Sebastian brajkovic biography

Curriculum Vitae

A brief history of myself

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2009

    ‘Lathe’, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London. ‘Lathe Chairs series’

  • 2015

    ‘Vanishing Point’. In collaboration with Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris.

  • 2016

    ‘Lathe’ New York. In collaboration with Carpenters Workshop Gallery and Dutch Culture USA, the Dutch consulate.

  • 2019

    Occidental Artisan', David Gill Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Museum & Private Collections

  • 2008

    Lathe V Brown special commission for Jean-Paul Gaultier art Collection

    Lathe VIII For the permanent collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London

  • 2009

    Lathe V for the permanent collection of the Museum for Arts and Design (MAD), New York

  • 2011

    Lathe III White, Samsung foundation, Seoul

  • 2013

    Lathe III Black for the permanent collection of the Museum for Arts and Design (MFAH), Houston

  • 2017

    Lathe X, special commission for Philippe Starck.

  • 2022

    Stadt museum Fulda

    Lathe Dining P. & A.C. Donnersberg

Special Commisions

  • 2011

    Lathe I xl in gold/purples for

    SEBASTIAN BRAJKOVIC

    Sebastian Brajkovic, born in Amsterdam in 1975 to a Dutch-Indonesian mother and a Croatian-Italian father, is an artist who started creating furniture by transforming and mutating archetypal shapes into new forms, often using contemporary technologies. This resulted in works that transcended in form and historical periods, forging his own, visually-striking, canon. Brajkovic believes that “truly innovative and functional objects and ideas unite the future, present and past”.

    Brajkovic initially studied cabinet-making at the Amsterdam’s meubelvakschool  before enrolling at Design Academy Eindhoven. During his time there Brajkovic studied under the tutelage of Gijs Bakker, Hella Jongerius and Jurgen Bey (under whom he interned at Studio Makkink Bey). Here he focused on the concept of combining art and conceptual design. 

    It was at Eindhoven that Brajkovic first pioneered his design vernacular, creating furniture that stretched and contorted its original shape. “The classic proportions of each chair seem to be enhanced rather than destroyed by the d

    Selected Solo Exhibitions

    Selected Group Exhibitions

    Sebastian Brajkovic is a Dutch Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1975. Their work is currently being shown at Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Marianne Boesky Gallery, Aspen have featured Sebastian Brajkovic's work in the past.Sebastian Brajkovic's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 7,620 USD to 31,250 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2009 the record price for this artist at auction is 31,250 USD for "LATHE V", sold at Sotheby's New York in 2013. Sebastian Brajkovic has been featured in articles for The New York Times, HYPEBEAST and Observer. The most recent article is Marianne Boesky Gallery X Carpenters Workshop Gallery Present 'Material Alchemy: Part I Group Show' written for ArtDaily in July 2022.

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