Pieke Bergmans (1978): Vitra Virus, mounted on an LCW lounge chair by Charles & Ray Eames

H 66 x L 56 x D 63 cm

Dutch artist Pieke Bergmans [1978] studied at art school St.Joost-Breda, Design Academy-Eindhoven, ArtEZ-Arnhem and Royal College of Art-London-Master of Art.
Bergmans straddles boundaries between art and design. She occupies a unique position in the field, embodying sculptural and installation art and craftsmanship into her oeuvre. The vast majority of her work is handmade and Bergmans directs the craftsmen and production-process.

Bergmans founded a studio in Amsterdam and Milan in 2007 and since then realized exhibitions around the globe at leading fairs, institutes and museums like Victoria & Albert Museum-London, Vitra Design Museum, 21-21 Design Sight Tokyo etc. Bergmans’ work is part of relevant private and permanent museum collections like Stedelijk Museum-Amsterdam, Centre Pompidou-Paris, MUDAC-Switzerland, MoMa-Kuwait, CNAP-Paris, Groninger Museum etc.

In 2013 Bergmans became ‘designer of the year’ in Brazil. And in 2014 the Noordbrabants Museum in the Netherlands showed a retrospective of her young career. (source: piekebergmans.com)