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Maarten Van Severen

Belgium — b. 1956-2005

Available Works

Bandeau mural - Maarten Van Severen - Storage - Galerie kreo

Maarten Van Severen

Biography

Belgian designer Maarten Van Severen (1956-2005), the son of abstract painter Dan Van Severen, studied architecture at the Saint-Lucas Institute in Ghent. Around 1985 he set up his own workshop for furniture and interiors. Most of the pieces of furniture he designed thereafter (between 1988 and 1995) were in production with the Dutch firm Lensvelt.

Maarten Van Severen also designed interiors in France for the Villa Dall’Ava (1991) in Saint-Cloud and the Lemoine House (1999) in Floirac commissioned by the Dutch Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) of Rem Koolhaas. He collaborated intensively with the Swiss firm Vitra, that produces his chair ...

Belgian designer Maarten Van Severen (1956-2005), the son of abstract painter Dan Van Severen, studied architecture at the Saint-Lucas Institute in Ghent. Around 1985 he set up his own workshop for furniture and interiors. Most of the pieces of furniture he designed thereafter (between 1988 and 1995) were in production with the Dutch firm Lensvelt.

Maarten Van Severen also designed interiors in France for the Villa Dall’Ava (1991) in Saint-Cloud and the Lemoine House (1999) in Floirac commissioned by the Dutch Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) of Rem Koolhaas. He collaborated intensively with the Swiss firm Vitra, that produces his chair .03 since 1998 and also Kartell, Edra and Bulo. He also designed the outside furniture in Pont du Gard in France (1999).

His last big projects were the public spaces of the Van Abbemuseum (2001) in Eindhoven (NL) and the kitchen pavilion for the Boxy brothers (2005) in Deurle (Belgium).

Now his streamlined and minimalist work takes part of permanent collections in prestigious worldwide institutions such as the MoMA in New York, the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.

Solo Shows

Maarten Van Severen - Maarten van Severen
Solo Show

October 21 - November 25, 2006

Maarten Van Severen - Maarten Van Severen
Solo Show

October 27 - December 01, 2001

Group Shows

Maarten Van Severen - @home new chapter
Group Show

March 23 - May 08, 2021

Maarten Van Severen - 20 years
Group Show

September 25 - December 24, 2019

Maarten Van Severen - One piece a day
Group Show

September 12 - October 22, 2016

Maarten Van Severen - Design Miami / Basel 2016
Fair

June 13 - June 19, 2016

Maarten Van Severen - convergences
Group Show

May 21 - July 26, 2014

Maarten Van Severen - Tandem
Group Show

January 12 - March 03, 2012

Maarten Van Severen - matières à réflexion
Group Show

February 10 - May 15, 2011

Maarten Van Severen - h.75
Group Show

October 02 - December 23, 2010

Maarten Van Severen - 10 printemps en automne
Group Show

September 12 - October 31, 2009

Maarten Van Severen - zero compromise
Group Show

April 21 - May 26, 2007

Maarten Van Severen - Les designers de la galerie
Group Show

March 01 - April 19, 2003

Maarten Van Severen - Métal
Group Show

September 14 - November 02, 2002

Maarten Van Severen - Sit Down 1950-2001
Group Show

December 08, 2001 - January 19, 2002