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67 Dora’s Trail, Penland, NC 28765  401.439.0676  otherannie@gmail.com

 

EDUCATION

Rhode Island School of Design, Master of Fine Art, Providence, RI  - Furniture Design  2007  

Furniture Department Service Award-  For the student who shows concern for their fellow students and willingly serves the needs of the Department  2007

Rhode Island School of Design, Bachelor of Fine Art, Providence, RI -  Furniture Design, plus one year of Industrial Design study   1999

Brown University, Sherdian Teaching Center, Providence, RI - Certificate in Collegiate Teaching  - Full year course focused on studying and developing personal teaching philosophies  2007                                                   

 

AWARDS & RESIDENCIES

Windgate Residency, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 2018

John D. Mineck Furniture Fellowship, Society of Arts and Crafts  2016

Artist in Residence Penland School of Crafts, Penland, N.C.   2014-2107

Winner Uncommon Goods Furniture Design Challenge, New York, NY  2014

Penland Invitational Wood Iron Glass Symposium, Penland, N.C.  2014

Windgate Fellowship Grant, Artist in Residence Recipient, Indiana, P.A.  2011

Rhode Island Council for the Arts (RISCA)  Individual Artist Grant to support Table Fights  2011

Best Exterior Upholstery, Marine Fabricator National Convention NY, NY  2009

Creative Alliance of New Orleans- Grant recipient, New Orleans, LA      2008

Wallpaper Magazine – Chosen top 110 graduates from around the world.    2007

 

PUBLICATIONS

James Renwick Alliance Quarterly, Collaboration in Craft: Spotlight on Annie Evelyn and Shae Bishop, Washington, DC   2017

Alaska Beyond, Please Be Seated, August, Alaska   2017

Glasstire, Top Five, Houston, TX   2017

Ikea Trend Report, The World Changes   2015

American Craft Magazine, Cover June/July  2014

ID Boston, Makers Guild focus on artisanship and talent, Spring  2014

Pasajes Arquitectura, New Colony, Annie Evelyn June  2014

Independent Design Guide, Innovative Products from

the New Generation, By Laura Houseley - Thames & Hudson  2009

Sisustaja (Decorator), Vetruvad Mustrid (Springy Pattens), Estonia  2013

J.J. Magazine, Great Comfort, Seoul, South Korea  2013

Design Milk, Squishy chairs by New Colony Furniture  2013

Core 77, Avant Garde Upholstery by Annie Evelyn   2013

Core 77, Squishy Sticks by Annie Evelyn   2013

Inhabitat, Annie Evelyn Creates Reclaimed Cypress Chairs   2013

AmericanWoodworker , New York’s Furniture Fair 2013 – part 2  2013

About.com, Brooklyn Furniture Makers with Flair   2013

Buro, Мягкие стулья от New Colony Furniture, Russia  2013

3 Rings, ICFF 2013: New Colony Furniture  2013

Providence Business News, RISD grads work on prize-winning film   2012

Crafthaus, Table Fights + Plane Wars = A Woodworker’s Playground  2010

The Furniture Society, Table Fights   2010

Apartment Therapy, Table Fights   2009

The Brown Daily Herald, How the Tables Have Turned – On Each Other  2009

Elle Deco, En el Mundo de Oz, In the World of Oz   2008

Times Picayune, Pimp My Ride Upholstery Workshop  2008

Wallpaper Online, Highlights from ICFF    2008

Artnet Magazine, Crystal Furniture at ICFF   2008

Crystallized Magazine, Swarovski Collaborative, interview   2008

Design Sponge, ICFF 2007: Part Two   2007

Wallpaper Graduate Directory, New Designer Online Guide   2007

Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, A Rock and a Soft Place    2006

 

 

EXHIBITIONS

Museum of Art and Design (MAD), The Burke Prize 2018 The Future of Craft Part 2 (Burke prize finalist exhibition) New York, NY October 2018- March 2019

Blue Spiral, Take a Seat (invitational) September-November Asheville, NC 2018

Houston Center For Contemporary Craft, Multiple Impressions (solo) Houston, TX June-September 2017

The Furniture Society at ICFF, (juried group) New York, NY 2017

Wanted Design, Industry City, Brooklyn, NY 2016

Arrowmont Gallery, Touch, Interactive craft,   Gatlingburg, TN   2016

Greenhill Center for NC Art, Winter Show, Greensboro, NC   2016

Upstairs Gallery Tryon, Have A Seat, NC 2016

Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design,  Asheville, NC   2015

ICFF, New York, New York 2013, 2015                                     

UNC at Asheville Owen Gallery,  Asheville, NC   2014                                  

Factory Floor, Brooklyn, New York  2013                                                                                                                              

Wanted Design, (juried group) New York, New York  2013                                    

Ventura Lambrate, (juried group) Milan, Italy  2013                                             

Magnan Metz Gallery, Table Fights 1-5, (co-creator) , New York, NY   2008-2012

Soft Hard Wood, (2 man show) Kip Gallery, Indiana, PA   2011

Fair Folks and a Goat, New Orleans, LA   2011

100% Design, (juried group) Shanghai, China   2009

Art WORKS, (3 man show) Coup d’oeil Art Consortium, New Orleans, LA    2009

Bits and Pieces, (oversaw curation) Colton gallery, New Orleans, LA   2009

The Art of St. Claude, (curated) Colton gallery, New Orleans, LA   2009

Faculty Biennial, RISD Museum, Providence, RI   2009

Designer Days Paris, Crystalized, Paris, France   2008

Habitat Valencia, (juried group) Valencia, Spain   2008

Open and Shut, (juried group) Dead Cat Gallery, Providence , RI   2008

Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Providence, RI    2007

Crystal Connection, Swarovski, ICFF Fair, NY, NY   2007

Rim Shot, (curated), Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence RI   2007

Input/Output, (juried group) Martha Stewart Gallery New York, NY  2006

Legs and Eggs, (co-curated), ID Gallery, Providence, RI  2006

A Rock and a Soft Place, (curated), Firehouse 13, Providence, RI  2006

 

TEACHING & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Rhode Island School of Design, Adjunct Faculty, Senior studio Degree project/Thesis - Providence, RI   2016

University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Windgate visiting artist program, Lecture and workshop - Little Rock, AR   2016

Appalachian State University,  Adjunct Faculty, Boone NC  2015

Penland School of Crafts, Spring Session Faculty -Penland, NC  Chair and Ottoman, Built and Upholstered   2015

University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Kenan Institute visiting artist program, Lecture and workshop - Winston Salem, NC   2015

Penland School of Crafts, Fall Session Faculty - Independent Study Upholstery 2014

Rhode Island School of Design, Adjunct Faculty, Senior studio Degree project/Thesis - Providence, RI   2014

Parsons, The New School, Adjunct Faculty - NY, NY  Soft Materials Lecture and Studio  2014             

Penland School of Crafts, Summer Faculty - Penland, NC - Locomotion – Co-taught with Chloris Andrew Lowe  2013

Parsons, The New School, Guest Lecturer - NY, NY - Upholstery Lecturer    2011- 2114

Anderson Ranch, Summer Faculty - Snowmass, CO - Take a Walk on the Soft Side Co-taught with Alphonse Mattia    2012

Indiana University Of Pennsylvania, Adjunct Faculty - Indiana, PA - Introduction to Woodworking   2011              

Rhode Island School of Design, Adjunct Faculty - Providence, RI - Take This Chair and Stuff It   2006-2009

Rhode Island School of Design, Adjunct Faculty - Providence, RI - Table Fights, co- taught with Shaun Bullens    2009

Rhode Island School of Design, Adjunct Faculty - Providence, RI - Knit My Chair, Independent study  2009

Beasts of the Southern Wild - New Orleans, LA – Court 13    2010-2011

           Associate Producer - assisted in production

           Assistant Casting Director - Advertised and organized casting calls throughout the entire region of Southern Louisiana.

           Set Decorator & On Set Dresser - Designed and built sets and furnishings.

Pimp My Ride Upholstery Workshops - New Orleans, LA  Created and taught after school program to teach kids automotive upholstery.  2008-2009

Studio at Colton Gallery, Gallery Creator/Curator - New Orleans, LA    2009

 Initiated the use of the 3,500 hundred square foot space in the center of the studios to be an artist curated gallery and functioned as head curator.

Rhode Island School of Design, Adjunct Faculty - Providence, RI - Knitting for Furniture,  Independent study  2008      

Rhode Island School of Design, Summer Faculty - Providence, RI - One by One: Experimental  Search for Innovative Furniture  2007

New Colony Design, Owned operated upholstery and furniture design business - Providence Rhode Island, New Orleans LA, Brooklyn, 2003-14

 

 

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