LAURIDS GALLÉE

LAURIDS GALLÉE

Laurids Gallée, grew up in a family of artists in Vienna, Austria, where he was exposed to different creative fields from early childhood. After briefly studying anthropology in his home town, he moved to the Netherlands to study at the Design Academy Eindhoven, where he graduated in 2015. Gallée spent the following years learning different manufacturing techniques, as a craftsman in art and design production and in 2017 started his own studio.

His practice explores traditional and folkloric elements to enter modern materiality, while always considering today’s advanced manufacturing processes to create a contemporary fusion.  His body of work has little limitations to media but an attention to colour and a reoccurring emphasis on strong line. Laurids’ work results in pieces that range somewhere between artistic exploration, sculpture and furniture + object design.

Gallée’s most recent work, a collection of furniture made of coloured resin, aims to build architectural objects from simple transparent building blocks, highlighting the internal structure.  Both Tralucid and Metropolis collections are made to order with the designer continuously enriching his practice through commissioned works.

Laurids Gallée currently lives and works in Rotterdam.