Chris Wolston
Chris Wolston is an American artist and designer based in Brooklyn, New York and Medellín, Colombia. His playfully fabricated work--which spans furniture, lighting, seating, and accessories--rigorously blends traditional techniques and materials with a wry, contemporary realism, arriving at an entirely original postmodern aesthetic, imbued with charm and technical sophistication.
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Wolston’s interest in non-Western art-making traditions originated at the Kokrobitey Institute, in Accra, Ghana, where he studied before receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2009 from the Rhode Island School of Design. He later earned a Fulbright grant to study pre-Columbian ceramics inColombia. Invigorated by his exposure, Wolston opened a second studio in Medellín to continue his collaboration with local artisans and materials.
His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Museum of American Glass, The Museo de Antioquia in Medellín, Colombia, and the National Museum of Qatar. He was recently profiled in T Magazine, Architectural Digest, Galerie, Elle Decor Italia, Domino, and Surface Magazine.
He has created work for such brands as Fendi, Dior, and Philip Lim.
"After studying non-Western creative techniques in Ghana, Chris Wolston was awarded a Fulbright grant to fine-tune his craft in Colombia—a move that strongly influenced his artistic trajectory. The fresh-faced furniture designer, who splits time between studios in New York City and Medellin, now blends time-honored South American craftsmanship with his own brand of postmodern irreverence to mastermind highly detailed pieces that delight, confound, and always have us eagerly awaiting his next move."
-Ryan Waddoups, Surface Magazine
"Chris Wolston does not like to limit himself to one material. The Artist, who divides his time between Brooklyn and Medellin, Colombia, more commonly uses aluminum and terracotta or wicker in his work.... Wolston has anthropomorphised his pieces -- heads of chairs sprouting with cacti and armrests that wave at you."
-Tom Morris, New Wave Clay
"Like many artists before him, Chris Wolston has found plenty of inspiration in the great outdoors—stretching all the way back to his childhood in Providence, Rhode Island. “I’m a twin, and my twin and I were pretty different growing up. I had a little garden in my parents’ backyard, and when my brother would go play soccer on the weekends, I would stay home and work on my plants,” he says, laughing. “I wanted to be a landscape architect.”
Wolston’s career aspirations, however, transformed over time when he started working with materials a little more permanent than perennials. His collection for The Future Perfect is flush with “foliage”—made of aluminum, terracotta, and wicker. He is quickly becoming one of the most exciting furniture designers around, blurring the boundaries between outside and in, realism and fantasy, contemporary and pre-Columbian."
-Rebecca Deczynski, Domino Magazine.
His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Museum of American Glass, The Museo de Antioquia in Medellín, Colombia, and the National Museum of Qatar. He was recently profiled in T Magazine, Architectural Digest, Galerie, Elle Decor Italia, Domino, and Surface Magazine.
He has created work for such brands as Fendi, Dior, and Philip Lim.
"After studying non-Western creative techniques in Ghana, Chris Wolston was awarded a Fulbright grant to fine-tune his craft in Colombia—a move that strongly influenced his artistic trajectory. The fresh-faced furniture designer, who splits time between studios in New York City and Medellin, now blends time-honored South American craftsmanship with his own brand of postmodern irreverence to mastermind highly detailed pieces that delight, confound, and always have us eagerly awaiting his next move."
-Ryan Waddoups, Surface Magazine
"Chris Wolston does not like to limit himself to one material. The Artist, who divides his time between Brooklyn and Medellin, Colombia, more commonly uses aluminum and terracotta or wicker in his work.... Wolston has anthropomorphised his pieces -- heads of chairs sprouting with cacti and armrests that wave at you."
-Tom Morris, New Wave Clay
"Like many artists before him, Chris Wolston has found plenty of inspiration in the great outdoors—stretching all the way back to his childhood in Providence, Rhode Island. “I’m a twin, and my twin and I were pretty different growing up. I had a little garden in my parents’ backyard, and when my brother would go play soccer on the weekends, I would stay home and work on my plants,” he says, laughing. “I wanted to be a landscape architect.”
Wolston’s career aspirations, however, transformed over time when he started working with materials a little more permanent than perennials. His collection for The Future Perfect is flush with “foliage”—made of aluminum, terracotta, and wicker. He is quickly becoming one of the most exciting furniture designers around, blurring the boundaries between outside and in, realism and fantasy, contemporary and pre-Columbian."
-Rebecca Deczynski, Domino Magazine.
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Banana Mirror
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Body Chair
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Body Dining Table
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Caliche Floor Lamp
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Chicharron Coffee Table
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Cucuta Side Tables
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Forbidden Fruit Basket Medium
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Forbidden Fruit Basket Medium 2
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Gold Wreath Mirror
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La Ceja Mirror
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Lipstick Vessel
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Nalgona Chair 05
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Nalgona Chair 06
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Noir Mirror
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Orgy Coffee Table 02 with Feet
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Forbidden Fruit Tropical Chandelier
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Tropicana Mirror
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Vivero Mirror
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Wall Shelf 01
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Wall Shelf 02
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Body Side Table
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Leaf Coffee Table
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Mirror Polished Cube Stool 1
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Mirror Polished Stool 2
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Nalgona Chair 03
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Nalgona Chair 04
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Orgy Coffee Table 01
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Orgy Coffee Table 02
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Pink Palenquera Table
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Palenquera Coffee Table
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Tropical Flushmount Chandelier – Oro
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Tropical Coffee Table
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Commissions
Chris Wolston is versed in many production methods such as Sand Cast Aluminum, Laser Cut and hand worked Anodized Aluminum, Anodized Shear cut Aluminum, and Rattan, to name a few. In addition Chris Wolston is formally trained as a glass blower and ceramicist. The downloadable PDF is to describe these methods so as to inspire future works and collaborations. He is of course excited to and welcomes the idea of working in new ways. If you have an alternative material or process to propose for Chris please let us know. The below gallery of images shows previous examples of commissioned work.
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