School of Art

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School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1NG

Tel: +44 (0)1970 622460

Fax: +44 (0)1970 622461

Email: artschool@aber.ac.uk


Display artist/maker:

Piet Stockmans

Born: 1940, Belgium, Limburg, Leopoldsburg

Ceramicist. Stockmans trained in ceramics at the Provincial Kunsthumaniora Hasselt (1963) and learned to work with porcelain in Selb, Germany and Limoges, France. He became the house designer with the Dutch porcelain factory Royal Mosa in Maastricht, The Netherlands (1966-89) and designed the well-known coffee cup ‘Sonja’.

Stockmans became Professor of Ceramic Design at the Design Academy in Eindhoven (1983-85) and the Professor of Industrial Design at the Design Academy in Genk (1969-98). In 1998 he received the Henri van de Velde prize for outstanding career achievement. From 1997 to 1999 he was an external examiner at the Royal College of Art, London.

Since 1989 Stockmans has been a freelance artist producing industrial ceramics, a studio collection, and ceramic installation artworks.

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker

[Circular tray] C1587 Ceramics

[Dish and beaker] C1665 Ceramics




 
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