Atelier Van Lieshout

Sculptor, painter and visionary Joep Van Lieshout founded studio Atelier Van Lieshout in 1995. Since opening, the studio has become renowned for its imaginative creations that often blur the line between manufactured art and mass-produced products.

Atelier Van Lieshout’s designs have become internationally recognised, celebrated for their recurring themes, motives, and obsessions, which include systems, power, life, sex, and death. An example of the way that Van Lieshout dissects systems is the free state of AVL-Ville, founded by Van Lieshout in 2001. This independent state in the port of Rotterdam was a year-long experiment in self-sufficiency, which can be viewed as an attempt to shape an alternative environment.

As well as installations, Atelier Van Lieshout works with worldwide brands to create functional lighting and furniture. This includes the bright, functional, and innovative Statistocrat Floor Lamp that he designed for Danish Lighting brand, Moooi.

“A design in the bush is worth two in the hand” - Joep van Lieshout