Biografie von Borek SIPEK (1949-2016)
Personal data
Birth : 1949 - Prague, Czech Republic
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Czech Republic
Address
Prague, Czech RepublicEducation
1969 : Kunst Akademie – Hamburg, Germany
1964 – 1968 : Akademie výtvarných umení / Academy of Fine Arts – U Akademie 4 – Prague, Czech Republic
Professional data
Work and Life
1999:Following his passion as a cook he opened a design shop including a Thai/Japanese restaurant in the centre of Prague named the Arzenal.
1992:Appointed by President Vaclav HAVEL as “Castle” architect Sípek was in charge of the “Castles” restoration, which he co-ordinated from his Prague architecture and design studio.
1983:Moved to Amsterdam and founded his architecture & design studio.
1968:Moved to Hamburg, Germany.
Work
Categorie and medium
Sculpture-Volume : Sculpture, glass
Furniture-Design :
Subject
architecturedecoration
Works
Arovet | |
Date of creation : 1991 Medium : ABS Size : 34 x 20 x 20 cm | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2002
Glass and Furniture
Steltman Gallery – New York NY, United States
2002
Centre Tchèque – Paris, France
07/16/2002 – 08/31/2002
1998
Národní Techniké Muzeum / The National Museum – Prague, Czech Republic
1998
1996
Denver Art Museum – Denver CO, United States
1996
1992
Vitra Design Museum – Weil am Rhein, Germany
1992
1991
Stedelijk Museum – Amsterdam, Netherlands
1991
1990
Steltman Gallery – Amsterdam, Netherlands
1990
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Congress/symposium
1998
Twentieth-Century Porcelain from the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
American Craft Museum – New York NY, United States
04/02/1998 – 06/14/1998
Group exhibitions
2000
Design World 2000
Taideteollisuusmuseo / Museum of Art and Design – Helsinki, Finland
02/03/2000 – 04/30/2000
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
2001
Art Contemporain : un choix de 200 oeuvres du Fonds national d’art contemporain, (1985-1999)
Participant: Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication – 3 rue Valois – Paris, France
Participant: DAP Délégation aux arts plastiques – 27, avenue de l’Opéra – Paris, France
Participant: FIACRE Fonds d’Incitation à la Création – Centre National des Arts Plastiques – Département du soutien à la création et à la diffusion 27 avenue de l’Opéra – Paris, France
Publisher: Editions du Chêne – 43 quai Grenelle – Paris, France
10/2001
ISBN : 2842773373