BIO

 

 

 

David Huycke (Belgium °1967) is a visual artist and researcher who explores a variety of media but is best known for his innovative approach to metalwork, more specifically the use of granulation in larger sculptural silver objects.

 

In 2010 he earned his Ph.D. in Arts from the Hasselt University and the KULeuven with the project ‘The Metamorphic Ornament: Re-Thinking Granulation’, a practice-based research on the contemporary artistic relevance of the ancient technique of granulation. Huycke is now professor at the PXL-MAD School of Arts Hasselt and at the Faculty of Architecture and Arts at Hasselt University.

 

Huycke’s artistic work balances on the edge of figuration and abstraction. He Draws inspiration from cosmic themes, such as planets and atoms, clouds, night and day, as well as from concepts such as darkness, horizon, order and chaos. His aim is to convey the poetic essence of these enigmatic phenomena through the medium of silver, with the intention of using their inspiration and drawing them into our sphere of understanding.

 

His silver objects are included in numerous public collections worldwide. Furthermore, Huycke's work has been recognized with several awards, including the ‘Bavarian State Prize for Contemporary Crafts’ in both 2007 and 2019, as well as the 'Robbe & Berking Prize' at the 20th Silver Triennial in 2022.

His work is represented by Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen https://www.marzee.nl/nl/david-huycke/ and by Adrian Sassoon Ltd, London http://www.adriansassoon.com

 

PERSONALIA

Artist studio since 1992 in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium

ATELIER HUYCKE GCV  +32 477 805 482 - VAT BE 0886 899 407

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EDUCATION

PhD in Arts, Hasselt University and KU Leuven, 2005-2010

MFA, Sint-Lucas University College, Antwerpen, 1985-1989

 

TEACHING/ RESEARCH

Docent PXL-MAD School of Arts Hasselt 

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Coordinator International MA program Object & Jewellery at PXL-MAD School of Arts Hasselt 

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Hoofddocent Faculty of Architecture and Arts, Hasselt University

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VISITING LECTURER

Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School, Firenze, 2022, 2021

RMIT, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, 2017

Akademie für Gestaltung und Design, München, 2012

KHIO, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Oslo, 2008, 2017

HDK, School of Design and Crafts at Göteborg University, Göteborg, 2008

RISD, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 2004, 2007

Konstfack, University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm, 2005

ESAD, Escola Superior de Artes e Design, Porto, 2005

Sint-Lucas University College, Karel de Grote-Hogeschool, Antwerpen, 2004

RCA, Royal College of Art, Londen, 2001

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selection since 2000, for complete list see 'RESEARCH > PORTFOLIO')

Here and Now, Caroline Van Hoek Gallery, Brussels, 2017

David Huycke & Students: Best of 10 years PXL-MAD, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, 2015

SchmuckDenken10, Idar-Oberstein, 2014

Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, 2012

Galerie Sofie Lachaert, Tielrode, 2011

Re-Thinking Granulation, Z33, Hasselt, 2010

Galerie Sofie Lachaert, Tielrode, 2007

Waas Zilver, SASK, Stedelijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten, Sint-Niklaas, 2007

Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, 2007

Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, 2006

Carlin Gallery, Paris, 2006

Gallery Orfèo, Luxembourg, 2006

Musée Départemental du Compagnonnage, Romanèche-Thorins, 2005

The Danish Museum of Decorative Arts, Copenhagen, 2004

Korpus, Röhsska Museum, Gothenburg, 2003

Korpus, Carlin Gallery, Paris, 2003

Korpus, Design Museum, Gent, 2003

Galerie Sofie Lachaert, Tielrode, 2002

Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, 2002

Carlin Gallery, Paris, 2001

Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, 2000

 

WORK IN PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

Aberdeen Museum & Art Gallery, Aberdeen

CID Centre d’innovation et de design, Grand-Hornu

Contemporary Arts Society, London

Danish Museum of Arts & Design, Copenhagen

Deedie Rose Collection, Dallas

Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau

Design Museum Gent, Ghent

DIVA, Antwerp

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis

International Museum of Contemporary Applied Arts, Turin

Kolumba, Art Museum of the Archdiocese of Cologne

Lachaert & d'Hanis, Tielrode

The Marzee Collection, Nijmegen

Musée Mandet, Riom

MAD, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

MKG, Museum für Kunst & Gewerbe, Hamburg

Museum of Contemporary Art of CAA, Hangzhou, China

National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh

Province of Flemish Brabant

Province of East Flanders

Röhsska Museum of Design & Craft, Gothenburg

Het StadsMus, Municipal Museum, Hasselt

Swiss National Museum, Zürich

Victoria & Albertmuseum, V&A, London

 

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

'Robbe & Berking Prize', 20st Silver Triennial International, Association for Goldsmiths' Art, Hanau, 2022

Bavarian State Prize for Contemporary Crafts, Gold Medal, IHM, Munich, 2019

SSA, Schoonhoven Silver Award, 2nd Prize, Schoonhoven, 2018

LOEWE Craft Prize, Finalist, Madrid, 2017

SSA, Schoonhoven Silver Award, 2nd Prize, Schoonhoven, 2012

Bavarian State Prize for Contemporary Crafts, Gold Medal, IHM, Munich, 2007

European Prize for Contemporary Art- and Design-led Crafts, younger than 35 years, WCC-Europe, Vienna, 1998

Design Flanders Award 'Henry Van De Velde', Young Talent prize, Brussels, 1994

Design Flanders Award 'Henry Van De Velde', Prize of the Public, Brussels, 1994

Prize of the Talentbörse Handwerk, Metal, IHM, Munich, 1992

Province of East-Flanders’ Provincial Prize for Applied Arts, Ghent, 1990

 

MONOGRAPHS

Salens, P. (ed.), D. Huycke, W. Nys, David Huycke, Risky Business, 25 Years of Silver Objects, Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2018 

Game, A. & R. Van De Vyver, David Huycke, Sint-Niklaas: Stad Sint-Niklaas, 2007

Daenens, L., David Huycke, Romanèche-Thorins: Musée Départemental du Compagnonnage, 2005.

Nanfeldt, M., David Huycke, Korpus, Götheborg: Röhsska Museum, 2003.

De Decker, H., David Huycke, Sint-Niklaas: David Huycke, 2000.

De Ren, L., “David Huycke”, Sterckshof Studies 5, Antwerpen-Deurne: Zilvermuseum Sterckshof, 1996.