Jacob van der Beugel

Van der Beugel was born in London in 1978. Between 1997 and 2001 he studied History of Art at the University of York where he studied under Michael White. Between 2001-2002 he was an apprentice to Rupert Spira, and then from 2003-2004 he was assistant to Edmund de Waal. Since 2004 he has been based in Devon, where he has his studio.

Van der Beugel shows work through the New Art Centre, Roche Court, East Winterslow, Wiltshire.

His piece From Here to There , was acquired by the Victoria & Albert Museum in 2008.

At Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire commissioned The North Sketch Sequence in 2014. This large scale installation represents the mitochondrial DNA of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire and their son and daughter-in-law, Lord and Lady Burlington in a series of 650 ceramic panels and protruding ceramic blocks organised into 4 columns. The author, Alain de Botton described The North Sketch Sequenceas "a beautiful poetic work which is exemplary in the way it manages to turn information (of which we have so much, and which usually leaves us so cold) into art (which touches our hearts)". Van der Beugel's work has recently featured in a film series by Sotheby's and Huntsman titled "Treasures of Chatsworth". More recently van der Beugel worked in collaboration with ECSG, the Epidemiology Cancer Statistics Group based at York University, the resulting work Pathways of Patients I &II are " two 275-pound architectural concrete panels delicately scored by snakelike patterns " in liquid rust.

• 2015 Member of Royal British Society of Sculptors
• 2014 Winner of CODAworx Award, USA
• 2007 Arts Council, Development Award
• 2006 Arts Council, Research and Professional Development award
• 2005 Crafts Council Development Award

The North Sketch Sequence, published by Joanna Bird, 2014.