1940 born in Leopoldsburg (B)
1966 to 1989 designer at Royal Mosa B.V. in Maastricht (NL)
1969 to 1998 professor Industrial Design to the department Productdesign at the Design Academy in Genk (B)
1983 to 1985 professor ceramics design at the Academie of Industrial Design in Eindhoven (NL)
1989 freelance designer
Amsterdam (NL) Stedelijk Museum
Brüssel (B) ASLK
Barcelona (E) Museu de ceràmica
Berlin (D) Ambtswoning Ambassadeur
London (GB) Sotheby’s
Paris (F) Galerie Ortillés-Fourcat
Rome (I) Academia Belgica
Toronto (CAN) Gardiner Museum
Chicago (USA) Luminaire
Seoul (KOR) Tong-in Gallery
1987 Ion Award, Good industrial design, Maastricht (Holland)
1988 Official Prize from the Flemish Community for Visual Arts
1993 Award “Art and smell”, perfume packaging
1995 Cultural Ambassador of Flanders
1996 Award “Auszeichnung für Höchste Designqualität”, Nordrhein Westfalen (D)
1998 Henri van de Velde price for a carreer, Vizo
2006 First Prize for Design, European Ceramic Context, Bornholm (DK)
Industrial Designer – Artist – Craftsman
The work of Piet Stockmans displays thematic breadth and diversity, combining industrial methods and production with unique artistic ideas.
In designing and manufacturing hotel porcelain, studio collections, and art objects, Stockmans draws on the basic properties of the materials he is working with and utilizes them in his creations. The form of his containers and vessel-like objects is always simple, their color almost entirely white and blue. For his handmade pieces and limited editions, Stockmans places great emphasis on process.
Commenting on his own work, Stockmans has said that it is “always about delicateness and the fragility. One should search for no more meaning in the works than they contain in themselves. The physical experience, the simple intervention vis-à-vis the matter, shows the beauty of the piece and proves the existence of aesthetics.”
Website
www.pietstockmans.be
