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
http://www.pxl-mad.be/en/object-jewellery
Hoofddocent Faculty of Architecture and Arts, Hasselt University
http://www.uhasselt.be/fac-architectuur-en-kunst
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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.