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B zegers biography
Ben Zegers
Dutch visual artist
Bernardus Stefanus Henricus (Ben) Zegers (Utrecht, 3 March 1962) is a Dutch visual artist, active as a sculptor and installation artist,[1] and teacher and coordinator at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy.[2]
Zegers came into prominence with sculptures, that balances between sculpture and functional design.
His early work was told to "alienate household items, especially mattresses, but also chairs and tables, and places them in the useless and meaningful sculptural context."[3]
Biography
Education and early career
Zegers was born and raised in Utrecht, and from 1980 to 1986 studied art at the St.
Joost Academy of Art and Design in Den Bosch. He then continued his studies for two years at the Ateliers '63 in Haarlem from 1986 to 1988.
In 1988 Zegers settled as a visual artist in Rotterdam, where he has lived and worked ever since.
In that year the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Zegers and five other young artists Gi