About Nicolette de Waart Dutch Sculptor and designer Nicolette de Waart’s work is shaped around Connection, Femininity, and Beauty. She has built a cohesive body of work across multiple disciplines, from furniture to sculptures and functional art objects. Her design vocabulary is deeply rooted in nature, and her fascination and curiosity with different cultures and countries she has lived in (Singapore, UK, and the Netherlands). She creates objects of bold simplicity and elegance, often with a tacit playfulness, in a continuous search for the novel and undiscovered. Research plays a pivotal role in her creative process. Her Berry lamps, for example, are inspired by the intricate beauty and skillfully made Japanese lanterns.
Several of her best creations resulted from a voyage of exploration and experimentation, followed by solid partnerships with local artisans like the foundry she works with and their extensive expertise. She considers her work a continuum of craftsmanship, traditional techniques, and materials such as Bronze, Wood, textiles, clay, and ‘cire-perdue’, a lost-wax method. Although her techniques are rooted in tradition, her work strives for innovation and production within the circulatory system.
Her work was featured at exhibitions at the Venice Design Biennial, the SAATCHI Gallery in London, and most recently at the Salone in Milan, Collectible Brussels, and the KunstRAI in the Netherlands. In Milan, she was awarded with the 5VIE Art and Design Prize.
- Upcoming exhibitions:
May 22 Frozen Fountain, Prinsengracht , Amsterdam, the Netherlands
April 19-26 5VIE at Via Cesare Correnti 14, Milan Design week, Italy
April 19-26 Solidified, Via Carlo Farini 35, Milan Design Week, Italy
April – June Gallery Madart, Leidsestraat, 32-34 Amsterdam, The Netherlands
March 12-15 Collectible Brussels at the VanderBorght building in Brussels, Belgium
March 5-8 NockNock Art Fair Kromhouthallen, Amsterdam
- Past exhibitions:
Oct 2025 – Private Choice in Paris curated by Nadia Candet, France
Sept 2025 – Curated Brussels by Lionel Jadot at Mix Hotel in Brussels, Belgium
April-May 2025 Kunst Rai Amsterdam, The Netherlands
July – Dec 2025 Group exhibition NockNock at Art’otel Amsterdam, The Netherlands
April 2025 – Milan Design week: 5Vie at Leonardo da Vinci National Museum of Science and Technology, Italy
April 2025 – Milan Design Week: FORMA Via Borgo Nuovo Milan, Italy
March 2025 – Collectible Brussels at The VanderBorght building, Belgium
Nov 2024 – NOCKNOCK ART FAIR, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam
Oct. 2024 – CURATED by Lionel Jadot in Brussels, Belgium
August 2024 – Artist meeting at Knokke Art Festival, Belgium
April 2024 – Isola at Milan Design Week, Italy
Oct. 2023 – Saatchi Gallery London: Focus Art Fair, United Kingdom
May 2023 – Venice Design Biennial, Venice, Italy
- Awards:
Nicolette was awarded the 5Vie Art and Design Prize in Milan, 2025
German Design Award, 2018
She has garnered both critical acclaim and commercial success and has signed with galleries in Amsterdam, New York, and Paris.
- Collaborations:
As an artist, she participated in an upcoming Netflix documentary about fertility and femininity.
Private commission work of 5 Bronze knot 2025
Private commission Infinity Knot 2024
- Press:
Nicolette de Waart is featured in numerous magazines, including AD It | Elle Decor IT | Domus | Elle Deco UK/FR/China| Vogue UK
Residence NL editie 5 2026
Paleblue magazine March 2025
Gentletraveller from @direktorenhaus March 2025
Beaux Arts Nov 2025
VogueItalia magazine May 2023
Interni magazine, Italy, May 2023