museum of Architecture (MUAR), Moscow, Russia.
3 years, Rossana Orlandi, Milan, Italy.
2010
Vincon Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Milan Furniture Fair, Milan, Italy.
Evolution, BSL Galerie, Paris, France.
Design Miami/Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Brain Ideas, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
Archaic Shelter, Maison & Object, Paris, France.
Diversity, Design Miami/Basel, Miami, USA.
Hyperlinks, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA.
2009
Por las Ramas, Rhein Triadem, Cologne, Germany.
New Directions in Design, Vivid Gallery, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Archeology of the Future, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
Craft Punk, Spazio Fendi, Milan, Italy.
Milan Furniture Fair, Milan, Italy.
Opening Droog, New York, USA.
Design Miami/Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Corn Collection at Fumi Gallery, London Design Week, London, UK.
Experimenta Design, Lisbon, Portugal.
Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
Iâm in love!, Tokyo Design Week, Tokyo, Japan.
2008
Modefabriek, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Milan Furniture Fair, Milan, Italy.
C!rcus, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Singletown, Biennale dâArchitettura, Venice, Italy.
Design is Air, Seoul, South Korea.
Casa Decor, Valencia, Spain.
Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
2007
Milan Furniture Fair, Milan, Italy.
Design Parade, Villa Noailles, France.
Valencia Furniture Fair, Valencia, Spain.
2006
Por las Ramas, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain.
AWARDS
2009
Designer of the Future, Design Miami Basel â Switzerland.
Design of the year nomination: Loverâs Chair â Design Museum London.
2007
Winner Grand Prix SEB 150 years, July.
Milan Furniture Fair, Milan, Italy.
Design Parade, Villa Noailles, France.
Valencia Furniture Fair, Valencia, Spain.
MUSEUM REFERENCES
Groninger Museum, Netherlands. 2121 Museum, Japan. MINT Museum, Charlotte, USA
Born in Kansas in 1932, Wendell Castle received two degrees from the University of Kansas, one in industrial design in 1958 and the other in sculpture in 1961. He moved to Rochester, New York to teach at the School for American Crafts and established a permanent studio in the area that is still in operation today. He has continually reinvented himself for nearly six decades. Often credited as the founding father of the American crafts movement, Castle has redefined sculpture and design by seamlessly merging the two into one discipline. He creates unique pieces that blur the distinction between design and sculpture. Castleâs organic and whimsical approach to sculpture incorporates his own invented technique of carving into stacked laminated wood known as lamination. His furniture designs for residential clients, public spaces, and a number of churches represent a unique exploration of the qualities and possibilities of wood and fiberglass. His work can be found in the permanent collections of more than forty museums and cultural institutions, including the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the White House in Washington, D.C. Moreover, he has been the recipient of many honors and awards, including four National Endowment for the Arts grants and the Modernism Lifetime Achievement Award from the Brooklyn Museum in 2007.
EXHIBITIONS AND FAIRS (SELECTION) 2018
2018
ArtMonte-Carlo, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Monaco, France.
TEFAF, New-York Spring, Park Avenue Armory, New-York, USA.
2017
Zona Maco, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Mexico City, Mexique.
‘Planting Seeds’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
Design Miami / Basel, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Switzerland.
‘West Coast Pop-Up’, 836M Gallery, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, New-York, USA.
2016
Zona Maco, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Mexico City, Mexique.
Design Days DubaĂŻ, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, DubaĂŻ, UAE.
PAD Paris, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
ArtMonte-Carlo, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Monaco, France.
‘Tribal’, Galerie Bernard Dulon, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
Design Miami / Basel, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Switzerland.
PAD London, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
’10 Years of Collectible Design’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
2015
âRemasteredâ, MAD Museum, New York, USA.
âNew Worksâ, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
PAD London, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
Masterpiece, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
Design Miami / Basel, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Basel, Switzerland.
PAD Paris, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
Design Days Dubai, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Dubai, UAE.
Art Geneve, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Geneve, Switzerland.
BRAFA, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.
2014
/ PAD Paris, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
/ Design Days Dubai, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Dubai, UAE.
/ BRAFA, Brussels, Belgium.
2013
Design Miami / Basel, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Switzerland.
âLeap of Faithâ, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
Design Days Dubai, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Dubai, UAE.
Abu Dhabi Art, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi.
The Salon: Art + Design, New York, USA.
PAD London, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
Masterpiece, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
Design Miami, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Miami, USA.
PAD Paris, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
‘Wandering Forms: Works from 1959-79â, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, USA.
âA New Environmentâ, Friedman Benda, New York, USA.
2012
âVolumes and Voidsâ, Barry Friedman, New York, USA.
âWandering Forms: Works from 1959-79â, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, USA. / âForms within Formsâ, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, USA.
2011
Wendell Castle in the 21st Centuryâ, Belger Arts Center, Kansas City, USA
âBest Leg Forwardâ, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
Inaugural show, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
2010
âWendell Castle. Rockinâ, Barry Friedman, Ltd. New York, USA.
Sotherbyâs at Sudeley Castle, Cheltenham, UK.
2008
âWendell Castle. New Workâ, Barry Friedman, Ltd. New York, USA.
âWendell Castle: About Timeâ Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, USA.
âWendell Castleâ, Carpenterâs Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
2006
âWendell Castle in Rochesterâ, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, USA.
2005
âWendell Castle: What Pluck!â, Castellani Art Museum, Niagara, USA.
2004
âWendell Castle: Auto Plasticâ, R20th Century, New York, USA.
2003
âWendell Castle: Seeing in the Darkâ, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, USA.
2001
‘Wendell Castleâ, Bausch & Lomb, Rochester, USA.
2000
âFurniture by Wendell Castleâ, Kendall College of Art & Design, Grand Rapids, USA.
1996
âOne Man Exhibitâ, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, USA.
1995
âWorks by Wendell Castleâ, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, USA.
âArt Furniture by Wendell Castleâ, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, USA.
âOne-Man Exhibitâ, Chang Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA.
âWendell Castle: Cabinets 1985â1995. A Retrospective Exhibitionâ, Peter Joseph Gallery, New York, USA.
1994
âAmbiguous Objecthood: New Furniture and Drawings by Wendell Castleâ, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, USA.
âWendell Castle: Coming to Gripsâ, Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, USA.
1993
âWendell Castle: Environmental Worksâ, Peter Joseph Gallery, New York, USA.
âWendell Castle: Select Early Works (1971-75)â, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, USA.
1991
âAngel Chairs: New Work by Wendell Castleâ, Peter Joseph Gallery, New York, USA.
1989
âWendell Castle: New Workâ, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, USA.
1986
âTime and Defiance of Gravity: Recent Works by Wendell Castleâ, Mead Art Museum,
Amherst College, Amherst, USA.
âWendell Castle. Works in Plasticâ, 1968-1970, 20th Century Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
1980
‘Furniture As Art IIâ, Fendrick Gallery, Washington, USA.
1969
âThe Furniture of Wendell Castleâ, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA.
1962
Inaugural Show, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Dartmouth, USA.
AWARDS AND COMMISSIONS (SELECTION)
2007
Lifetime Achievement Award, Brooklyn Museum of Art, USA.
2003
Outstanding Achievement Award, The National Association of Schools of Art & Design, Los Angeles, USA.
2002
Distinguished Achievement Award, University of Kansas School of Fine Arts, Manhattan, USA.
1999
Master of the Medium, The James Renwick Alliance of The National Museum of American Art, Washington, USA.
1994
Visionaries of the American Craft Movement, American Craft Museum, USA.
1988
Visual Artists Fellowship Grant, National Endowment for the Arts, USA.
1979
Honorary Degree, Doctor of Fine Arts, Sculptor/Designer, Maryland Institute of Art, USA.
1976
National Endowment for the Arts Grant(s), Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation
Grant, USA.
1973
National Endowment for the Arts Grant(s), Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation
Grant, USA.
LITERATURE (SELECTION)
2010
Barry Friedman, âWendell Castle, Rockinâ, Barry Friedman Ltd. And Friedman Benda LLC.
2009
Miller, Judith, âChairsâ, London: Conran Octopus Ltd.
2005
Albrecht, Donald, âAuto Plastic: Wendell Castleâ, New York: R 20th Century.
2001
Busch, Akiko and Paul J. Smith, âObjects for Use: Handmade by Designâ, New York: Harry H. Abrams Inc.
1999
Fiell, Charlotte and Peter, âDesign and the 20th Centuryâ, Germany: Taschen.
MUSEUM REFERENCES
Addison Gallery Of American Art, Andover, USA
Art Institute Of Chicago, Chicago, USA
Art Museum Project, Dearborn, USA
Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, USA
Charles A. Wustum Museum Of Fine Arts, Racine, USA
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, USA
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, USA
Belger Art Center, Kansas City, USA
Brooklyn Museum, New York City, USA
Carnegie Museum Of Art (Cmao), Pittsburgh, USA
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, USA
Delaware Art Museum (Delart), Wilmington, USA
Design Museum Gent, Gent, Belgium
Detroit Institute Of Arts (Dia), Detroit, USA
Everson Museum Of Art, New York City, USA
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, USA
High Museum Of Art, Atlanta, USA
Hunter Museum Of Art, Chattanooga, USA
Ithaca College Art Museum, NYC, USA
Johnson Museum Of Art, NYC, USA
Kirkland Museum Of Fine & Decorative Art, Denver, USA
Lannan Foundation Collection, Los Angeles, USA
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, UK
Marianna Kistler Beach Museum Of Art, Manhattan, USA
Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, USA
Metropolitan Museum Of Art (Met), New York City, USA
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, USA
Minneapolis Institute Of Arts, Minneapolis, USA
Mint Museum Of Craft + Design, Charlotte, USA
Mobile Museum Of Fine Arts, Mobile, USA
Museum Of Art St. Louis, USA
Museum Of Art And Design (Madmuseum), New York City, USA
Museum Of Decorative Arts (Mbam), Montreal, Canada
Museum Of Fine Arts (Mfa), Boston, USA
Museum Of Fine Arts (Mfah), Houston, USA
Museum Of Modern Art (Moma), New York City, USA
Nordenfieldske Kunstindustrimiseet, Oslo, Norway
Palm Springs Art Museum (Psmuseum), Palm Spring, USA
Philadelphia Museum Of Art (Philamuseum), Philadelphia, USA
Racine Art Museum, Racine, USA
Renwick Gallery, The National Museum Of American Art, Washington DC
USA Rochester Institute Of Technology, Rochester, USA
Virginia Museum Of Fine Arts, Richmond, USA
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC, USA
Spencer Museum Of Art, Lawrence, USA
Toledo Museum Of Art, Toledo, USA
University Of New Hampshire Art Museum, Durham, USA
University Of Utah Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, USA
Virginia Museum Of Fine Arts, Richmond, USA
Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, USA
The White House, Washington DC, US
Vincenzo De Cotiis was born in 1958 in Gonzaga, Italy. He studied architecture at the Politecnico di Milano and founded his studio in 1997. His signature is the use of salvaged and reclaimed materialsâwith the signs of their age and wear and tear left intactâin combination with new materials. He aims for perfect imperfection, achieved through deconstruction, re-construction, and re-appropriation of salvaged textiles, metal, wood, leather, and stone. In his work, the original form of the materials is often difficult to identify, but their histories are always visible. Indeed, De Cotiis finds beauty in the patina of life, as seen in his architecture and interiors projects for private homes, hotels, restaurants, and retail outlets across the globe, as well as his furniture and design work. Under the Progetto Domestico label, De Cotiis designs and produces one off and limited-edition pieces that also incorporate recycled and reclaimed materials. Highly collectable, the work is sold through his gallery in Milan and exhibited at leading global design fairs, including Design Miami/Basel, PAD London, Dubai Design Week, and the Art Paris Art Fair.
EXHIBITIONS AND FAIRSÂ
2018
‘Baroquisme’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, New York, USA.
/ Milan Design Week 2018, Milan, Italy.
2017
Summer Show’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, New York, USA.
‘Cabinet Makers’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
‘Art Light’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
‘Baroquisme’, De Cotiis Gallery, Milan, Italy.
‘Archeo Black’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, New York, USA.
West Coast Pop Up, Carpenters Workshop Gallery with 836M Gallery, San Francisco, USA.
Design Miami/, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Miami Beach, USA.
TEFAF New York Spring, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, New York, USA.
Zona Maco, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Mexico City.
FOG Design + Art, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, San Francisco, USA.
2016
‘Pop nouveau’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
Design Miami/, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Miami Beach, USA.
Design Miami Basel, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Basel, Switzerland.
2015
Design Week Milan, Milan, Italy.
Design Miami, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Miami Beach, USA.
2014
Design Miami, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
Wallpaper Handmade with Leclettico, Milan, Italy.
2012
Design Miami/Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
âHistorical Prototypesâ, Architect Vincenzo De Cotiis and and Erastudio Apartment Design Gallery, Milan, Italy.
âPrototypes âSite Specificâ, Fuorisalone del Mobile, Architect Vincenzo De Cotiis and
Erastudio Apartment-Design Gallery, Milan, Italy.
Zona Maco MĂ©xico Arte ContemporĂĄneo â Design Section, Mexico City, Mexico.
Progetto Domestico, Galerie LâEclaireur Saint-Ouen, France.
2010
âMnemĂČsyne (a philosophy of matter)â, Fuorisalone del Mobile, Milan, Italy.
COMMISSIONS
Aesop, Milan, Italy.
Krizia boutique, Milan, Italy.
Tâa? bistro, Milan, Italy.
Residences, Shenzhen, China / The Straf Hotel, Milan, Italy. AWARDS 2016
Wallpaper design awards 2016: Best lair, Fold sofa by Vincenzo de Cotiis 2015
Wallpaper, Best Grid, âDC1406â lamp 2008
Nomination from âADI Design Index 2008â
PRESS
2018
Architectural Digest, ‘RĂ©inventer le salon’, Sarah de Beaumont, February-March.
Architectural Digest, ‘Art dĂ©co revival’, CĂ©dric Saint AndrĂ© Perrin, December 2017-January 2018.
2017
Casa Vogue, ‘Beleza Torta’, Annalisa Rosso, November.
Vogue Living Australia, The Hot 100 List Kitchens & Bathrooms, ‘Tuscan Treasure’, October.
Architectural Digest Collector, The Best of Design 2017, Cedric Saint AndrĂ© Perrin, September. / TMagazine Spain, ‘QuĂ© serĂ , serĂ ’, Nancy Hass, April.
2016
Elle Decor Italia, ‘Limited Edition’, Rosaria Zucconi, October.
Architectural Digest, ‘Messingpracht und KĂŒhlerhauben, Gesine Borcherdt, September.
Stanze, ‘Altre Filosofie dell’Abitare’.
2015
Ideat, âEn Attendant lâExpoâ, Nathalie Nort, May-June.
Architectural Digest, âEntfesselte Grandezzaâ, Karin Jaeger, April.
Grazia Casa, âPubblico Privatoâ, Carolina Trabattoni, March.
Living, âVincenzo de Cotiisâ.
Elle Decoration, âPasĂ© RecomposĂ©â, February-March.
Wallpaper, âBest Gridâ, February.
2014
TL mag, âFormes Hivernals: Winter Formsâ, December.
The Telegraph, âDesign Miami 2014 Reviewâ, Henrietta Thompson, December.
T magazine, âHighlights of This Weekâs Design Miami Showâ, Dan Rubenstein, December.
Wallpaper, âDesign Miami preview: the top 15 exhibitions and satellite eventsâ, Rosa Bertoli, December.
Architectural Digest, âLe Meilleur de Design Miami 2014â, December.
T magazine, âIndustrial Eleganceâ, Stephen Heyman, November.
RUM, âMelleum Kunst Og Design Vincenzo de Cotiisâ, Maja Hahne Regild, September.
Architectural Digest, âLes 100 crĂ©ateures qui comptent et les tendencies du momentâ, September.
Elle Decor, âIn Grande Stileâ, Ruben Modigliani, September.
H.O.M.E., âTakiler Traumköreperâ, Sandra Piske, July-August.
Wallpaper, âThe W* House: Bedroomâ, Rosa Bertoli, July.
Elle DĂ©cor, âInspirationâ, May.
Wallpaper, âVision View: Milanâs Breath of fresh airâ, May.
Corriere Della Sera, âLĂĄuto del Futuro? Ita bisogno anche di un tauolo-Sculturaâ, Silvia Nani, April.
ICON, âQ&A / Vincenzo De Cotiisâ, Andrea Tenerani, April.
Madame Figaro, âVincenzo de Cotiis LâĂ©motion designâ, Marie-Catherine de la Roche, March.
RUM, âMilano eksklusivâ, Karin GrabĂŠk.
2013
Elle DĂ©cor, âDĂ©cor Powerâ, October.
Architectural Digest, âPassez au salonâ, September-October.
Architectural Digest (Collective Special Issue no.9), September.
Wallpaper, âArchitects of fashionâ, Nick Vinson, September.
Elle DĂ©cor, âCodice de Cotiisâ, Rosaria Zucconi, April
Studio Drift is an artistsâ studio founded in 2006 by Ralph Nauta and Lonneke Gordijn that explores the relationship between nature, technology, and mankind. The studioâs philosophy is based on creating a dialogue between opposites. Its work comes to life via ongoing collaboration with scientists, university research facilities, computer programmers, and engineers. Studio Driftâs sculptures are site-specific art installations that react directly to human behavior but question it at the same time. Studio Drift proposes a distinct mix between hi-tech and poetic imagery. Fragile Future III conveys emotion while simultaneously referencing the fact that light lies at the basis of all life. Fragile Future III is a modular work. It is created in the form of a limited edition collection and custom made installations are created on commission. It consists of three-dimensional bronze electrical circuits connected to light emitting dandelions. It was developed in collaboration with the Carpenters Workshop Gallery and won a Light of the Future award from the German Design Council in 2008. The Fragile Future III Concrete Chandelier won the MoĂ«t Hennessy-PAD London Prize in 2010 and was acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. In 2011, Fragile Future III won the top prize at the summer exhibition at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag in The Hague. Studio Driftâs work has been shown at many fairs and museums, including the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, Design Miami/Basel, Art Paris Art Fair, Dubai Design Week, and the Museum of Arts and Design in New York.
AWARDS
2015
Dutch Design Awards | Nominated with Shylight
2014
Best piece of Arte Laguna, Arsenale, Venezia (Flylight)
Artist in Residence âART STAYSâ, part of the Premio Arte Laguna Art Prize (Flylight)
2012
Finest light sculpture / Interieur, Kortrijk (Fragile Future 3)
2011
1st Prize âZomerExpoâ / Gemeentemuseum, Netherlands (Fragile Future 3.5)
2010
The Moet Hennessy Pavilion of Art and Design London Prize 2010 (Concrete Chandelier)
2008
International Design Prize âLights of the futureâ / German Design Council (Fragile Future)
2006
Art prize 2006, 1st Prize Stichting ArtiParti (Fragile Future)
Young Talent Award, Stichting MS Research (Fragile Future) PERMANENT COLLECTION / Victoria and Albert museum London, UK | Fragile Future Concrete Chandelier
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, NL | Shylight Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (NL) | Fragile Future Chandelier / Atalanta High Museum of Art, USA | Fragile Future 3.13
Louis Vuitton collection, CN, JP, HK | Fragile Future
San Francisco MOMA, USA | Ghost chair and numerous private collections
EXHIBITIONS AND FAIRS
2018
‘Coded Nature’, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2017
‘Art Light’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
Zona Maco México Arte Contemporåneo, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Mexico City.
Design Miami/Basel, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Basel, Switzerland.
FOG Fair, PACE gallery, San Francisco, USA.
The Armory Show, collaboration with Artsy and Microsoft Hololens, New York, USA.
The Armory Show, solo with PACE gallery, New York, USA.
Dwell on Design, Short films program, Los Angeles, USA.
2016
’10 years of collectible design’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
’10 years of collectible design’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Mitry-Mory, France.
‘Art Light’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, New York, USA.
‘Art Light’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
Zona Maco México Arte Contemporåneo, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Mexico city.
‘Fragile Future’, Lightopia, Vitra, Lisbon, Portugal.
‘Fragile Future’, Design Miami, USA.
The Obsidian Project, Seattle Art Fair, PACE gallery.
Berlage, Godfather of Dutch Design, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Feira International del Libro de BogotĂĄ, Colombia.
GLOW Festival, Kazerne Eindhoven, Netherlands.
Dutch Design Week, Kazerne Eindhoven, Netherlands.
Torenkamerfestival, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
DaVinci: Codex, Seoul, South Korea.
The Making of Fragile Future and The Making of Shylight, Architecture Film Festival, New York, USA.
Lichtparcours Braunschweig 2016, The Portal | Braunschweig, Germany.
‘Dream Out Loud’, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Glassfever, DordtYart, Dordrecht, Netherlands.
âElectro craftâ, London, UK.
âCampaign for Artâ, San Francisco, USA.
âDesign Shanghaiâ, Shanghai, China.
âThe next best thing is not a thingâ, Maastricht, Netherlands.
âThe Armory Showâ, New York City, USA.
Annual showcase Dutch Creative Industry, Ministry of Education, Culture & Science, Den Haag, Netherlands.
2015
New York Inaugural Show, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, New York.
âDesign Miami/Baselâ, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Basel, Switzerland.
âMasterpiece Londonâ, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
âDesign Beijingâ, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Beijing, China.
âArt Geneveâ, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Geneve, Switzerland.
âBerlage, godfather of Dutch Designâ, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
âArt Monthsâ, Conservatorium Hotel, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
âPavilion de lâesprit nouveau 2.0â, Swiss Institute Contemporary Art, New York, USA.
âDDW: THING NOTHING Van Abbemuseum en Design Academy Eindhovenâ, Eindhoven, Netherlands. / âDutch Design Awardsâ, Eindhoven 2015 âPlants out of Placeâ, London, UK.
âGlasstress 2015 Gotikaâ, Palazzo Franchetti / Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere e Arti, Venice, Italy.
âHands offâ, San Francisco Museum for Arts & Crafts, San Francisco, USA.
âWhat is Luxuryâ, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK.
âWorld Expo Milanâ, World Expo, Milan , Italy.
âSalone del Mobileâ, Milan, Italy.
âDesign Show Shanghaiâ, Shanghai, China.
âDesign Dubai Daysâ, Dubai, UAE.
âOpen Worldâ, De Kazerne, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
âVormgevers ontmoeten Van Goghâ, Het Noordbrabants Museum, âs-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.
2014
âDining Roomâ, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
âOrganicâ, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
âLightopiaâ, Design Museum Gent, Gent, Belgium.
Tokyo Design Week, Japan.
âOpen Mindâ, De Kazerne, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
Belgrade Design Week, Serbia.
âMade by Braziliansâ, Cidade Matarazzo Hospital, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
âWallpaper – Handmadeâ, New York, USA.
âWallpaper – Handmadeâ, Milan, Italy.
Arsenale, Venice, Italy.
âUseful+Beautifulâ, Geffrye Museum, London, UK.
Design Days Dubai, Dubai, UAE.
2013
DesignMiami/Miami, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Miami, USA.
Masterpiece, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
Abu Dhabi Art fair, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
âLightopiaâ, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany.
âSubversive Designâ, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Brighton, UK.
âWitâ, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
The Salon: Art + Design, New York, USA.
Pavillion of Art + Design (PAD), London, UK.
Flower Salon, Kasteel Keukenhof, Lisse.
Salone del Mobile, Milan, Italy.
Pavillon of Art + Design (PAD), Paris, France.
âJa Natuurlijkâ, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague.
2012
DesignMiami/Miami, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Miami, USA.
Biennale des Antiquaires, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Grand Palais, Paris, France.
âSpace Oddityâ, Grand Hornu, Boussu, Belgium.
The Salon: Art + Design, New York, USA.
26e Finest light sculpture / Interieurâ, Kortijk, Belgium.
âA Better Worldâ, 13th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy. / âArt and Design for allâ, The Victoria & Albert Museum, showing in KAH, Bonn.
Masterpiece, London, UK.
âCurious Mindsâ, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel.
âNieuwe Energie in Design en Kunstâ, Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Design Miami/ Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Luminale, Frankfurt, Germany.
Design Days Dubai, Dubai, UAE.
Featured Designers at âOBJECTâ, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
2011
âCurious Mindsâ, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel.
âNieuwe Energieâ, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Pavillion of Art and Design (PAD), New York, USA.
Design Miami/, Miami, USA.
âSuperDesign, London, UK.
âLiberation of Lightâ, Beijing Design Week, Beijing, China.
âZomerExpoâ, Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, First prize, Netherlands.
Design Miami/ Basel, Basel, Switzerlands.
âFOO-Flight of Objectsâ, Milan, Italy.
âEvery Day Dutchâ, Selfridges, London, UK.
2010
Fragile Future with Carpenters Workshop Gallery at Artefiera Bologna, Italy.
Design Miami/, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Miami, USA.
MOSS gallery, âMake Meâ, New York, USA.
âLuminous Timesâ, Vitra Design Museum, Domaine de Boisbuchet park, Lessac, France.
Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
Vitra Design Museum, Domaine de Boisbuchet park âLuminous Timesâ.
âBetter City, Better Lifeâ, World Expo Shanghai, BIE, Shanghai, China.
âDeath or Aliveâ, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, USA.
Pavillon of Art + Design (PAD), Jardins des Tuileries, Paris, France.
Bologna Art Fair, Bologna, Italy.
2009
âDesign Highâ, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Louise Blouin Foundation, London UK.
Design Miami, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Miami, USA.
âPavillion of Art + Design, Jardins des Tuileries, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
Glow Festival, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
âEat Drink Designâ, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
âIn Praise of Shadowsâ, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK.
Maison et Objet, Paris, France.
Design Act Moscow, Moscow, Russia.
Gallery Karena Schuessler, Berlin , Germany.
Salone del Mobile, Milan, Italy.
âSurfaceâ Schnittstelle Kunst / Design, Kuenstlerhaus Dortmund/Heimatdesign, Cologne, Germany. / âObjectâ, Galerie VIVD, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Diseño holandĂ©s. En la calle como en casa. Binnen/Buiten”, Vigo, Spain.
âResponsiveâ, Material Sense, CeBit fair, Hanover, Germany.
2008
Tokyo Design week, Design Tide, Tokyo, Japan.
âNew Dutch Designâ, Mars Centre of Contemporary Arts, Moscow, Russia.
âGHOST Collectionâ, Salone del Mobile, Milan, Italy.
âMaterial Senseâ, IF, Hannover, Germany.
âLight+Building 2008â, Lights of the future, German Design Council, Frankfurt, Germany.
âFamily of Formâ, Designhuis Eindhoven, Netherlands.
âBecoming Dutch/Eindhoven Caucusâ, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2007
‘No Windmills, Cheese or Tulipsâ, 100% Design Tokyo, Japan.
âNATâ, Design Week Eindhoven, MU, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
âVia Milanoâ, Woonbeurs Amsterdam, Netherlands.
âExploring new Identitiesâ, Art Partner, Post CS-Gebouw W139, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Mode Biënnale Arnhem, Arnhem, Nertherlands.
Salone del Mobile, Milan, Italy.
âBright + Lightâ, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium.
âArt Rotterdamâ, gallery Mart House, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
2006
âFleurs et LumiĂšresâ, Biennale du design, Saint Etienne, France.
âWhite bright and delighting homeâ, Mart House, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
âPost Mortemâ, Salone del Mobile, Milan, Italy.
2005
âGraduation 2005â, Design Academy Eindhoven, Netherlands.
BOOK PUBLICATIONS
2017
âDesign on trial, critique and metamorphosis of the contemporary objectâ, Francesca la Rocca, ISBN: 978-88-917-9914-7
2016
Lichtparcours Braunschweig 2016, The Portal, (ISBN 978-3-00-053403-4)
Art Architecture, Peter Marino | Fragile Future commissions Louis Vuitton
2015
Boekman 105, Boekmanstichting, (ISBN 9789066501379)
Thing Nothing catalogue, Design Academy Eindhoven
Silk/Zijde, Zijdar Book (ISBN: 978-90-78376-21-7)
âBright 2 – Architectural Illumination and Light Installationsâ, Frame Publishers, (ISBN: 978-94-91727-41-2)
2014
21st Century Lighting Design, Bloomsbury Publishing (ISBN: 978-14-7250-3138)
Think Dutch, DAAB and Frame Publishers (ISBN: 978-94-91727-24-5)
2013
Ja Natuurlijk: How Art Saves The World, Nai uitgevers (ISBN: 978-94-6208-0638)
Designing Interior Architecture, Birkhauser (ISBN: 978-3034606806)
2012
Hands on Dutch Design, Wbooks (ISBN:978-9-08910-297-3)
2011
ZomerExpo 2011, Gemeentemuseum, dâJonge Hond (ISBN: 978-90891-02638)
2010
Dead or Alive, Museum of arts and design (ISBN: 978-1-89038-520-0)
Design, 28 April 2010, catalogue Philips de Pury
2009
âOnce Upon a Chair,â Gestalten (ISBN: 978-3-89955-256-0)
âFurnish II,â Gestalten (ISBN: 978-3-89955-176-1)
âStar Piecesâ, Thames & Hudson (ISBN: 978-0-500-51482-5)
âDesireâ, Gestalten (ISBN: 978-3-89955-218-8)
âLimited Editionâ, Gestalten (ISBN: 978-3-7643-8895-9)
âCreateâ, Gestalten (ISBN: 978-3-89955-231-7)
âInspirationsâ, Elizabeth Lerich
âMy approach is about imbuing bronze with warmth and vitality by borrowing scarification techniques and visual motifs from tribal societies,â says Donat. Ingrid Donat is a French- Swedish artist born in 1957. Donat trained at Ăcole des Beaux Arts and later she met with Sylva Bernt, who instructed her in the art of sculpture. During the 80âs sculptor Diego Giacometti pushed her to start creating her own furniture. Now, Donat currently stands as one of the most influential living artists in Decorative Arts. Her sculptured bronze furniture pieces exist as a symbiosis between the sophistication of Art Deco against the force of Tribal Art. Her creations take a painterly approach to the weighty medium of bronze. Donat draws upon a diverse range of decorating influences including tribal tattooing. The works of Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt, and Armand-Albert Rateau have inspired the characters and intricate patterns in her art. Donat crosses time without ever anchoring herself in the trends of the moment. She expresses a universal language as in the era of the first civilizations. Her timeless work needs to be seen and touched to be truly understood.
EXHIBITIONS AND FAIRS
2018
ArtMonte-Carlo, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Monaco, France.
2017
‘West Coast Pop Up’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery in collaboration with 836M Gallery, San Francisco, USA.
Group Show, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
Summer Show, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, New York, USA.
‘Cabinet Makers’, Carpenters workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
‘Art Light’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
‘Art Light’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, New York, USA.
Design Miami/Basel, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Basel, Switzerland.
TEFAF New York Spring, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, New York, USA.
PAD Paris, Jardin des Tuileries, Carpenters Workshop Galerie, Paris, France.
Zona Maco, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Mexico City.
FOG Design + Art, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, San Francisco, USA.
2016
‘Origins’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, New York, USA.
‘ Retrospective Exhibition 10 Years of Collectible Design, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Mitry-Mory, France.
‘New Gallery Opening 10 Years of Collectible Design’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
‘Tribal’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery in collaboration with Galerie Bernard Dulon, Paris, France.
‘Origins’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
‘New Works Only’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
PAD London, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
Expo Chicago, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Chicago, USA.
Design Miami/Basel, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Basel, Switzerland.
Artmonte-Carlo, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Monaco.
PAD Paris, Jardin des Tuileries, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
Design Days Dubai, Caprenters Workshop Gallery, Dubai, UAE.
2015
Masterpiece, London, UK.
Design Miami/ Basel, Switzerland.
Design Beijing, Beijing, China.
Pavilion of Art & Design, Tuileries, Paris, France.
AD Collections, MinistÚre des Affaires étrangÚres, Paris, France.
2014
The Salon : Art + Design, New York, USA.
Biennale des Antiquaires, Paris, France.
BRAFA, Brussels, Belgium.
Design Days Dubai, Dubai, UAE.
Pavilion of Art & Design, Tuileries, Paris, France.
2013
Masterpiece, London, UK.
Design Miami/Basel, Switzerland.
Pavilion of Art & Design, Paris, France.
2012
Cicatrices de Métal, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
Biennale des Antiquaires, Paris, France.
Masterpiece, London, UK.
Pavilion of Art & Design, Tuileries, Paris, France.
Design Days Dubai, Dubai, UAE.
2011
Design Miami/Basel, Switzerland.
Pavilion of Art & Design, Tuileries, Paris, France.
Design Miami/Miami, Miami Beach, USA.
Pavilion of Art & Design, London, UK.
Design Miami/Basel, Switzerland.
Sothebyâs at Sudeley Castle, Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire, UK.
Pavilion of Art & Design, Tuileries, Paris, France.
2009
Pavilion of Art & Design, London, UK.
Design Miami/Basel, Switzerland.
‘Design Highâ, Louis T Blouin Foundation in collaboration with Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
Pavilion of Art & Design, Tuileries, Paris, France.
Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris, France.
Contemporary Art Fair, Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
2008
Pavilion of Art & Design, London, UK.
Design Miami/Basel, Switzerland.
Conversations in Bronze: Ingrid Donat and Vincent Dubourg, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, USA.
2007
Design Art, London, UK.
Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, USA.
Pavillon des Antiquaires et des Beaux Arts, Paris, France. 2
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Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, USA.
Pavillon des Antiquaires et des Beaux Arts, Paris, France.
2003
Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, USA.
Carrousel du Louvre, Louvre, Paris, France.
2002
Lâart du Jardin et de la Scuplture, Parc de Saint Cloud, Paris, France.
Jardins des Tuileries, Paris, France.
International Art & Antique Fair Pavilion des Antiquaires et des Beaux Arts, Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
2001
Permanent Exhibition, Galerie Cazeau-Beraudiere, Paris, France.
Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, France.
Pavillon des Antiquaires et des Beaux Arts, Paris, France.
2000
Meubles et Sculptures, Galerie Cazeau-Beraudiere, Paris, France.
1998
Meubles Sculptures dâIngrid Donat, Galerie Bernard Dulon, Paris, France.
LITERATURE
2009
David Linley and C.Cator, H.Chislett, âStar Pieces â The Enduring Beauty of Spectacular Furnitureâ. London: Thames and Hudson.
MUSEUM REFERENCES
Art of the Twentieth Century, New York, USA. Fondation Louise T Blouin, London, UK.
Vincent Dubourgâs is a French artist born in 1977. Dubourgâs sculptural furniture makes contemporary allusions to traditional methods of cabinetmaking. This evokes a nostalgic sense of the familiar, which he simultaneously distorts with his fresh approach to materials and techniques. Dubourg poetically fuses the crafts of glassblowing, wood-bending, and metal-casting to bring simple forms to life. In Napoleon A Trointette, the solid form of a bureau is harmoniously combined with the graceful curves of bronze branches. Dubourgâs designs introduce motion to stationary furniture. Vent Sur La Table whirls bronze and branches upwards as though freed from the constraints of gravity. Indeed, Dubourg offers a new perspective to furniture design, often subverting classic functional forms. In Commode Ă Nouvelle ZĂ©lande, he flips a bar so that it rests on rows of up-turned glasses and bottles. Another piece in this series, Plancher Ă Nouvelle ZĂ©lande, sees shelves fly from the wall as if making an escape. Dubourgâs conceptual twists add a surreal element to traditional craftsmanship, though he never relinquishes his devotion for the search of perfection.
EXHIBITIONS AND FAIRS
2018
Vortex, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
TEFAF, New-York Spring, Park Avenue Armory, New-York, USA.
2017
Vortex, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, New York, USA.
Cabinet Makers, Group Show, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
Design Miami/ Basel, Switzerland.
FOG Design + Art, San Francisco, USA.
2016
New Gallery Opening, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
10 Years of Collectible Design, Carpenters Workshop Roissy, France.
Pavilion of Art & Design, London, UK.
Design Miami/ Basel, Switzerland.
Zona Maco, Mexico.
2015
Masterpiece, London, UK.
Design Miami/ Basel, Switzerland.
Pavilion of Art & Design, Tuileries, Paris, France.
Design Days Dubai, Dubai, UAE.
2014
Dans lâAtelier, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
Design Days Dubai, Dubai, UAE.
Design Shanghai, Shanghai, China.
BRAFA, Brussels, Belgium.
2013
Design Miami, Miami Beach, USA.
Masterpiece, London, UK.
The Salon: Art + Design, New York, USA.
2012
âNatureâ, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
2011
Design Miami, Miami Beach, USA.
Pavilion of Art & Design, New York, USA.
Pavilion of Art & Design, London, UK.
âInsideâ, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
2010
Design Miami, Miami Beach, USA.
Pavilion of Art & Design, London, UK.
Design Miami/Basel, Switzerland.
Pavilion of Art & Design, Tuileries, Paris.
ArteFiera, Bologna, Italy.
âSothebyâs at Sudeley Castleâ, Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire, UK.
2009
âTelling Tales: Fantasy and Fear in Contemporary Designâ, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK. / âDesign Highâ, Louis T Blouin Foundation in collaboration with Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
Design Miami/Basel, Switzerland.
Pavilion of Art & Design, Tuileries, Paris, France.
Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris, France.
2008
Design Miami/Basel, Switzerland.
Pavilion of Art & Design, Tuileries, Paris, France.
2007
Design Art, London, UK.
âDesign Poveraâ, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
âDecors Fashion-Weekâ, Gourav Goopta, Dehli, India.
2006
âMetalâ, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
2005
âCreation Vitrineâ, Galeries Layfayette, Paris, France.
âJardin-Jardinâ, Tuileries, Paris France.
2004
100% Design Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Palais Bourbon Lacondet, Paris, France.
âJardin-Jardinâ, Tuileries, Paris, France.
2003
Festival des Jardins de Chaumont sur Loire, France.
Salone del Mobile, Milan, Italy.
Salon du Meuble, Paris, France.
AWARDS AND COMMISSIONS
2011
Moet & Hennessy Prize, Pavilion of Art & Design New York.
2008
LVMH, Paris. 2006
Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris.
2005
Window display development of Galeries Lafayette, Paris.
2003
Colonial Concept of a bedroom for the Princess of Morocco, Paris.
LITERATURE
2013
Anne Bonny, âEsprit Meuble Designâ, Editions du Regards, 2013.
2009
Gareth Williams, âTelling Tales: Fantasy and Fear in contemporary Designâ, London: V&A
Publishing, 2009.
David Linely, C. Cator, and H. Chislett, âStar Pieces – The Enduring Beauty of Spectacular
Furnitureâ. London: Thames and Hudson, 2009.
MUSEUM REFERENCES
Museum of Arts and Design, New York. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris
Influenced by her studies at Ecole Camondo and her years spent in Paris and Rotterdam, Najla El Zein returned to open her workspace in Beirut, a city that inspires her in a paradox of emotions, senses and memories which continuously trickle into her work process. Najla seeks the challenge of taking a simple idea, object or material and converting it into a cosmic experience. Her creations are intimate experiments, reinterpreting conventional materials within atypical contexts. Najla El Zeinâs works have been featured in the Victoria and Albert museum, Singapore Art Fair, Boghossian Foundation (Brussels), Design Days Dubai, House of Today, Beirut Art center, PAD fairs with Smogallery and Starch Foundation.
Kendell Geers was born in South Africa in 1968 and now lives and works in Brussels. His artistic practice covers a wide range of media, including installations, sculpture, drawing, video, performance, and photography. Since the 1990s, his work has been firmly anchored in activism. Geers uses emblematic figures from art history, religious icons, and pornographic images to explore social limits. He is known for his vocabulary of barbed wire, barrels, truncheons, broken glass, and police tapeâelements that convey a feeling of urgency. His work never fails to reflect strong desires and violent impulses. His work also inverts order and morality, whether in the form of belief systems or social and political ideologies, while also shining a light on the mechanisms of the human psyche. He is one of the most frequently exhibited artists of his generation. His works are part of sixty permanent museum collections and since 1988 he has taken part in more than four hundred exhibitions all around the world.
EXHIBITIONS AND FAIRS
2018
‘AFROPUNK, Gallery Week-End, Brussels, Belgium.
2017
‘The Silence between’ GoodĂčan Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
2016
‘BXL Universelle’, Centrale for Contemporary Art, Brussels, Belgium.
‘BXL Universelle’, Centre Wallonie Bruxelles, Paris, France.
2015
Guild Design Fair, Cape Town, South Africa.
‘The Importance of being a panorama in Contemporary Art with 40 Belgiums Artists in Latina America’, Museum Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana, Cuba.
‘The Importance of being a panorama in Contemporary Art with 40 Belgiums Artists in Latina America’, Musco de Arte Contemporaneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
‘The Importance of being a panorama in Contemporary Art with 40 Belgiums Artists in Latina America’, Musco de Arte Comporanea de Unersidad des Sao Paulo, Brasil.
‘Theorem’, Mana Contemporary Museum, Jersey City, USA.
‘Les mondes inverses’ Art contemporain et cultures populaires, Commissariat : Pierre-Olivier Rollin, Charleroi, Belgium.
2014
Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK.
Yvon Lambert, Paris, France.
âDivine Comedyâ, MMK, Frankfurt, Germany.
âRuffneck Constructivistsâ, ICA, Philadelphia, USA.
âINSERT2014â, Maati Ghar, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi, India.
2013
âAlphaBĂȘteâ, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Bruxelles, Belgium.
âEndgameâ, Galleria Continua Le Moulin, Boissy-le-ChĂątel, France.
âStealing Fire from Heavenâ, Galerist, Istanbul, Turkey.
âKendell Geers 1988-2013â, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany.
âArtifical Amsterdamâ, De Appel, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
âPostMortemâ, Forde, Geneve, Switzerland.
âBeyond Liaisonsâ, World Jewellery Museum, Seoul, Korea.
âMy Joburgâ, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France.
âMoney, Sex, Powerâ, Maison ParticuliĂšre, Brussels, Belgium.
âCelluloid Brushesâ, Ludlow 38, New York, USA.
2012
âSongs of Innocence and of Experienceâ, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
âThe Marriage of Heaven and Hellâ,ChĂąteau Blandy-Les-Tours, France.
âStruggle(s)â, 4 Private collections, Maison Particuliere, Brussels, Belgium.
âNewtopia: The State of Human Rightsâ, exhibition for the City of Mechelen, Belgium (catalogue).
âManifesta 9â, The European Biennial of Contemporary Art, Genk, Limburg, Belgium (catalogue).
âNĂ©on, Whoâs afraid of red, yellow and blue?â, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France (catalogue).
2011
âHellraiserâ, ADNGaleria, Barcelona, Spain.
âNo Government, No Cryâ, CIAP, Hasselt, Belgium.
âFin de Partieâ, Galleria Continua, Beijing, China (catalogue).
âCON AMORE â Leif Djurhuus Samlingâ, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark (catalogue). / âNUNC, ET IN HORA MORTIS NOSTRAEâ, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium.
âMĂ©moires du futur, la collection Olbrichtâ, La maison Rouge, Paris, France (catalogue).
âSpheres 4â, Galleria Continua Le Moulin, Paris, France.
âIt Wonât Happen Againâ, Galleria Continua, Beijing, China.
âSuper-Organismâ, CAF Art Museum Biennale, Beijing, China.
âTerrible BeautyâArt, Crisis, Change & The Office of Non-Complianceâ, Dublin Contemporary 2011, Ireland.
âHow to Philosophize with a Hammerâ, White Box, New York, USA.
âBig Brother, Lâartiste face aux Tyransâ, The Palais des Arts et du Festival, Dinard, France (catalogue). / Glasstress, Eventi collaterali di La Biennale di Venizia, Venice, Italy.
âSympathy for the Devilâ, VanhaerentsArtCollection, Brussels, Belgium.
âEat Meâ, Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
âThe Luminous Intervalâ, The Daskalopoulos Collection, The Guggenheim, Bilbao, Spain (catalogue).
âCelluloid Brushesâ, Film Posters by artists, Etablissement dâen Face, Brussels, Belgium.
2010
âLady/God/Giftâ, Kendell Geers participation in the project: Domino Canibal, Contemporary Art Project Murcia, Spain (catalogue).
âThird World Disorderâ, Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
âHandgrenades from my Heartâ, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium.
âMexico Expected/Unexpectedâ, MOLAA, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, USA.
âJe crois aux Miraclesâ, Collection Yvon Lambert, Avignon, France.
âIdolesâ, Le Moulin, Galleria Continua, Boissy-le ChĂątel, Paris, France.
âThe Right to Protestâ, Museum on the Seam, Socio-Political Contemporary Art Museum, Israel.
âBare Lifeâ, Museum on the Seam, Socio-Political Contemporary Art Museum, Israel.
âWish List of a Young Collectorâ, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France.
âLust and Vice: The Seven Deadly Sins from DĂŒrer to Naumanâ, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland (catalogue).
âWinter Showâ, Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
âMĂ©xico â esperado/inesperadoâ, B.P.S.22 – Espace de crĂ©ation contemporaine, Charleroi, Belgium.
âSpazio, Dalle collezioni di arte e architettura del MAXXIâ, MAXXI, Roma, Italy.
âBern Biennaleâ, The Museum of Fine Art in Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
âThe 29th Bienal de SĂŁo Pauloâ, SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil (catalogue).
âNieuwe Monumentenâ, Middelheimmuseum, Antwerp, Belgium (catalogue).
âStrengths and Convictionsâ, Nobel Peace Center, Oslo, Sweden (catalogue).
âUltraMegaLore-Fashion Iconâ, Het Modemuseum Hasselt, Belgium (catalogue).
âOne Shot ! Football and contemporary artâ, BPS22 espace de crĂ©ation contemporaine, Charleroi, Belgium (catalogue).
âDada South?â, Iziko Museums Of Cape Town, South Africa (catalogue).
âContemplating the Voidâ, Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA.
2009
âA GUEST + A HOST = A GHOSTâ, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK.
âIrrespektivâ, MART, Trento, Italy (catalogue).
âThe Wastelandâ, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris.
âSCRATCH!â, ADN Galeria, Barcelona, Spain.
âVisions of paradise: utopias | dystopias | heterotopiasâ, Berezdivin Collection, Espacio 1414, Puerto Rico. âArt Foundation Mallorcaâ, CCA Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
âFonction Critique, quelques apparitions diversement manifestees, sur une proposition de M.Fadatâ, Aperto, Montpellier, France (Catalogue).
âSpheres 2009â, Galleria Continua, Le Moulin, Paris, France.
âLocus Solusâ, Galerie Yvon Lambert , Paris, France.
âRe:Print, n.a.v. een grafisch werktraject in het Frans Masereel Centrum in Kasterleeâ, Cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Mechelen, Belgium (catalogue).
âHellwach Gegenwartigâ, Ausblicke auf die Sammlung Marta, Marta Herford, Germany.
âDark Summerâ, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium.
âUne collezione trasversale Da Duchamp a Nino Calos, da Cattelan a Entang Wiharsoâ, ALT Arte Contemporanea, Arte Lavoro Territorio, Spazio Fausto Radici, Alzano Lombardo, Italy.
âA House is Not a Homeâ, La Calmeleterie, Amboise, France (catalogue).
âSONS Shoes Or not Shoes?â, Kruishoutem, Belgium.
âTime of the Signsâ, de Pury & Luxembourg Gallery, ZĂŒrich, Switzerland.
âSignals in the Dark: Art in the Shadow of Warâ, Model Arts and Niland Gallery, Sligo, Ireland.
2008
âOficina Para de Arte A.C.â, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
âIrrespektivâ, MOCA, Lyon, France (catalogue).
âIrrespektivâ, DA2 Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca, Spain (catalogue).
âPostPunkPaganPopâ, de Pury & Luxembourg Gallery, ZĂŒrich, Switzerland (catalogue).
âArtist-Citizen / Contextual artistic practicesâ, Cultural Centre of Belgrade, Serbia.
âChambre Ă part IIâ, La RĂ©serve, Paris, France.
â7+1Project Roomsâ, MARCO, Vigo, Spain (catalogue).
âMy Favorite Object, Artists and Architects present their favourite object in the MAKâ, The Viennaartweek, MAK, Vienna, Austria (catalogue).
âWALL ROCKETSâ, New Flag Art Foundation Show, Contemporary Artist and Ed Ruscha, curated by Lisa Dennison, New York, USA (catalogue).
âCollection Agustin et Isabel Coppel, Mexico: Expected/Unexpectedâ, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France (catalogue).
âBetwixtâ, Sofia HultĂ©n curated by Richard Julin, Magasin 3, Stockholm Konsthall, Sweden.
âNEONâ, group show curated by Tania Doropoulos, Gallery Anna Schwartz, Sydney, Australia.
âBare Lifeâ, Jerusalemâs Museum on the Seam, Israel.
âNeon Bibleâ, Collection Yvon Lambert, Avignon, France.
âNeighbourhood Secretsâ, Kvadrat, Stavanger 2008 European Capital of Culture, Norway (catalogue).
âPerson of the Crowd: The contemporary Art of FlĂąnerieâ, Neuberger Museum of Art, New York, USA.
âSignals in the Dark: Art in the Shadow of Warâ, Blackwood Gallery, Curated by SĂ©amus Kealy, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Canada (catalogue).
2007
âKannibaleâ, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris.
âIrrespektivâ, BALTIC, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom (catalogue).
âIrrespektivâ, S.M.A.K, Gent, Belgium (catalogue).
âAuto da fĂ©â, BPS22, Charleroi, Belgium (catalogue).
âJâembrasse Pasâ, Collection Yvon Lambert, Avignon, France.
âPassage du Tempsâ, Collection François Pinault Foundation, Lille, France (catalogue).
âMy Sweet Sixteen Partyâ, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium.
âWerchter Rock Festivalâ, Amuseevous project, Werchter, Belgium.
âHidden Citiesâ, Third International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
(catalogue).
âAfrican Pavilionâ, 52nd Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy (catalogue).
âGlobal Citiesâ, Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, London, UK.
âLâemprise du lieuâ, curated by Daniel Buren , Domaine Pommery, Reims, France (catalogue).
âOne Colourâ, Galleria Continua, Beijing, China.
âThe Freak Showâ, MAC, Lyon, France (catalogue).
âStock Zero, Or The Icy Water Of Egoistical Calculation, Nicolas Bourriaudâ, 2 Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia (catalogue).
â1 Biennal of the Canaries islandsâ, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain (catalogue).
âEmerging Wor(l)dsâ, The Prague Contemporary Art Festival, Prague, Czech Republic.
âIl faut rendre Ă CĂ©zanne…â, Collection Yvon Lambert, Avignon, France (catalogue).
2006
âThe word made fleshâ, Gallery Stephen Friedman, London, UK.
âOnly the Paranoid Surviveâ, HVCCA – Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, USA.
âBeing, In Brusselsâ, Argos, Brussels, Belgium (catalogue).
âSD Observatoryâ, IVAM, Valencia, Spain (catalogue).
âHUMAN GAMEâ, curated by Francesco Bonami, Fondazione Pitti Immagine, Stazione Leopolda, Florence, Italy (catalogue).
âA Fiction of Authenticity-Contemporary Africa Abroadâ, Blaffer Gallery-The Art Museum of the University of Houston, Houston, USA.
âOne Star Stopâ, Galerie Erna HĂcey, Brussels, Belgium.
âTake a Walk on the Wild Sideâ, de Pury & Luxembourg, ZĂŒrich, Switzerland (catalogue).
âImages Publiquesâ, 1Ăšre Triennale dâart public, LiĂšge, Belgium.
âBallkĂŒnstlerâ, Museum der Bildenden KĂŒnste Leipzig, Germany (catalogue).
âThe Flip Book Showâ, Fotomuseum, Antwerp, Belgium.
âTaste. In Viaggio Con Le DiversitĂ Del Gustoâ, Stazione Leopolda, Firenze, Italy.
âMetropolitanscapeâ, Il paesaggio urbano nellâarte contemporanea, Palazzo Cavour, Turin, Italy (catalogue).
âDON JUAN alias Don Giovanniâ or âTwo plus two equals fourâ or âLust is the only swindle I wish permanenceâ â, Kunsthalle Wien, Austria (catalogue).
âExces, Nr.12 Beelden en lichamen in buitensporige tijdenâ, Z33, Zuivelmarkt , Hasselt, Belgium(catalogue)
‘Looking both waysâ, Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, USA (catalogue).
âGeorge Condo, Wim Delvoye, Kendell Geers, MRZYK & Moriceau, Thomas Palme, Gert & Uwe Tobiasâ, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium.
2005
âSatyr:Ikonâ, Galleria Continua, San Gimigano, Italy.
âThe Fall, Sorry weâre closed, Bruxelles, Belgium.
âHung, Drawn and Quarteredâ, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, USA (catalogue).
âLichtkunst aus Kunstlichtâ, ZKM Zentrum fĂŒr Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany
(catalogue).
âWar is over 1945-2005 la libertĂ dellâarte da Picasso a Warhol a Cattelanâ, GAMeC, Bergamo, Italy.
âADAMâ, International exhibition of contemporary art, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (catalogue).
âExpĂ©rience de la durĂ©eâ, Biennale dâart contemporain de Lyon 2005, Lyon, France (catalogue).
âLeaps of Faithâ, Nicosia, Cyprus (catalogue).
âDaumenkinoâ, The Flip Book Show, KunstHalle Dusseldorf, Germany (catalogue).
âCCA Kitakyushu Artistâs Booksâ, Galerie Christophe Daviet-Thery, Paris, France.
âBrussels South Airportâ, Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna, Austria (catalogue).
âManmanoâ, Galleria Continua, Beijing, China.
â10th year Anniversary Exhibitionâ, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK.
âDionysiacâ, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France (catalogue).
âLooking both waysâ, curated by L.A.Farell, Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal (touring show) (catalogue).
âLooking both waysâ, curated by L.A.Farell, City Art Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland (touring show)(catalogue).
2004
âHung, Drawn and Quarteredâ, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinatti, USA (catalogue).
âSexus, Cimaise et Portiqueâ, Albi, France (catalogue).
âThe forest of suicidesâ, MACRO Museum, Roma, Italy (monography).
âIn the fleshâ, Salon 94, New York, USA.
âWall Drawingsâ, MMSU,16th International Drawings Exhibition curated by Branko Franceschi, Rijeka, Croetia (catalogue).
âTerminal 5â, curated by Rachel K.Ward, John F.Kennedy International Airport, New York, USA (catalogue).
âStock Zero-Operaâ, curated by Nicolas Bourriaud, MNAC, Bucharest, Romania (catalogue).
âArt in the Age of Terrorismâ, Millais Gallery, Southampton, UK.
âChannel Zeroâ, curated by Katerina Gregos, Netherlands Media Art Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
âDemocracy is funâ, White box, New York, USA.
âTransculturesâ, The cultural Olympiad and the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece (catalogue).
âTijdelijk verblijf/ SĂ©jour EphemĂšre/temporary residenceâ, Stedelijk Musea Kortrijk, Kortrijk, Belgium.
âIpeg bild.ton.maschineâ, KĂŒnstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany (Liquid Architecture).
âLooking both waysâ, curated by L.A.Farell, Peabody Essex Museum, Massachusetts, USA (touring show) (catalogue).
âCremers haufen.alltag,prozesse, handlungen: kunst der 60er jahre und heuteâ, WestfĂ€lisches Landesmuseum fĂŒr kunst und kulturgeschichte, MĂŒnster, Germany (catalogue).
âThe Ten Commandmentsâ, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden, Germany.
âOK, America !â, APEX Art, New York, USA.
âLe Opere e i Giorniâ, Certosa di San Lorenzo, Padula, Italy (catalogue).
âNot Doneâ, MUHKA, Antwerp, Belgium (catalogue).
âArt Unlimitedâ, Galeria Continua, Basel art fair, Switzerland (catalogue).
âVisions of Paradiseâ, JoĂŁo Ferreira Fine Art, Cape Town, South Africa (catalogue).
âLooking both waysâ, curated by L.A.Farell, Cranbrook Art Museum, USA (touring show) (catalogue).
âLooking both waysâ, curated by L.A.Farell, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, USA (touring show)
(catalogue).
âLes Afriquesâ, Tri Postal, Lille, France.
2003
âNOITU(LOVE)Râ, Castello di Ama per lâarte contemporanea Lecchi in Chianti, Italy.
âInfernoâ, CCA Kitakyushu Project Gallery, Japan (artists book).
âTerrorealismusâ, Migros Museum, Zurich, Switzerland.
âThe Prodigal sonâ, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
âRogue Statesâ, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK.
âSynopsis III -Testimonies: between fiction and realityâ, EMET, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece (catalogue).
âLooking both waysâ, curated by L.A.Farell, Museum for African Art, New York, USA (catalogue).
âPoetic Justiceâ, 8th International Istanbul Biennal, Haghia Sophia Museum, Turkey (catalogue).
âBlack President: The Art and Legacy of Fela Anikulapo-Kutiâ, New Museum, New York, USA (catalogue).
âA Fiction of Authenticity: Contemporary Africa Abroadâ, Contemporary Art Museum St Louis, Missouri, USA (catalogue).
âOpening Gallery Beaulieuâ, Oudenaarde, Belgium.
âPoĂ«zie Zomerâ, Opzij van het kijken, Watou, Belgium.
âAfrican Exile Museumâ, Migros Museum, ZĂŒrich, Switzerland.
âA Prove dâAscoltoâ, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento, Italy (catalogue).
âTime, art and architectureâ, Biennal of Valencia, Spain (catalogue).
âCoollustreâ, curated by Eric Troncy, Collection Lambert en Avignon, France (catalogue).
âGöteborgs Internationella Konstbiennalâ, Göteborg, Sweden (catalogue).
âNext Flagâ, Hans Bogatzke Collection, B.P.S.22, Charleroi, Belgium.
âThatcherâ, The Blue Gallery, London, UK.
âHardCore, Vers un Nouvel Activismeâ, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (catalogue).
âM_ARS â Art and Warâ, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria (catalogue).
âSalon des RefusĂ©esâ, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy (Catalogue).
âSted//Placeâ, Galerie AsbĂŠk & Kastrupgardsamlingen, Copenhagen, Denmark (Catalogue).
âObservatorio #5â, Camouflage, Brussels, Belgium.
âNext Flagâ, B.P.S.22, Charleroi, Belgium (Catalogue).
âVideo-Zone@LXâ, Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal.
2002
âGrenzgĂ€ngeâ, Gallery Luis Campana, Köln, Germany.
âMondo Kaneâ, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy.
âA Spy in the House of Loveâ, Camouflage, Brussels, Belgium.
âSympathy for the Devilâ, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (catalogue)
âDocumenta 11â, Kassel, Germany (catalogue).
âTraumaâ, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England (catalogue).
âThe Short Centuryâ, PS1, New York, USA (catalogue).
âEditionen Part One / 2002â, Galerie & Edition Artelier, Graz, Austria.
âTutto Casinoâ, Villa Medici, Rome, Italy (Catalogue).
âTo Actualityâ, Bolzano, Italy.
âVideo-Zoneâ, 1st International Video-Art Biennial, Tel Aviv, Israel (Catalogue).
âRefuge Tilfluktâ, Henie Onstad, Oslo, Norway (Catalogue).
âHandlungsanweisungen – Instructions for Actions, (with Anri Sala)â, Kunsthalle, Wien, Austria (Catalogue).
â…privatâ, CHARIM GALERIE, Wien, Austria.
âzeichen > <spracheâ, Galerie Grita Insam, Wien, Austria.
âEnactments of the Selfâ, Steirischiser Herbst, Graz, Austria.
âSurviving Apartheidâ, Maison EuropĂ©enne de la Photographie, Paris, France.
2001
âWhere Angels Fear to Treadâ, Delfina Project Space, London, UK.
âTelevisionariesâ, WĂŒrtembergischer Kunstverein and Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany.
âARS 01â, Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland (catalogue).
âMarking the Territoryâ, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Ireland.
âRecasting the Past: Beneath the Hollywood Tinselâ, Main Art Gallery, California State University, Fullerton, California, USA.
âThe Short Centuryâ, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany, touring show (catalogue).
âLocus Focusâ, Sonsbeek, Arnheim, the Netherlands (catalogue).
âSkulptur â Biennale im MĂŒnsterlandâ, Kloster Gravenhorst, Hörstel, Germany (catalogue).
âCasino 2001â, 1st Quadronnial of Contemporary Art, S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium (catalogue).
âTraumaâ, Dundee Contemporary Arts and touring.
âKonverzacijaâ, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Belgrade, Serbia (catalogue).
âIn cold bloodâ, State University of New York and New Palz, USA.
âShort Storiesâ, Fabbrica del Vaporeo, Milan, Italy (catalogue).
âBerlin Biennaleâ, JannowitzbrĂŒcke, Berlin, Germany (catalogue).
2000
âTimbuktuâ, MAK, Vienna, Austria.
âÂĄYa Basta!â, Le Consortium, Dijon, France.
âEx Africa Semper Aliquid Noviâ, Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris, France.
âArte allâArte V edizioneâ, Volterra, Italy.
âInovaâ, University of WisconsinâMilwaukee, Milwaukee, USA.
âArt Unlimitedâ, Basel ArtFair, Basel, Switzerland.
âPusan International Contemporary Art Festival 2000â, curated by Hou Hanru, Pusan, Korea (catalogue). / âThe Sky is the Limit Taipei Biennialâ, Taipei, Taiwan (catalogue).
â3 RĂ€ume â 3 FlĂŒsseâ, Hann.MĂŒnden, Kassel, Germany (catalogue).
âThe Invisible Touchâ, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Austria.
âEchigo-Tsumari Art Triennialâ, Japan (catalogue).
âVideoBrasil International Electronic Art Festivalâ, Sao Paulo, Brazil (catalogue).
âActs of Resistanceâ, Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea, San Sebastian, Spain (catalogue).
âUntitled (Sculpture)â, Luhring Augustine, New York, USA.
âInverse Perspectivesâ, Edsvik konst och kultur, Sweden.
âPositions Attitudes Actionsâ, Foto Biennale Rotterdam, The Netherlands (catalogue).
âAtmosfere Metropolitaneâ, Openspace, Milano, Italy.
âMemĂłrias Ăntimas Marcasâ, MUHKA, Antwerp, Belgium (catalogue).
âContinental Shift/ For R.EALâ, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, the Netherlands (catalogue).
âHomeâ, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
âMicropolitiquesâ, Le Magasin, Grenoble, France (catalogue).
âSouth Meets Westâ, Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland (catalogue).
âHB First Viewâ, Camouflage, Johannesburg, South Africa.
1999
âStates of Emergencyâ, Vienna Secession, Vienna, Austria (catalogue).
âHeart of Darknessâ, South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK.
âProject Roomsâ, ARCO, Madrid, Spain.
âZeitwendenâ, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany (catalogue).
âBodies of Resistanceâ, Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
âSouth Meets Westâ, National Museum, Accra, Ghana (catalogue).
âCarnegie Internationalâ, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (catalogue).
âFive Continents and One Cityâ, Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico (catalogue).
âPatentiaâ, NIFCA Stockholm, Sweden.
âA3HBâ, Camouflage, Brussels, Belgium.
âExtra and Ordinaireâ, Printemps de Cahors, Cahors, France (catalogue).
âFollowing and to be Followedâ, Le Consortium, Dijon, France.
âHigh Red Centreâ, Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow, Scotland.
âPowerâ, Galerie fĂŒr Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany (catalogue).
âTraffiqueâ, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium (catalogue).
âGlobal Conceptualism: points of Origin 1950s-1980sâ, Queens Museum of Art, New York, USA (catalogue).
âEntrĂ©e Libreâ, (http://www.culture.fr/entreelibre/).
1998
âGuiltyâ, Fort Klapperkop, Pretoria, South Africa.
â98.3â, ArtPace, San Antonio, Texas, USA (brochure).
âHeart of Darknessâ, Gallery in the Round, Grahamstown, South Africa (brochure).
âMemĂłrias Ăntimas Marcasâ, Instituto de Arte ContemporĂąnea, Lisbon, Portugal.
âEuropa Afrikaâ, 7 Triennale der Kleinen Plastikâ SĂŒdwest LB, Stuttgart, Germany (catalogue).
âDark Continentâ, Klein Karoo Arts Festival, Outshoorn, South Africa.
âOdradekâ, Bard Center for Curatorial Studies, Annadale on Hudson, New York, USA.
âCity Canibalâ, Paço Das Artes, SĂŁo Paulo Bienal, SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil (catalogue).
âCross/ingâ, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, University Galleries, Florida Atlantic University, USA (catalogue).
âMedializationâ, Edsvik konst kultur, Sollentuna, Sweden (catalogue).
1997
âMemento Moriâ, de Vleeshal, Middelburg, Holland.
âAlternating Currentsâ, Johannesburg Biennale, South Africa (catalogue).
âCross/ingâ, University of South Florida Art Gallery, Tampa, USA (catalogue).
âUnplugged IIâ, Rembrandt van Rijn Art Gallery, Market Theatre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
âOctoberâ, Norwich School of Art and Design Art Gallery, Norwich, UK.
âPurple and Greenâ, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, South Africa.
1996
âBlack on the Inside (with Neil Goedhals)â, Galerie Metroplex, Johannesburg, South Africa.
â16 June 1976 (with Willie Bester)â, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
âInclusion Exclusionâ, Kunstlerhaus, Graz, Austria (catalogue).
âSimunye (We Are One)â, Adelson Galleries, New York, USA.
âColoursâ, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany.
âEgoists at Workâ, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria.
âCrapshootâ, de Appel, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (catalogue).
âUnpluggedâ, Rembrandt van Rijn Gallery, Market Theatre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
âThe Young and the Restlessâ, Sandton Art Gallery, Sandton, South Africa.
1995
âWork on Paperâ, Chalkham Hill Press Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
âW.C.â, Villa Arson, Nice, France.
âOn the Roadâ, Delfina Studios, Africa95, London, U.K (catalogue).
âMayibuye iAfrikaâ, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, UK.
âOutside/Insideâ, Johannesburg Biennale, Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa (catalogue).
âVita Art Nowâ, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
1994
âAir de Paris (with Joachim Schonfeldt)â, Everard Read Contemporary & ICA & Market Theatre Galleries, Johannesburg, South Africa.
âWe are Johannesburg Artists and Nothing Moreâ, Michaelis Art Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
âVita Art Nowâ, Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa.
âQuinta Bienal de la Habanaâ, Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba (catalogue).
âUn Art Contemporain dâAfrique du Sudâ, curated by Jean-Yves Jounnais, Galerie de lâEsplanade, La DĂ©fense, Paris, France (catalogue).
âVI Biennale dâArte Sacraâ San Gabriele, Teramo, Italy.
âIdentita e Rappresentazioni Cartograficheâ curated by Teresa Macri and Lucilla Meloni, Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico Luigi Pigorini, Rome, Italy.
âThe Netherlands Against Apartheidâ, Amsterdamâs Historisch Museum, the Netherlands (catalogue).
âZuiderkruisâ, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (catalogue).
1993
âThe New Patronâ, Everard Read Contemporary, Johannesburg, South Africa.
âThreshold: The Exhibitionâ, Everard Read Contemporary, Johannesburg, South Africa.
âObjectsâ, Natal Technikon Art Gallery, Durban, South Africa.
1991
âMediationsâ, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
1988
âBox Theatreâ, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
LITERATURE
2011
Fin de Partie, Galleria Continua, Beijing, China.
2009
Guest editor of Be Contemporary Magazine.
N.7, Summer, 184 pages, France, June.
7+1 Project Room, The Terroristâs Apprentice + T.W.(Rock).
Marco Museo de Arte Contemoranea de Vigo, Vigo.
2008
PostPunkPaganPop, published on the occasion of the show âPosPunkPaganPopâ at de Pury & Luxembourg in ZĂŒrich, 2 June-16 August 2008.
2007
Irrespektiv, designed by Base design and published by BOM Publishers in cooperation with SMAK (Ghent), B.P.S.22 (Charleroi), Baltic (Gateshead), MOCA (Lyon) and MART (Trento), 296 pages, ISBN 978-84-934879-5-9, Barcelona, August.
2004
Between Good and Evil, Center for Contemporary Art, CCA Kitakyushu, Japan.
Point Blank, Imschoot Uitgevers, Ghent, Belgium.
The Forest of Suicides, MACRO, Roma, May 2004.
2005
Fingered, Tikiriki Publications, Brussels, Belgium, edited by Kurt Vanbelleghem, February 2005.
The Plague is me, Onestar Press, Paris, France.
2002
My Tongue in Your Cheek, Les presses du Réel, Réunion des Musées Nationaux, France, January 2002.
1995
Argot, Chalkham Hill Press, Johannesburg, South Africa.
MUSEUM REFERENCES
ICA, Philadelphia, USA; MMK, Frankfurt, Germany; Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany; World Jewellery Museum, Seoul, Korea; La Maison Rouge, Paris, France; ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark; MOLAA, Long Beach, USA; Socio-Political Contemporary Art Museum, Israel; Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland; MAXXI, Roma, Italy; The Museum of Fine Art in Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Middelheimmuseum, Antwerp, Belgium; Het Modemuseum Hasselt, Belgium; Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA; MART, Trento, Italy; MOCA, Lyon, France; MARCO, Vigo, Spain; MAK, Vienna, Austria; Jerusalemâs Museum on the Seam, Israel; Neuberger Museum of Art, New York, USA; S.M.A.K, Gent, Belgium; Tate Modern, London, U.K; IVAM, Valencia, Spain; Blaffer Gallery-The Art Museum of the University of Houston, Houston, USA; Museum der Bildenden KĂŒnste Leipzig, Germany; Fotomuseum, Antwerp, Belgium; Kunsthalle, Wien, Austria; Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, USA; Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, USA; Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; MACRO Museum, Roma, Italy; MNAC, Bucharest, Romania; The cultural Olympiad and the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece; Stedelijk Musea Kortrijk, Kortrijk, Belgium; Peabody Essex Museum, Massachusetts, USA; WestfĂ€lisches Landesmuseum fĂŒr kunst und kulturgeschichte, MĂŒnster, Germany; Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden, Germany; MUHKA, Antwerp, Belgium; Cranbrook Art Museum, USA; Migros Museum, Zurich, Switzerland; National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece ; Museum for African Art, New York, USA; Haghia Sophia Museum, Turkey; New Museum, New York, USA; Contemporary Art Museum, St Louis, USA; Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France; Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, U.K; PS1, New York, USA ; Maison EuropĂ©enne de la Photographie, Paris, France; The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland; Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany; Le Consortium, Dijon, France; Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, the Netherlands; South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa; ARCO, Madrid, Spain; Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany; National Museum, Accra, Ghana; Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico; Queens Museum of Art, New York, USA; Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, South Africa
Belgian designer Anton Hendrik Denys was born in July 1990. After living in both the Netherlands and the United States, he returned to his native Belgium to establish his practice. Antonâs architectural background and natural affinity for trends are omnipresent in his overall work. With an instinct for intriguing materialities, Anton has a sense for combining the familiar with the unexpected. Often minimal and geometric in shape, his objects exhale a substantial knowledge of material properties. While balancing different techniques, his experimental approach leads to surprising results.
For example: The project Self Reflect allows us to observe ourselves in our everyday life, similar to Caravaggioâs painting of Narcicus. By undertaking an extensive research, Anton Hendrik explored the material properties of stainless steel. His quest resulted into a gradual reflectiveness and fluidity of colours in the material, bordering the romantic atmosphere of Caravaggioâs painting. Ultimately, the urge to transform mundane objects into refined everyday spectacles leads Denys to continuously redefine his everyday surroundings.
Born in 1974, Mathieu Lehanneur is a French designer on the forefront of the international design scene. Mathieu Lehanneur has a multi-disciplinary approach to creativity: his projects stretch the realms of product design and object to architecture, craft, and technology. His designs are inspired by nature yet push the limits of design by exploring new technologies. He crosses boarders by combining design, science, technology, and art in projects that aim to achieve maximum welfare for human beings. Air, water, light, and sound are amongst his favorite materials to create his science-inspired humanistic projects. He considers human beings as complex structures whom need more than chairs but need air to breathe, sustainable food, good health, and love to live better lives. Born in 1974, he graduated from the Ăcole Nationale SupĂ©rieure de CrĂ©ation Industrielle in Paris. His works can be found in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, Les Arts DĂ©coratifs in Paris, and at the Design Museum Gent. He has also designed interiors for Saint-Hilaire Church in Melle, France; for ChĂąteau BorĂ©ly in Marseille, France; for the HĂŽpital des Diaconesses in Paris, France; and for the CafĂ© ArtScience in Boston.
EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2018
‘Ocean Memories’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
’50 Seas’, Christieâs Paris, France.
2017
‘Ocean Memories’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, New York, US.
‘Liquid Marble’, MusĂ©e des Arts DĂ©coratifs, Paris, France.
DesignMiami, US.
PAD Paris, France.
2016
‘Spring’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
‘Liquid Marble’, Victoria & Albert Museum , Londres, UK.
‘Petite Loire’, ChĂąteau de Chaumont-sur-Loire , France.
‘Art Light’, Group Show, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
‘Sans et Saufs’, MUDAC, Switzerland.
2015
âLâEloge de lâHeureâ, MUDAC, Switzerland.
Biennale de Saint-Etienne, France.
‘The Art of Living’, Triennale Milano, Italy.
‘Design for Life’, Design Museum, Barcelone, Spain.
‘Human Resources. Some examples of sustainable design’, CentroCentro, Madri, Spain.
‘Oracles du design’, GaĂźtĂ© lyrique, Paris, France.
2014
Design Days Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
2013
Design Miami/ Basel, Switzerland.
PAD Paris, France.
Design Days Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
2012
Biennale Interieur, Kortrijk, Belgium.
2011
PAD New York, New York, USA.
Pavilion of Art & Design, New York, USA.
âInaugural Showâ, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris.
2010
Design Miami, Miami, USA.
Design Miami/ Basel, Switzerland.
Pavilion des Arts et du Design, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris.
2009
Design Miami/Basel, Switzerland.
âDesign Highâ, Louis T Blouin Foundation in collaboration with Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
2006
Elements, Milan.
Elements, Paris.
2005
SAFE, Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Slim Retrospective, Resonnance, Lyon.
Domesticity, A Suivre… Lieu dâart, Bordeaux.
2004
International Design Biennale, St Etienne, France.
Moulure utiles + Sacco + Ral 9006, CAC Brétigny.
Appel dâAir, Now, Paris.
2003
Non Standard Architecture, Georges Pompidou Centre, Paris.
Mosquito Bottleneck, Henry Urbach Architecture, New York.
Observeur du design, CitĂ© des Sciences et de lâIndustrie, Paris.
2002
International Design Biennale, St Etienne, France.
PRESS (SELECTION)
2010
Johanna Agerman, âMathieu Lehanneur in the Design Laboratoryâ, Icon, April 2010.
2009
Chris Scott, âA Beautiful Mindâ, Frame, May 2009.
2008
Massimiliano di Bartolomeo, âFlood Parisâ, Domus, April 2008. AWARDS AND COMMISSIONS (SELECTION) 2017
Winner – Top 10 best storesâ by AD magazine.
Winner – Design Awardsâ by Wallpaper magazine.
2010
CrĂ©ateur de lâAnnĂ©e, Now ! Maison & Objets, Paris, France.
Dialogues, Fondation Bettencourt-Schueller, Paris, France.
Winner – Biennale internationale de la cĂ©ramique contemporaine, Vallauris, France.
Winner – Biennale Internationale de la CĂ©ramique Contemporaine, Andenne, Belgium.
2008
Best Invention Award, Popular Science Magazine, US 2007
Talent du Luxe, Centre du Luxe et de la Création, Paris, France 2006
Grand Prix de la Création de la Ville de Paris, France 2005
âFishermanâs Houseâ, Dalen.
âPink Giantâ, Nieuwegein.
âGieleskullâ, Amsterdam.
2004
Kurt Schwitters Award.
âWombhouseâ, Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France.
2000
Wilhelmina-Ring Sculpture Award.
1998
Mart Stam Award.
1997
Anjerfonds – Chabot Award.
1996
Katalogförderpreis.
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Stiftung Award.
1995
Bolidt Floor Concepts Prize.
1992
Prix de Rome.
1991
Charlotte Köhler Award.
LITERATURE
2015
J. Dautrey, E. Quinz â âStrange Designâ, it:editions
2014
Alice Rawsthorn â âHello World: Where Design Meets Lifeâ, Penguin
2012
Monograph
2009
D. Linley, C. Cator, H. Chislett, Star Pieces, The Enduring Beauty of Spectacular Furniture, Thames and Hudson, 2009.
2007
J. Allen, A. Betsky, R. Laermans, W. Vanstiphout, Atelier Van Lieshout, NAI Publishers, Rotterdam, 2007.
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Museum of Modern Art, MoMA, New York, US.
Museum of Modern Art, MoMA, San Francisco, US.
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France.
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
FRAC Ile-de-France, Paris, France.
Museum Design Gent, Belgium.
Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin, Germany
Frederik Molenschot was born in 1981, is graduate of Design Academy Eindhoven, currently works in Amsterdam, and is part of the Dutch Design Movement. His degree was earned with studies in man and public space and he focused on connecting people and their environments. The founder of Studio Molen, Molenschot is a blur of constant energy, forever creating and developing new ideas and inspiring people. Molenschot crafts his work by hand and displays incredible diversity. He has a deep interest in the artificial and natural elements of our surroundings. His aim is to transport the viewerâs senses to a new level. Molenschot is best known for his cast bronze lighting structures such as his body of works City light which he hand-shaped into detailed formations to channel and direct light. His work is inspired by city lights and the night sky which visualize a vision of a future city. He says, âIf youâre an architect, your world is a building, a graphic designer works on a newspaper or a wall, while a landscape architect plays with nature itself. I try and draw all these worlds together and see what happens when they meet.â
EXHIBITIONS AND FAIRS
2017
‘Art Light’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, New-York, USA.
‘Art Light’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
2016
Zona Maco, Crpenters Workshop Gallery, Mexico City, Mexique.
Design Days DubaĂŻ, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, DubaĂŻ, UAE.
PAD Paris, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
ArtMonte-Carlo, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Monaco, France.
‘Art Light’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
Design Miami / Miami, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Miami, USA.
2015
Art GenĂšve, Switzerland.
Masterpiece, London, UK.
Guild, Cape Town, South Africa.
2014
BRAFA, Brussels, Belgium.
Design Shanghai, China.
Biennale des Antiquaires, Paris, France.
Organic Group Show, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France. / Pavilion of Art & Design, Paris, France.
Design Days, Dubai, UAE.
2013
Pavilion of Art & Design, Paris, France.
Masterpiece, London, UK.
Design Miami/Basel, Switzerland.
Design Days Dubai, UAE.
2012
Design Miami/Basel, Switzerland.
Design Days Dubai, UAE.
2011
Design Miami/Miami, USA.
Inaugural Show, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
Design Miami/Basel, Switzerland.
Selected Works, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK
Florian Ortkrass and Hannes Koch were both born in 1975 in Germany. The two met at Brunel University before going on to study at the Royal College of Art. Random International was founded in 2005 and is based in London, with an outpost in Berlin, the studio today employs a large and diverse team. Random International is a collaborative studio for experimental practice within contemporary art. Using science to develop a new material vocabulary, its work invites viewers to consider the man/machine relationship through explorations of behavior and natural phenomena. In more than a decade since the studioâs inception, the focus of Random Internationalâs artistic practice has continuously evolved, and today it embraces sculpture, performance, and installation, often on an architectural scale. Their highly collectable work creates a bridge between objects and products by merging monumental design and graphic artwork. Randoms International are acclaimed for their interactive installation Rain Room which can be permanently found at Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
EXHIBITIONS AND FAIRS
2018
‘The Future of Life Art’, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany.
‘Everything & Nothing’, The Yuz Museum, ShangaĂŻ, China.
ArtMonte-Carlo, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Monaco, France.
2017
‘Augment your Reality’ Abu Dhabi Art.
FOG Design + Art, Fort Mason Center Festival Pavilion, San Francisco, USA.
PAD Paris, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
‘Art Light’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
‘West Coast Pop-Up, 836M Gallery, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, USA.
2016
‘Art Light’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
Expo Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, USA.
’10 Years of Collectible Design’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
2015
Rain Room Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), USA.
Rain Room Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China.
FOMO, La Friche Belle de Mai, Marseille, France.
2014
Studies In Motion Lundskonsthall, Lund.
Random International RH Contemporary Art, New York City.
Light Fantastic, House of the Noble Man, London, UK.
PAD London, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
Design Days Dubai, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, UAE.
PAD Paris, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
2013
Tower: Instant Structure for Schacht XII Ruhrtriennale, Essen.
EXPO 1: New York / Rain Room MoMA, New York City.
Rain Room Barbican, London.
Digital Crystal Design Museum, London.
Abu Dhabi Art Fair, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, UAE.
Design Days Dubai, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, UAE.
Design Miami, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Miami, USA.
Design Miami/ Basel, Carpenter Workshop Gallery, Basel, Switzerland.
PAD Paris, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
The Salon: Art + Design, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, New York, USA.
Swarm Study IV, Abu Dhabi Art, UAE.
2012
Rain Room, The Curve, Barbican Center, London, UK.
Before the Rain, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
The Space Between Now and Then, Galeria OMR, Mexico.
Future Self MADE, Berlin.
No Object Is An Island Cranbrook Art Museum, Detroit.
2011
REFLEX Installation, Welcome Trust, London, UK.
Duplex Installation, Bloomberg, London, UK.
A Study of Time #1, Design Miami/Basel, Carpenters Workshop Gallery., Basel, Switzerland. / SWARM Study III, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK.
Rewriting Worlds 4th Moscow Biennale for Contemporary Art, Russia.
Study Of You, Galerie Brigitte Schenk, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
2010
Design Miami/Miami, USA.
âWayne McGregorâs Deloitte Igniteâ, Royal Opera House, London, UK.
âThe Behaviour of Objectsâ, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
Pavilion of Art & Design, London, UK.
Design Miami/Basel, Switzerland.
Pavilion of Art & Design, Paris, France.
2009
Pavilion of Art & Design, London, UK.
Telling Tales: Fantasy and Fear in Contemporary Designâ, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK.
Design Miami/Basel, Switzerland.
2008
âDesign and the Elastic Mindâ, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA.
AWARDS AND COMMISSIONS
2011
Swarm Study III, Victoria & Albert Museum commission in collaboration with Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London.
2010
Designers of the Future, Design Miami/Basel, Switzerland.
2009
Prix Ars Electronica — Honourable Mention in Interactive Art category.
2007
Observer Future — 500 List Top Ten Creative Talent in the UK.
2006
Wallpaper* — Design Award.
iF Design Award — Concepts category (Germany).
CR — Creative Futures Award, Interaction Design category.
2005
18th Koizumi International Lighting Design Competition — Bronze Design Award (Japan).
Matthews Wrightson Trust Award.
iF Design Award — Concepts category (Germany).
2004
Rosenthal European Competition — Runners up.
Identity for Egyptian Museum (Doha, Qatar).
LITERATURE
2009
Gareth Williams, âTelling Tales: Fantasy and Fear in contemporary Designâ,
London: V&A Publishing, 2009.
2008
âDesign and the Elastic Mindâ, New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2008. September, 2009.
PRESS
2013
Felicity Scott, âLimits of Controlâ, Artforum, September 2013.
BBC News, âThe Big Picture: The Rain Roomâ, 16 May 2013.
Marvin Orellana, âNo Rain on Meâ, The New York Times, 13 May 2013.
2012
Nancy Durrant, âItâs Not Raining Outsideâ, The Times, September 26 2013.
LâOfficel Art, âA Random Danceâ, Fall 2013.
2011
Emmanuelle Javelel âLondres Decoâ, Elle Decoration, February 2011.
2010
Lucy Bullivant, âInterview with Random Internationalâ, Domus, 21 October 2010.
Beth Dunlop, âWhat furniture and objects tell us about our time, culture and ourselvesâ,
Miami Herald, 5 December, 2010.
Femke de Wilde, âLaws of Reflectionâ, Frame Magazine, April 2010.
2009
Eric A. Taub, âPanels of Light Fascinate Designersâ, The New York Times, 6 September, 2009.
2008
William Wiles, âDesign and Redunant Technologyâ, ICON, July, 2008.
MUSEUM REFERENCES
Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Tate Modern, London. Museo di Arte Contemporaneo Luigi Pecci, Prato. The Barbican Centre, London. The International Design Museum, Jerusalem. The International Design Museum, Munich. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. The Seoul Design Museum, Seoul
A Southern California native born in 1962, the acclaimed fashion designer Rick Owens displays a demanding and singular aesthetic in fashion. His original vision plays on material. Owens lives and works in Paris, but the dark, minimalist style of his designs was created in the United States when he started out making bespoke furniture for his bunker-style loft in Los Angeles. Working with craftsmen of the highest caliber, he has developed a collection of pieces that express his signature style in cut, volume, and plan. His designs evoke original furniture through archetypes. There are a number of typologies: the ceremonial chair Curial, the Trident chair with its structure, and the Halfbox armchair crafted from a chest. Through his choice of subtle and rare materials, Owens suggests the beauty of nature and develops a contrasting palette of black and white that confirms his taste for the monochrome. He juxtaposes values to compose three-dimensional pieces that fully reflect his own style. Through fashion, design, and furniture, he cuts and shapes a transversal and global universe.
EXHIBITIONS AND FAIRS
2018
PAD Paris, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
2017
FOG + Art, Fort Mason Center Festival Pavilion, San Francisco, USA.
‘Art Light’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
Design Miami / Basel, Carpenters Workshopn Gallery, Switzerland.
‘West Coast Pop-Up’ 836M Gallery, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, USA.
2016
‘New Works’ Carpenters Worshop Gallery, Paris, France.
PAD Paris, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
ArtMonte-Carlo, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Monaco, France.
‘Tribal’, Galerie Bernard Dulon, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
Expo Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, USA.
2015
âLa passion selon Carol Ramaâ, MaM, Paris, France.
Bargenale at Certosa Island, Venezia, Italy.
Art Geneve, Switzerland.
PAD Paris, Paris, France.
Design Miami/ Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
2014
BRAFA, Brussels, Belgium.
Design Days Dubai, UAE.
PAD Paris, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
2013
âPrehistoricâ, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
Abu Dhabi Art, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Design Miami, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Miami, USA.
Design Miami / Basel, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Switzerland.
PAD London, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
The Salon: Art + Design, New York, USA.
AWARDS
2007
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award, USA
Fashion Group Internationalâs Rule Breaking Award
2002
Perry Ellis Emerging Talent Award, Council of Fashion Designers of America, US
Robert Stadler was born in Vienna in 1966. The designer has always been drawn to the details of objects and the narratives they evoke. He studied design at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan before attending the Ăcole Nationale SupĂ©rieure de CrĂ©ation Industrielle in Paris in the late 1980s. He has continued to work in Paris ever since. In 1992 Stadler co-founded the RADI Designers collective, whose varied practice revolved around the marriage of the everyday and the unusual. Stadler began to work on solo projects in 2002, though he continued to collaborate with RADI until the studioâs dissolution in 2008. Stadlerâs interests encompass both what he terms âaristocratic designâ and objects typically deemed vulgar or absurd; he explores the possibilities for building bridges between the apparently incompatible. He is involved in furniture making, product, interaction design, art installations, and multimedia ac-tivities. He frequently questions objectsâ established identities. His furniture tends to both convey and destroy preconceived notions of what an object should be. Although works such as his Possible Furniture series may at times appear haphazard, they are perfectly constructed to fulfill their ergonomic purpose.
EXHIBITIONS AND FAIRS
2017
‘You May Also Like : Robert Stadler’, Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau, Dresden, Germany.
‘Solid Doubts’, The Noguchi Museum, New-York, USA.
‘Weight Class’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, New-York, USA.
2016
âCut_pasteâ, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
PAD Paris, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, France.
Triple V – New Location Opening Exhibition, Galerie Triple V, Paris, France.
âQuiz 2â, MUDAM, Luxembourg.
2015
âAirspaceâ, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
Design Miami/ Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
PAD Paris, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, France.
âZones de confortâ, galerie Poirel, Paris, France.
âPAVILLION DE LâESPRIT NOUVEAU: a 21st Century Show Homeâ, Swiss Institute, New York, USA. / âOracles du designâ, GaĂźtĂ© Lyrique, Paris, France.
âLâusage des formesâ, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France.
2014
âBack in 5 minâ, MAK Design Salon #03, Vienna, Austria.
Lâintelligence de la main, PIASA, Paris, France.
âQuizâ, Galerie Poirel, Nancy, France.
2013
Design Miami, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Miami, USA.
Design Miami/ Basel, Carpenters Workshop gallery, Basel, Switzerland.
PAD Paris, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, France.
âTephra Formations Playâ, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
âBrigadoonâ, La TĂŽlerie, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
âIsnât it romantic?â, MAKK, Cologne, Germany.
2012
âTapis Paradeâ, Villa Noailles, HyĂšres, France.
Ricard SA depuis 1932, Les Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France.
âThe Magic of Diversityâ, MAK applied Arts – Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria.
âBright Future: New Designs in Glassâ, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York.
2011
â1000 Joursâ, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris.
âShadingâ, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
âWild at homeâ, Galerie Triple V, Paris, France.
âArdoisesâ Galerie de Multiples, Paris, France.
Design Miami/Miami, USA.
Pavilion of Art & Design, London, UK.
âAtomiâ, Galleria Nilufar, Milan, Italy.
âDi Vaso in Fiore-Inventario tra Nature e Designâ, Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan, Italy.
2010
Design Miami/Miami, USA.
Design MIami/Basel, Switzerland.
Split Identities: Objects at the Interstice of Art and Design, 17th edition of the European
Triennal of Small-Scale Sculpture, Murska Sobota Gallery, Slovenia.
2009
Pavilio of Art & Design, London.
Design Miami/Basel, Switzerland.
âDesign Highâ, Louis T Blouin Foundation in collaboration with Carpenters Workshop Gallery.
âFormlose Möbel, Formless Furnitureâ, Museum fĂŒr Gestaltung, Zurich, Switzerland.
Efeito D â a new DNA for design, Exdâ09, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal.
âNature in a kitâ, Mudac, Lausanne, Switzerland.
âThing beware the material worldâ, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth.
2008
âThe Freak Showâ, MusĂ©e de la Monnaie, Paris, France.
âObject Factoryâ, Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada.
Kantlijnenm Musea Brugge, Belgium.
âLiving boxâ, FRAC Pays de la Loire, Nantes, France.
2007
âRoomersâ, Galerie TraversĂ©e, Munich, Germany.
âUnderstand what you loveâ, Galerie des Multiples, Paris, France.
âDesign contre designâ, Grand Palais, Paris, France.
âThe Freak Showâ, MOCA MusĂ©e dâArt Contemporain, Lyon, France.
2006
âSieges avec vueâŠâ, Design Parade, Villa Noailles, HyĂšres, France.
âEssences insensĂ©esâ, Chapelle de lâEcole Nationale SupĂ©rieure des Beaux Arts, Paris, France.
XIX Biennale Internationale de Ceramique Contemporaine de Vallauris, Vallauris, France.
2005
âVacancy, Project Roomâ, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France.
Design now, 49 Nord 6 Est – FRAC Lorraine, Metz, France.
2004
âLost and Foundâ, Galerie Dominique Fiat, Paris, France.
âVanishing Point 1â, with Jurgen Bey and Konstantin Grcic, Spazio Erasmus, Milano, Italy.
âVanishing Point 2â, with Jurgen Bey and Konstantin Grcic, KlausEngelhorn22, Vienna.
Open Borders, Tri Postal, Lille, France.
Trafic dâinfluences: art et design, Collection of the FRAC Nord – Pas de Calais,Tri Postal, Lille, France. / Design en Stock, 2000 objets du FNAC, Palais de la Porte DorĂ©e, Paris.
2003
âFrontalunterrichtâ, with Stefan Nikolaev, Espace Paul Ricard, Paris, France.
âAlehop!: ingenious designs and remediesâ, Palau de la Virreina,Barcelona, Spain.
2002
âLess & Moreâ, Design Collection of the FNAC, MusĂ©e des Arts appliquĂ©s, Saint-Etienne, France.
2001
âUn Art populaireâ, Fondation Cartier pour lâart contemporain, Paris.
âDo Createâ, MusĂ©e des Arts dĂ©coratifs, Paris.
LITERATURE
2014
Robert Stadler Invasive Shifting Absurd Exercise (monograph). Paris: Editions de la MartiniĂšre.
Stadler, Robert; Vaillant, Alexis. QUIZ, sur une idée de Robert Stadler (exhibition catalogue). Paris: Manuella Editions.
2013
Hesse, Petra; Beyerle, Tulga. Isnât it romantic? (exhibition catalogue). Köln: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König.
Bony, Anne. Esprit du meuble et du design, lâĂ©volution esthĂ©tique de lâAntiquitĂ© Ă nos jours. Paris: Editions du Regard.
Plunkett, Drew; Reid, Olga. Detail in Contemporary Bar and Restaurant Design. London:
Laurence King Publishing.
2012
Two Points.Net. Pretty Ugly – Visual Rebellion in Design. Berlin: Gestalten.
2011
Boudier, Laurent. Les objets fous dâartistes. Paris: HoĂ«beke.
2008
Hackenschmidt, Sebastian; RĂŒbel, Dietmar; Noever, Peter. Formlose Möbel, Formless Furniture (exhibition catalogue). Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag.
Klanten, Robert; Ehmann, Sven; Kupetz, Andrej; Moreno, Shonquis; Mollard, Adeline. Desire,
The Shape of Things to Come. Berlin: Gestalten.
2007
Gaillemin, Jean-Louis. Design contre design: deux siÚcles de création. Paris: RMN Réunion des Musées Nationaux.
Lovell, Sophie; Klanten, Robert; Meyer, Birga. Furnish: Furniture and Interior Design for the 21st Century. Berlin: Gestalten.
Pécoil, Vincent; Vadrot, Olivier. The Freak Show (exhibition catalogue, Museum of Contemporary Art Lyon). Paris: Les presses du réel.
MUSEUM REFERENCES
MAK, Austrian Museum of Applied Arts-Contemporary Art, Austria. MusĂ©e Magnelli, MusĂ©e de la cĂ©ramique, Vallauris. MusĂ©e des Arts DĂ©coratifs, Paris. FRAC Nord-pas de Calais. FRAC Haute-Normandie, Sotteville-les-Rouen, France. Central Museum in Utrecht, The Netherlands. FNAC Fond national dâArt contemporain, Paris. Foundation Cartier pour lâart contemporain, Paris. Hofmobiliendepot, Mobel Museum Wein, Vienna
Charles Trevelyan was born in Sydney, Australia, in 1974. He has lived and worked in London since 2000. His functional sculptures align with strong reference to nature. Using a variety of materials, such as steel, timber, gauze, and marble powder. Often featuring in his works is the skillful technique known as patination in which chemicals are painted to the surface of bronze with heat quickly applied using a blowtorch. Variants of the chemical combination and the heat applied can completely change the appearance of the bronze. As a result, Charles Trevelyanâs work shows the full range of possibilities of this process with their spectrum of colors and textures. His chosen techniques give his pieces a sort of muted wildness. In his series of side tables and human sizes lamps, each piece boasts bold, elongated forms, and expressive lines, reminiscent of trees and roots, influenced by natural characteristics. On closer inspection, each piece has its own unique texture, creating both a functional piece and a unique, artistic experience. Trevelyanâs work has been exhibited in Trapholt Museum in Denmark and can be found in many private collections.
Sculptor Joep van Lieshout was born in 1963 in Ravenstein, The Netherlands. He is the progenitor of AVL-ville, a self-sufficient free-state in the port of Rotterdam named after the studio he founded in 1995. For three decades van Lieshout has produced work that straddles art, design, and architecture; sharing recurring themes of systems, power, life, sex, death, and the human individual amidst the greater whole. AVL gained international recognition for sculptural installations featuring controversial or sinister nuances. Alongside playful perversion, the work conveys disdain for limitation and longing for freedom. Van Lieshout considers the body to be divine architecture with the viewer invited to interact with manufactured interior spaces resembling internal organs, acting out taboos and wish fulfillment. His work Sensory Deprivation Skull allows the experience of entering oneâs own head, offering a period and place of mental respite. Wellness Skull houses a sauna and a bath within its form, proffering more hedonistic relaxation. AVLâs projects traverse clean design and non-functional sculptures doubling as habitats, fusing luxury with anarchic independence from conventional living.
EXHIBITIONS AND FAIRS
2018
‘Back to The Future ?!’, Rotterdam Art, Netherlands.
‘Lust For Life’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
PAD Paris, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
ArtMonte-Carlo, Carpenters Worlkshop Gallery, Monaco, France.
2017
‘AVL’s Works’, ART Break, Heak Van Holland, Netherlands.
FOG Design + Art, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, San Francisco, USA.
‘Art Light’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, New-York, USA.
Zona Maco, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Mexico City, Mexique.
‘Art Light’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
Design Miami / Basel, Carpneters Workshop Gallery, Switzerland.
‘Furnification’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Chicago, USA.
Expo Chicago, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Chicago, USA.
PAD London, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
Design Miami / Miami, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Miami, USA.
2016
‘New Work ‘, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
Zona Maco, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Mexico City, Mexique.
Design Days DubaĂŻ, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, DubaĂŻ, UAE.
‘Tribal ‘, Galerie Bernard Dulon, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
‘Art Light ‘, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
PAD London, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
2015
âPower Hammerâ, GRIMM Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
âThe Original Dwellingâ, Design at Large, Basel, Switzerland.
Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy.
âOracles du Designâ, CNAP, GaĂźtĂ© Lyrique, Paris, France.
âArtists as Architectsâ, MARTA Herford, Herford, Germany.
âVienna For Artâs Sake!â, Winter Palace, Belvedere, Vienna, Austria.
âBlast Furnaceâ, AVL-Mundo, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
âFutur Archaicâ, Grand-Hornu Images, Hornu, Belgium.
âDesign uit het land van de aardappeletersâ, Noordbrabants Museum, Breda, the Netherlands.
âOp zoek naar betekenisâ, De Fundatie, Zwolle, the Netherlands.
BRAFA Brussels Art Fair, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.
PAD Paris, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
Art GenĂšve, Salon dâArt, GenĂšve, Switzerland.
Art Paris, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
Design Miami / Basel, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Switzerland.
2014
âHet Orakelâ, Drenths Museum, Assen, the Netherlands.
âVrijstaatâ, Kasteel Keukenhof, Lisse, the Netherlands.
âMiragesâ, F93, Montreuil, France.
âIk hou van Holland!â, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam, the Netherlands.
âNon Basta Ricordareâ, Maxxi, Rome, Italy.
âDie Ballade vom Fliegenden Hollander, Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg, Germany.
âZeven eeuwen Leids lakenâ, Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden, the Netherlands.
âVrijstaatâ, Kasteel Keukenhof, Lisse, the Netherlands.
âArt Baselâ, Basel, Switzerland, with OMR Gallery, Carpenters Workshop Gallery and Galerie Krinzinger. / âDesigning Scarcityâ, Museumpark, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
âAtelier Van Lieshoutâ, CBK Drenthe, Assen, the Netherlands.
âWilhelminaringâ, CODA, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands.
âAVL MundoÂŽs Happy Industryâ, Museumpark, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
âDesignâ, Chamber, New York City, USA.
âArt is a Shelterâ, ODA, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
âFuture Fictions from the Presentâ, Z33, Hasselt, Belgium.
âNirvanaâ, MUDAC, Lausanne, Switzerland.
BRAFA Brussels Art Fair, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.
2013
FIAC, Paris, France.
âArchitectes de lâurgenceâ, Pavillon de lâArsenal, Paris, France.
Furniture III, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
âThe Butcherâ, La Friche la Belle de Mai, Marseille, France.
Mirages, F93, Montreuil, France.
WIT, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Ik hou van Holland!, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam, the Netherlands.
âThe Present Order is the Disorder of the Futureâ, Museum KĂŒrhaus Kleve, Germany.
Utopia, Lakenhal, Leiden, the Netherlands.
âMake active choicesâ, Museum for New Art, Freiburg, Germany.
âDomesticationâ, Tim van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium.
âNon Basta Ricordareâ, Maxxi, Rome, Italy.
Pulsar Rotterdam, Pulchri Studio, The Hague, the Netherlands.
Die Ballade vom Fliegenden Hollander, Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg, Germany.
Gemoedstoestanden, Maison Particuliere, Brussels, Belgium.
âFood for Idealistsâ, Supper Club, TBA21, Vienna, Austria.
BRAFA Brussels Art Fair, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.
Design Miami, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Miami, USA.
Design Miami / Basel, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Switzerland.
Masterpiece, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
PAD Paris, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
2012
Blastfurnace, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
WWIII, Salone del Mobile, Milan, Italy.
Design Days Dubai, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Dubai, UAE.
âInstallation Saucissonâ, Migros Museum, ZĂŒrich, Switzerland.
âThe Monument@Art Parisâ, Grand Palais, Paris, France.
âGod Save the Queenâ, Centraal Museum, Utrecht.
2011
Design Miami, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Miami, USA.
PAD New York, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, New York, USA.
PAD London, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
Inaugural Show, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France.
Design Miami / Basel, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Switzerland.
âContemporary collectionsâ of the MusĂ©e National dâArt Moderne Centre Pompidou, Paris, France . / âHollandse Meesters van de 21e eeuwâ, Kunsthal, Rotterdam.
âFuturoâ, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam.
âPost Fossilâ, Design Museum, Holon, Israel.
2010
âAtelier Van Lieshoutâ, MuseumsQ Mumok, Vienna, Austria.
âInfernopolisâ, Onderzeebotenloods/ Museum Boijmans, Rotterdam.
Gallery show, Regina Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
Gallery show, Galerie Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France.
Gallery show, Gio Marconi Gallery, Milan, Italy.
âDestroy Designâ, Mudac, Lausanne, Switzerland.
âPost Fossilâ Design 21-21, Tokyo, Japan.
2009
âFurniture IIâ, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
Cradle to Cradle, Winzavod, Moscow, Russia.
Artscape, Galeria Vartai, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Atelier Van Lieshout, CBK Dordrecht.
Schöne Aussichten, Kunsthalle Göppingen, Göppingen Germany.
Atelier Van Lieshout, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerpen, Belgium.
2008
âSlaveCity. Atelier Van Lieshoutâ, gallery show Albion, London, UK.
âAtelier Van Lieshoutâ, gallery show Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France.
âDas Lebenâ, gallery show at Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria.
âDie Stadt der Sklavenâ, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany.
âAtelier Van Lieshout. The Mallâ, gallery show at Distrito Cu4tro, Madrid, Spain.
âEyes wide open. Recent Acquisitionsâ, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.
âUtopia Transferâ, Kiscelli Museum, Budapest, Hungary.
2007
âReproductionâ, Aerea, Stockholm, Sweden.
âFurnitureâ, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK.
âThe Technocratâ, MACRO, Rome, Italy.
âThe Board Roomâ, Hayward Gallery, London, UK.
Gallery show at Gallery Bob van Orsouw, ZĂŒrich, Switzerland.
Gallery show at Gio Marconi Gallery, Milan, Italy.
2006
Gallery show at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, USA.
Gallery show at Tim van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium.
âAtelier Van Lieshoutâ, Central del Arte, Guadalajara Mexico.
Atelier Van Lieshout, Oficina para Proyectos de Arte, Guadalajara, Mexico.
Gallery show at Distrito Cu4tro, Madrid, Spain.
2005
âHappy Forestâ Kröller-MĂŒller Museum, Otterlo.
âDer Disciplinatorâ, Museum fĂŒr Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria.
Gallery show at Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France.
Gallery show at Tim van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium.
âTriumphâ, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
2004
Gallery show Gio Marconi Gallery, Milan, Italy.
Gallery show at Gallery Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria.
âAtelier Van Lieshout. Der Technokratâ, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany.
Gallery show at gallery Beaumontpublic, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
âTeutopiaâ, Munich, Germany.
Gallery show at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, USA.
2003
Gallery show at Gallery André Simoens, Knokke, Belgium.
Le Rectangle, Lyon, France.
Centre dâArt Contemporain, BrĂ©tigny-sĂ»r-Orge, France.
âIn or Outâ , National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea.
2002
âSMâ, Gallery Fons Welters, Amsterdam.
âMusclesâ, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam.
Gallery show at Gallery Bob van Orsouw, ZĂŒrich, Switzerland.
Gallery show at Gallery Magazzino dâArte Monderna, Rome, Italy.
âAVL Franchiseâ, Openluchtmuseum Middelheim, Antwerp Belgium.
Camden Arts Centre, London, UK.
âLiving in Motionâ, Vitra Design Museum, Berlin, Germany.
âSmart Aliceâ, Centraal Museum, Utrecht.
Biennale of Sydney, Woollomooloo, Australia.
âPolitically Correct? Dutch!â, Gallery Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria.
âHELPâ, Kunstfort Vijfhuizen.
Cetinjski Biennale, Cetinje Montenegro, Yugoslavia.
AWARDS AND COMMISSIONS
2015
âThe Good, the Bad and the Uglyâ, arts project for the RĂŒhrtriennale, Bochum, Germany.
âMonumentâ, public sculpture at Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Gemany.
âY Cabanâ, pavilion for Pontio Art Centre, Bangor University, Bangor, UK.
âDe Stamâ, Frederik Hendrikplantsoen, public sculpture, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
âVis-a-Visâ, new premises for an open-air theatre, Almere, the Netherlands.
2014
âHet Orakelâ, Dam square, Amsterdam, commission by Amsterdams 4 en 5 mei comite.
âVooruitâ, Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden.
2013
âLa Caravaneâ, public sculpture, Place Saint-Saveur, Caen, France.
âDe Warandeâ, information stand, Turnhout, Belgium.
2012
âPlataforma Chocoâ, artist-in-residence MasArteMasAcion, Choco, Colombia.
âEquilibristâ, Emporia Shopping Centre, Malmö, Sweden.
âMedivilleâ, doctors practice, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
âInsect Farmâ, insect farm/information stand, Z33, Hasselt, Belgium.
2011
âWormâ, interior for Cultural Centre, Rotterdam.
âStage design for Tannhauser, Bayreuther Festspiele, Germany.
2010
âFunky Bonesâ Artwork in Art and Nature Park, Indianapolis, USA.
âLokal Lieshoutâ, cafe interior at K20, DĂŒsseldorf, Germany.
âCascadeâ, artwork in public space, Rotterdam.
âDynamo Hotel Capsuleâ, Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France.
âde Ontknoppingâ, artwork in public space, Middelburg.
2009
Stankowski Award.
lâAbsence, artwork in public space, Nantes, France.
2005
âFishermanâs Houseâ, Dalen.
âPink Giantâ, Nieuwegein.
âGieleskullâ, Amsterdam.
2004
Kurt Schwitters Award.
âWombhouseâ, Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France.
2000
Wilhelmina-Ring Sculpture Award.
Bar for the Parade, mobile theatre show.
Furniture visitorâs room Prison Hoogvliet, Rotterdam.
1998
Mart Stam Award.
1997
Anjerfonds – Chabot Award.
1996
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Stiftung Award.
1995
Bolidt Floor Concepts Prize.
Mobile Home for the Kröller MĂŒller Museum, Otterlo.
Bussing Stations, for the cafeteria of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA. / Prix de Rome.
1991
Charlotte Köhler Award.
LITERATURE
2009
D. Linley, C. Cator, H. Chislett, Star Pieces, The Enduring Beauty of Spectacular Furniture, Thames and Hudson, 2009.
“We respect the old but want the new. We want to challenge, confront the normal, the accepted, the expected. We believe in fusing talented writers, filmmakers, artists, and scientists into a movement that will go beyond ego; that will create a super story teller. As designers we feel not limited to only one category. We work with museums, architecture, furniture and fashion companies, to commercial brands and self-initiated projects. But wherever the starting point is, challenging and beautiful products are always our aim. Dutch Design is mostly famous for its conceptual, almost art-like status. We are very much Dutch, but apart from that, we also strongly believe that in the end our work should also find a larger audience. That is why we work in a similar way as the Haute Couture fashion world works. Our studio will take the largest amount of artistic freedom to express valuable concepts, fantastic stories in projects that know no limitations. We use them ourselves as an inspiration and show them as a way to tell our story. On the other hand that same drive can lead to products that find their way in the production line. For the Lace Fence design we set up a social oriented production in India in 2006. We are now able to provide 75 Indian families with health care insurance, pension and a healthy working environment, with the production of Lace Fence. We love to cross boundaries: between dream and reality, what is today and is about to come. The possibilities to shape the future with the tools of today are endless, we try to use them in their best way. Industrial production is as beautiful and inspiring as craft. We design serial products with the same attention as one-offâs. We are storytellers, from fantasy to factory, from statement to product.” Verhoeven Twins.
Verhoeven, Joep & Jeroen (b. 1976: live and work in Amsterdam).
Verhoeven Twins work combines the fantastic with the practical: it is function and form turned into mystical narrative, where the supple feather-light impressions of dreams become objects that we can see, touch and most importantly use in our every-day lives. The Verhoeven Twins graduated from Eindhoven Design Academy in 2004. Since then, Verhoevenâs work has been exhibited internationally, with recent group exhibitions including Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art, Craft and Design, at the Mind Museum, North Carolina which travelled to the Museum of Arts and Design, New York (2013), New Energy in Design and Art, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (2011) a solo exhibition The Curious Image, Blain|Southern, London (2011),Telling Tales at Londonâs Victoria and Albert Museum, (2009), Thing: Beware the Material World at Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth (2009), Digitally Mastered: Recent Acquisitions from the Museumâs Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York City (2007) and Space for your Future, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (2007). Verhoevenâs practice is included in several publications including History of Design: Decorative Arts and Material Culture, 1400-2000 (Yale University Press, New Haven 2013); The Power of Design: Product Innovation in Sustainable Energy Technologies, (Wiley, Chichester 2013); the publication by Glenn Adamson; Invention of Craft, (Berg Publishers, London 2012); 21st Century Design by Marcel Wanders and Marcus Fairs (Carlton Books Ltd, London 2011); Design Dictionary: Perspectives on Design Terminology (Board of International Research in Design) by Michael Erlhoff, Timothy Marshall, Laura Bruce, and Steven Lindberg, BirkhĂ€user Architecture, (Basel 2008); And Fork: 100 Designers, 10 Curators, 10 Good Designs, by Tom Dixon (Phaidon Press, London 2007) and Gareth Williamâs The Furniture Machine, (Victoria and Albert Museum London 2006). Verhoevenâs work is in several public and private collections, including Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth; Brooklyn Museum, New York; Die Neue Sammlung in Munich, The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Centre Pompidou, Paris; and has most recently been acquired by The Corning Museum of Glass.
EXHIBITIONS AND FAIRS
2018
‘Vanitas of Life’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, New York, USA.
Design Miami/ Basel, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Basel, Switzerland.
2016
’10 Years of Collectible Design’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Mitry-Mory, France.
2015
âLabel Breedâ, the Frozen Montain, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2013
‘Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art, Craft and Design , at the Mind Museum, North Carolina and the Museum of Arts and Design, New York, USA.
2014
Design Days Dubai, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Dubai, UAE.
2011
‘New Energy in Design and Art’, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
‘The Curious Image’, Blain|Southern, London, UK.
2010
âSothebyâs at Sudeley Castleâ in collaboration with Carpenters Workshop Gallery, UK.
2009
Pavilion of Art & Design, London, UK.
âTelling Talesâ, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK.
‘Thing: Beware the Material World’ at Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
2008
Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York, USA.
2007
âDesign Contre Designâ, Grand Palais, Paris, France.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA.
‘Digitally Mastered: Recent Acquisitions from the Museumâs Collection’, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA.
‘Space for your Future’, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan.
PROJECTS
2006
Furniture Design, Montis, The Netherlands.
2005
Droog Design Interior, 21st Century Room, Friedman Gallery, New York, USA.
Interior design, Nibostone, the Netherlands.
Floor design, Nibostone, the Netherlands.
Lighting for Artecnica.
NOTS watches, Mondaine.
Laced Fence, MVRDV interior, the Netherlands.
Furniture design, Montis, the Netherlands.