muller van severen
portret
Fien Muller
Hannes Van Severen
sculptor, born in 1978 in Lokeren lives and works in Evergem
sculptor, born in 1979 in Ghent lives and works in Evergem
www.mullervanseveren.be www.fienmuller.be
www.mullervanseveren.be www.hannesvanseveren.be
muller van severen
Visual artists Fien Muller and Hannes Van Severen did not make their debut as designerduo Muller Van Severen until 2011. The duo explores the boundaries between art and design in a contemporary and innovative way and adopts an inventive, imaginative approach to functionality. They are constantly looking for new ways to make furniture more interesting from a sculptural point of view, without losing track of its functionality. They succeed wonderfully in adding a very personal, fresh new touch to major historical art and design movements. Their oeuvre is characterised by an exciting tension between austerity and extravagance, lightness and heaviness, severity and playfulness, delicacy and sturdiness. Their fascination for materials, their sense of colour and proportions, their affinity with architectural space and their focus on the sculptural form all help create a fascinating universe. They eagerly follow their own path and experiment with new ways of using furniture, averse to fashions and trends, thus designing unique functional landscapes for living, permeated by poetry, imagination and aesthetics.
press release, Sven Gatz flemish minister of culture, media, youth en brussels. friday october 17th, 2014
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curriculum vitae
2011
2012
2013
_Muller Van Severen 03., a furniture project by Fien Muller and Hannes Van Severen, solo show at Valerie Traan, Antwerp.
_Object Rotterdam 2012, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
_Muller Van Severen’s Landscape, soloshow at EXITS, Milan, Italy.
_Muller Van Severen, soloshow at N°33, Deurle, Belgium. _the VILLA, summer exhibition, Knokke, Belgium. _Tales of Heroes, groupshow, a flanders design project on the move, design Vlaanderen. _Interieur Kortrijk, international guests 2012, Kortrijk, Belgium.
_Muller Van Severen, soloshow at Eurema Interni, Padova, Italy. _Muller Van Severen, soloshow at Rosana Orlandi, designweek Milan, Italy. _The toolbox, groupshow La Triennale di Milano, designweek Milan, Italy. _LAP (Lambretto Art Project) Solo show with Valerie Traan Gallery at Ventura Lambrate, designweek Milan, Italy. _Groupshow in MAO, muzej za arhitekturo in Oblikovanje, Ljubljana.
_Design september, Solo show at Jerome Sohier, Brussels. _05. Plates for soulmates, groupshow at Valerie Traan, Antwerp.
2014 _SHOW 7, solo show at Viaduct, London, UK. _soloshow at Frozen Fountain, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. _Design september 2013: Aimer, Penser, Créer, groupshow at Ampersand House, Brussels, Belgium. _The toolbox, een eerbetoon aan Henry van de Velde, groupshow organised by Design Vlaanderen. _Gelinkt’, de collectie netwerkt, Design museum Ghent, Belgium.
_nominated for the wallpaper*magazine awards, Designer of the year 2014. _Solo show Muller Van Severen at The apartment, Copenhagen, Denmark. _Every colour is divine, daybed for Kvadrat, Milan, Italy. _Solo show Muller Van Severen at Andreas Murkidis, Berlin, Germany. _25 years Viaduct, London, UK. _Solo show NEW WORK at Valerie Traan, Antwerp.
_nominated for the Icon magazine awards, Designer of the year 2013.
_Van Severen, Muller Van Severen, workshop of wonders, Utrecht, The Netherlands. _Design in full colour (curated by Scholten & Baijings), Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. _Lightopia, groupshow designmuseum, Ghent, Belgium. _selected by Wallpaper* Designes top 100 of the global design elite (nr.84) 2014. _Laureate Flemisch Culture Award for Design 2014. _Bienale Interieur Kortrijk, 2014,Kortrijk, Belgium. _book Muller Van Severen, editor: Luster.
_Groupshow , designs of the year 2013, design museum London. (nominated in the design section)
_winner of the AD & MONOQI readers award 2014.
_Henri Van De Velde Label for double crossed seat .
_Le Labo des héritiers, Grand Hornu, Hornu Belgium _Show 82, groupshow at Galerie Kreo, Paris, France.
curriculum vitae
2015 _Show 10: Muller Van Severenseries 2 Viaduct, London, UK. _Soloshow Muller Van Severen at Matter, New York, USA. _Confronting the masters, group show, Academia di Brera, Milan, Italy. _Muller Van Severen for Wallpaper* handmade, Milan, Italy. _Expo 2015, furniture for the Bahrein Pavilion, Milan, Italy.
2016 _Soloshow Muller Van Severen at musée des art décoratifs, Ddays, Paris, France. _groupshow Galerie Kreo, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland. _Glas, Voertuig van vooruitgang, exposition in het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. _Design Derby BelgieNederland, Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. _Opening 2th Floor, The Apartment, Copenhagen, Denmark.
_ Part of the winning team for the new VRT building in Brussels. In collaboration with Robberecht & Daem Dierendonckblancke.
_ L’esprit du Bauhaus, Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, France.
_ Matter of Perception, Palazzo Litta, Milan, Italy. _Solo show Muller Van Severen at Graanmarkt 13, Antwerp, Belgium. _Solo show Petit H Hermes, Waves of leather, Paris, France. _ Solo show Studies for Office KGDVS Solo House, at Valerie Traan, Antwerp.
_Soloshow Muller Van Severen at Bozar, Brussels, Belgium.
_ Hands on Design, Design Museum Ghent, Belgium. _ Wire S exhibition, Solo Galerie ,Paris, France. _Champagne prize, Belgium.
- Workshop: ‘Furniture that transform space’, Boisbuchet, France.
_M&O Americas, Miami, USA. _designer of the year 2015, Belgium.
_Show 13 Bar Minimum, Viaduct, London, UK. _ ADAM Brussels, Collection Hornu, Belgium.
rack + table
hanging lamps
work
strangled rack
rocking chair
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neon + first chair
work
bended mirror °1
cutlery
standing lamp n°1
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folding shelves
table + low table brass
work
rack + seat
round table
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3 pieces desk
marble box
work
cutting boards
writing desk + low table
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work
chair 2
marble bench
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wire s
#1
hermes
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wire s collection
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