CHRIS WOLSTON
New York, New York
USA +1 401 439 0478
cwolston@gmail.com
@chriswolston
#chriswolston
EDUCATION
2013 University of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
Fulbright Research Fellow
2009 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Glass
2008 Kokrobitey Institute, Accra, GHANA
2005 The Wheeler School, Providence, Rhode Island
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2019 HotelTonight & Sight Unseen Design Residency, New Orleans, Luisiana
2018 Urban Glass Visiting Artist Fellowship, Brooklyn, New York
2018 Havana Design Workshop, Havana, Cuba
2015 The American Design Hot List
2014 Fulbright Research Fellow, Colombia
"Methods of Production in Colombian Material Culture"
2013 The Corning Museum of Glass, New Glass Review 34, Jurors' Choice Selection, USA
2012 Creative Glass Center of America Fellow, Millville, New Jersey
2012 Campos de Gutiérrez, Medellin, Colombia
Artist in Residence
2007 Haystack School of Craft, Deer Isle, Maine
"Experimental Work with Hot Glass"
SELECT EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES
2022 Design Miami, The Future Perfect, Miami, Florida
2022 Pereria Museum of Art, Las Tres Pieles, Pereria, Colombia
2022 Ryan Lee Gallery, Ritual Being, New York, New York
2021 Design Miami, The Future Perfect, Shanghai, China
2021 National Museum of Qatar, Qatar Creates Formula 1, Doha, Qatar
2021 The Future Perfect, Temperature's Rising, Los Angeles, California
2021 The Pit, Dog Days, Palm Springs, California
2021 Nina Johnson Gallery, Vessels, Miami, Florida
2021 India Mahdavi, Feuille d'Automne, Paris, France
2020 Triode, Reflets, Paris, France
2020 AGO Projects, Hola Aspen, Aspen, Colorado
2020 National Museum of Qatar, Qatar Creates, Doha, Qatar
2020 Dianne Rosenstein Gallery, King Dogs Never Grow Old, Los Angeles, California
2019 Design Miami, The Future Perfect, Miami, Florida
2019 R & Company, Chairs Beyond Right & Wrong, New York, New York
2019 The Future Perfect, Forbidden Fruit, Los Angeles, California
2019 The Future Perfect, The Chair, New York, New York
2019 Neotenic Design, A/D/O, Brooklyn, New York
2018 Fendi Peekaboo 10-Year Anniversary, Fendi, Miami, Florida
2018 Design Miami, The Future Perfect, Miami, Florida
2018 Fisher Parrish Gallery, The Ashtray Show, New York, New York
2018 Design Miami/Basel, The Future Perfect, Basel, Switzerland
2018 The Future Perfect, Lost in Paradise, New York, New York
2017 Design Miami, The Future Perfect, Miami, Florida
2017 Design Miami, Patrick Parrish Gallery, Miami, Florida
2017 Fisher Parrish Gallery, The Paperweight Show, New York, New York
2017 Patrick Parrish Gallery, Garden Party, New York, New York
2017 R & Company, Our Flag, New York, New York
2016 Design Miami, Patrick Parrish Gallery, Miami, Florida
2016 Hand Job Gallery, Bongo Bongo, New York, New York
2016 Collective Design, New York, New York
2016 99¢ Plus, The Lamp Show, New York, New York
2015 City Bird Gallery, Jonald Dudd, New York, New York
2015 OFFSITE, Burning Down the House, New York, New York
2015 Museum of American Glass, Creativity Ascertained, New Jersey, USA
2015 Work Release, Aglow, Norfolk, Virginia
2014 Museo de Antioquia, El Barro Tiene Voz, Medellin, Colombia
2014 Plecto Gallery, ESPACIO, Medellin, Colombia
2014 OFFSITE, Dream Motel, New York, New York
2014 Museum of American Glass, NJ350: Through the Lens of Glass, New Jersey, USA
2014 Paul Bardwell Contemporary Gallery, Mediations I, Medellin, Colombia
2014 Plecto Gallery, Strange Commonplace, Medellin, Colombia
2013 Palacio de la Cultura, Wax, Wane, Medellin, Colombia
2013 43rd (Inter) National Salon of Artists, Bailata Queer, Medellin, Colombia
2013 Chazan Gallery, Hope/Angell, Providence, Rhode Island
2013 Centro Cultural de la Facultad de Artes de la Universidad de Antioquia, You Can Dig a Hole in the Air, Medellin, Colombia
2013 NOHO Next, Hotel Ahn Nam, A Collaboration with Misha Kahn, New York, New York
2013 Plazarte, Launching of Espiga Curatorial Project, Medellin, Colombia
2012 Plazarte, The House is Set in its Own Park, Medellin, Colombia
2011 K-ARTS, Cherry Blossom Live Event by Jocelyne Prince, Seoul, South Korea
2011 The Gowanus Studio Space, Jell-O Mold Competition, Brooklyn, New York
2010 Glass Art Association of Canada (GAAC) Conference, Sonata de Verre, Montreal, Canada
2010 PS122, Vaginal Davis is Speaking From the Diaphragm, New York, NY
2010 Woods Gerry Gallery, RISD Glass Department Triennial, Providence, Rhode Island
2009 Toledo Museum of Art, Cirque de Verre, Toledo, Ohio
2009 Goggle Works Center for the Arts, Cirque de Verre, Reading, Pennsylvania
2009 Corning Museum of Glass, Cabin Fever 2300°, Corning, New York
TEACHING, LECTURES, JURIES
2020 Guest Lecturer, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan
2020 Guest Critic, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan
2020 Guest Critic, Rhode Island School of Design Furniture Department final reviews, Providence, Rhode Island
2020 Guest Critic, Rhode Island School of Design Furniture Department midterm reviews, Providence, Rhode Island
2019 Guest Critic, Rhode Island School of Design Furniture Department final reviews, Providence, Rhode Island
2018 Teacher, Hot Casting And Neon Workshop, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, New York
2018 Visiting Artist, Havana Design Workshop, Havana, Cuba
2017 Panelis, Contemporary Ceramics and Process, Artsy, New York, New York
2016 Visiting Artist, Rhode Island School of Design, Glass Department