Sabine Marcelis | |
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Born | 1985 (age 38–39) Alkmaar, Netherlands |
Alma mater | Design Academy Eindhoven |
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Website | Official website |
Sabine Marcelis (born 1985) is a Dutch artist and designer.[1][2] She has worked with brands and companies such as Céline, IKEA, Isabel Marant, Stella McCartney, and Renault.[3][4][5] Her style typically includes pastel colours, minimalist shapes, and materials such as resin and glass, while her work focuses on themes of reflection and translucency.[6][7][8] She has described her work as “an investigation of light, how it can create effects and atmospheres."[9]
Marcelis was born in Alkmaar, Netherlands. She emigrated to Waihi, New Zealand, with her family at the age of 10.[10] She studied industrial design at Victoria University of Wellington before returning to Holland in her early twenties to study at the Design Academy Eindhoven.[11][4][12][6] Before pursuing a career in design, Marcelis competed in semi-professional snowboarding.[13][9]
After graduating from the Design Academy Eindhoven in 2011, she founded Studio Sabine Marcelis in Rotterdam.[11]
In 2019, Marcelis was invited by the Mies van der Rohe FoundationBarcelona Pavilion.[14] Her contribution was a group of pieces titled "No Fear of Glass" (a play on Josep Quetglas Riusech's 2001 book about the building "Fear of Glass").[15][16][17]
to participate in its Interventions programme, a series of temporary installations in theShe produced a temporary installation titled "Swivel" in St Giles Square in London for the 2022 London Design Festival.[18][19]
In 2022, the Vitra Design Museum staged "Colour Rush! An Installation by Sabine Marcelis" in which she reorganised the approximately 400 pieces held in the Schaudepot exhibition warehouse collection by colour.[20][21]
She collaborated with IKEA on a collection of lamps and homewares which were commercialised in 2023.[22][23] She has also designed furniture, lighting, and accessories for brands such as Natuzzi, Established & Sons, cc-tapis, Arco, Calico Wallpaper, and the Swedish furniture brand Hem.[24][25][26][27][28][29]
Collections holding examples of Marcelis's work include those of the Vitra Design Museum in Germany, the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in the Netherlands, and the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV).[30][31][32]
Her work has been exhibited at galleries such as Etage Projects in Copenhagen, Gallery Collectional in Dubai, Side Gallery in Barcelona, Carwan Gallery in Greece, Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert in Australia, and Design Miami.[33][34][35][36][37] In 2023 she designed a unique "art version" of the Renault Twingo. It was shown at the Pompidou Centre in Paris.[38][39]
She is a mentor for both the Women Bauhaus Collective and the Lexus Design Award, and also teaches at the École cantonale d'art de Lausanne.[40][41][42][43]
She currently lives and works in Rotterdam.[44] Her partner is the architect Paul Cournet.[45][46] They have a son who was born during the Covid pandemic. Marcelis observed that her piece called "Boa", a torus shaped pouf, is “helping him learn how to walk. And it’s also a perfect spot to safely place him if I have to quickly leave the room.”[47]
At the age of 16, Marcelis was an avid snowboarder.[48] In an interview with Surface magazine, she states that her use of snowboarding goggles made her realize the powerful effect colour has on one's environment.[49] This helped her develop her work titled "Colour Rush" which was released in May 2022 at the Vitra Design Museum.[21][49]
Specifically, Marcelis also stated that her inspiration stems from the architect Hans Hollein for his works with not only architecture but also his work with jewelry.[49]