Vries, Bouke de

First name: 
Bouke
Initials: 
B.
Surname: 
De Vries
Year of birth: 
1960
Birthplace: 
Utrecht
Country of birth: 
The Netherlands
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Bouke de Vries is born in Utrecht (The Netherlands) in 1960. Between 1979 and 1982 he follows the Design Academy in Eindhoven (NL), dept. 3-D Design. In England he visits the West Dean College in Chichester, training Conservation of Ceramics and follows from 1982 to 1983 lectures at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, dept. Textiles.
Bouke de Vries works in London. Initially he was one of the leading restorators, but got fascinated by making images of broken objects and Chinese porcelain.

Visit the artist's website: http://boukedevries.com

Images: portrait (source Gallery Adrian Sasoon); portrait (source website artist); object "The Conversation", 2016 (source Ron Mandos Gallery Amsterdam); Tea Pot (source Alchetron.com).