Pieter de Bruyn Kops is a Dutch-American architect, designer and painter. Pieter’s current autonomous practice is focused on large scale, abstract colorist painting and structural minimalist furniture design. Pieter lives and works in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Recently Pieter has also worked as a designer of Natural Playgrounds for “de Twee Heren”.
Currently Pieter works primarily as a Real Estate Programming Director for the Dutch Social Housing Corporation Rochdale. In this capacity Pieter is focused on the systematic and incidental maintenance and renovation programmes of Rochdale’s large Social Housing portfolio.
Feel free to get in touch if you are interested in any furniture pieces or artworks; or if you would like to work with Pieter to design or consult you on your creative project.
2021, Art The Hague, a contemporary art fair with new paintings from the Dark Space Dark Matter series, OODE gallery, The Hague
2019, Dutch Colorists, a group exhibition with paintings from the Draped Spaces series, Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Massachusetts
2019, co-curator with Ben Shattuck, Dutch Colorists, Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Massachusetts
2019, solo art exhibition, Dark Space Dark Matter, OODE gallery, Amsterdam
2019, ELIO chair for sale at Fraaimakers Pop-up, Amsterdam
2018, Dark Space Dark Matter featured on the ELLE website
2017, group exhibition with paintings, OODE gallery, Amsterdam
2016, solo art and furniture exhibition, Returned, Amsterdam
2015, group exhibition, Bouncy Ball, Platform Platvorm, Amsterdam
2010, MArch, de Academie van Bouwkunst, Amsterdam
2010, Diploma Project, 1 Villa for 3 Widows, Archiprix nominee
2003, MA, Housing & Urbanism, the Architectural Association, London
2003, Thesis, Marching Towards the Light Ages: A Critical Response to Responsive Environments
2002, Bachelor of Science, University of Maryland, School of Architecture
2001, solo art exhibition, Studies: Between Primaries
1997, solo art exhibition, Formation of an Identity
1979, Washington D.C.