Daniel Ost
| Daniel Ost | |
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The Belgian flower artist and garden architect | |
| Born |
08/05/1955 Sint-Niklaas, Belgium |
| Occupation | Floral artist, Floral designer, Garden architect |
| Spouse(s) | Marie-Anne Boeykens |
| Children | Maarten Ost, Nele Ost |
Daniel Ost (08/05/1955, Sint-Niklaas) is a Belgian floral artist, floral designer and garden architect. CBS News has described him as "the world's leading flower designer,"[1] while the New York Times says that "to call him a master flower designer is akin to calling Annie Leibovitz a shutterbug."[2]
His clientele includes numerous royal families, sheikhs, multinational organisations as well as humanitarian organisations like UNICEF.
Biography
Daniel Ost is born in 1955 in the suburban town of Sint-Niklaas, Belgium in a family of which he was the eldest of 6 children.
Marriage and children
Daniel Ost and his wife Marie-Anne have 2 children. Maarten Ost is a children's book author and lives in Leuven, Belgium while his daughter, Nele Ost, is following in his footsteps as a floral designer.
- Maarten Ost is a children's book author and animation designer.
- Nele Ost (08/11/1984) is following in her father footsteps as a floral designer, and is currently in charge of the retail operations.
Education
- Sociology at Bisschoppelijke Normaalschool in Sint-Niklaas (Belgium) from 1967 until 1973
- Flower Design at IMOV Institute in Afsnee (Belgium) from 1973 until 1976
- Master of Floral Art at Tuinbouwschool Vught (The Netherlands) from 1976 until 1979
- Instructor Floral Art in Japan & Taiwan
- Founder of Daniël Ost Flower Academy in Sint-Niklaas (Belgium) and Tokyo (Japan)
Published works
Throughout his career, Daniel Ost published numerous books about his exhibitions, decorations and gardens. He has also been featured in numerous magazines like Elle, Vogue, Architectural Digest and Bloomberg, regarding floral design and garden architecture.
- Leafing Through Flowers I (1989)
- Leafing Through Flowers II (1993)
- Leafing Through Flowers III (1997)
- Ostentatief (1998)
- Invitations (2002)
- Remaining Flowers (2003)
- East x West (2005)
- Transparant (2007)
- Invitations II (2009)
- Daniël Ost - The Master (publishing date November 2015)
Awards
- 1st place Belgian Championship in Brussels (Belgium) in 1979
- 1st place Belgian Championship in Brussels (Belgium) in 1983
- 1st place Golden Orchid in Hannover (Germany) in 1981
- 1st place Golden Orchid in Hannover (Germany) in 1983
- 2nd place European Championship in Brussels (Belgium) in 1983
- 2nd place World Championship in Detroit (USA) in 1985
- 1st place Osaka World Expo in Osaka (Japan) in 1990
- Citizen of Honour of Sint-Niklaas (Belgium) since 2005
- Top 7 European Garden Designers in Germany in 2014
- Citizen of Honour of Kurashiki (Japan) since 2015
References
- ↑ Daniel Ost: A Life In Bloom, at CBS News; published February 3, 2001; retrieved March 10, 2014
- ↑ NATURE; An Artist: Root, Stem And Petal, at the New York Times, by Anne Raver; published February 14, 2002; retrieved March 10, 2014