Christopher Stuart is an American artist and designer. His critically acclaimed work - part sculpture, part furniture - is singular in its dramatic expression of minimalism, and bound by an ever curious conceptual rigor. Stuart’s deceptively refined pieces - elegant, spare and striking - play on contradictions: between form and function, extravagance and restraint, design and art.
Constructs & Glitches, a range of limited edition and one-of-a-kind sculptural furniture, was his first comprehensive collection as an artist. Regarding its genesis, Stuart said: “I ask myself: what exactly is a function? And shouldn’t furniture meet our emotional needs as well?” These ideas are brought into sharp focus in his Chamfer Table 2 in Aluminum, and the Zig Zag bench - pieces that subvert our expectations for the role they can play in our lives.
Stuart graduated from the Herron School of Art and Design in 2012 with a BFA in Furniture Design. In 2014, he was recognized by Sight Unseen Offsite and was listed on the American Design Hot List. Stuart made his Design Miami debut in 2016 with his Glitch series, and showed again in 2017. That same year, Glitch 1 was acquired by the Indianapolis Museum of Art acquired. Later in 2017, he launched the ‘Drape Series’ as part of the USA pavilion at the London Design Fair.
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Boolean Chair
Christopher Stuart
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Chamfer Table 3
Christopher Stuart
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U Bench – Stainless Steel
Christopher Stuart
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U Bench – Bronze
Christopher Stuart
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Alt Table
Christopher Stuart
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Chamfer Table 2
Christopher Stuart
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Glitch 2 Desk
Christopher Stuart
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U Bench – Blackened
Christopher Stuart
Exhibitions:
Design Miami/ 2016
Lex Pott, Christopher Stuart, Eric Roinestad, John Hogan, Kristin Victoria Barron, Michael Anastassiades & Lindsey Adelman
Dec 2016
Design Miami/ 2018
Floris Wubben, Eric Roinestad, Chris Wolston, John Hogan, Chen Chen & Kai Williams, Reinaldo Sanguino & Christopher Stuart
Dec 2018
THE PRESENT TENSE:
C.V.
Education
2012 BFA – Furniture Design, Herron School of Art & Design, Indianapolis, IN
Exhibitions
2020 “Reflets 2020” – Triode Gallery, Paris Design Week 2020, Paris, France
2019 “Turn Me On… Now!” – Side Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2019 “The Chair Show” – The Future Perfect, New York, NY
2018 “Design Miami” – The Future Perfect, Miami, FL
2018 “Design Miami/Basel” – The Future Perfect, Basel, Switzerland
2017 “Design Miami” – The Future Perfect, Miami, FL
2017 “Assembly” – US Pavilion, London Design Fair, London, UK
2017 “Fall Survey” – The Future Perfect, New York, NY
2017 “The Immaculate Object” – The Future Perfect, New York, NY
2016 “Design Miami” – The Future Perfect, Miami, FL
2016 “Wallpaper* Handmade and Cadillac: Redefining Standards” – Miami, FL
2016 “Constructs and Glitches” – The Future Perfect, New York, NY
2015 “Offsite” – Sight Unseen, New York, NY
2015 Supply and Demand, Indianapolis, IN
2013 [un]conventional, Columbus, IN
2011 Re:Design, Summit, NJ
Permanent Collections
2017 “Glitch 1” – Contemporary Design Gallery, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
2016 “SCS Bench” – Cadillac House, New York, NY
Honors
2017 Wallpaper Design Award, Best Henge for Glitch 2 Desk
2016 Sight Unseen American Design Hot List
Publications
2014 DIY Furniture 2, Laurence King Publishing
2011 DIY Furniture 1, Laurence King Publishing