Kiki van Eijk & Joost van Bleiswijk
Spazio Nobile is delighted to announce Kiki van Eijk and Joost Van Bleiswijk’s second solo show at Spazio Nobile Gallery and Studiolo. This exhibition, curated by Maria Cristina Didero, aims to showcase their artistic work as the result of a long-term collaboration involving the sharing of ideas, gestures and the act of creation itself. Over the course of two decades, they have cultivated a personal, complementary language based on intuitive drawing, architectural precision and a shared commitment to their studio as a space for open innovation. Kiki & Joost create worlds, not just objects, resisting the forces of speed, superficiality and mass production. Kiki van Eijk is one of the most accomplished names in the world of Dutch design. Her interest in product design developed at the Design Academy Eindhoven where she met her partner, designer Joost van Bleiswijk. Her range of work extends from installations to furniture, from lighting to textiles, ceramics or glassware. Inspired by the smallest details of everyday and by the forms of nature, Kiki’s world is whimsical and colorful, lyrical and personal, yet refined by a rigorous attention to the process and skillful craftsmanship. Joost van Bleiswijk is a designer, artist and teacher who gives great value to the process of making. He studied at the Design Academy of Eindhoven, where he met his partner, Kiki van Eijk and founded a studio in 2001 to become one of the most accomplished Dutch designers. Today he runs Studio Thinking Hands, a core studio within Design Academy Eindhoven’s BA program. A genuine fascination for the making of the object, revealed in the outcome, is the starting point of his creative process. The workshop is where Joost engages with the experience of designing as an intensely physical act. The creative process unfolds in a quite instinctive and gestural way. His range of work extends from fine furniture to large scale installation, from architecture to accessories, from lighting to ceramics.
Guided tours of the exhibition by Kiki van Eijk & Joost van Bleiswijk at 13:00 and 15:00 as part of the Sunday Brunch
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Tuesday - Saturday, 11-18.00 or by appointment
Rue Franz Merjay 142 (Main Gallery), 1050 Ixelles & Rue Franz Merjay 169 (Studiolo), 1050 Ixelles
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Spazio Nobile is a contemporary art and design gallery in Brussels, Belgium, known for its bold exhibitions and commitment to promoting innovative, boundary-pushing work. The gallery presents a range of emerging and established artists and designers from around the world, providing a platform for experimental practices and new creative directions in both fine art and collectable design. When art historians Lise Coirier and Gian Giuseppe Simeone founded Spazio Nobile in 2016, they combined their passions for design and art history to establish a fruitful dialogue with applied art, design and photography. Without boundaries between disciplines, they have created a collection of unique art and design pieces, limited editions and installations, with a particular sensitivity to nature and minerality. The gallery also publishes TLmag_True Living of Art & Design, launched in 2008, an annual international print and online magazine dedicated to curating and capturing the culture of collecting. TLmag has evolved over 15 years with creative influencers, collectors, curators, artists, designers and architects who have shaped the contemporary art and design scene. The magazine and artist monographs are published by Spazio Nobile Editions. Spazio Nobile Studiolo, a permanent showcase in front of the main gallery, has been curated by the gallery since 2020.The co-founders have also extended the gallery experience to their private villa in Tervuren, on the outskirts of Brussels, with Spazio Nobile At Home, and in Sweden, at The 25 Columns, built by OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen, overlooking Lake Siljan from the heights of Plintsberg, Dalarna.