Sheets Side Table

2024
Linden wood
62 x 40 x 43 cm | 24.4 x 15.7 x 16.9 in.

Christopher Kurtz has gained international attention for his sculpture and studio furniture, which is included in significant private collections. He was shortlisted for the Loewe Craft Prize in 2018 for a signature sculptural work made in wood. In 2005, he received the prestigious Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, and in 2007 he was awarded a New York Foundation for the Arts Award. He has exhibited as part of Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art, Craft and Design at the Museum of Arts and Design New York, USA, and he exhibited in Objects USA 2020 at R&Company in New York, USA. His work has been shown at numerous international art and design fairs, including TEFAF Maastricht, Design Miami, PAD London and FOG San Francisco.

Christopher’s pieces are born, first and foremost, from a sculptural motivation. He comments, "For me, making sculpture is not a conceptual or immaterial practice, it’s physical. I settled on wood as my medium because it’s structural but also malleable and alive." The artist expertly sculpts his material with a carefully chosen palette of tools. Often beginning without a predetermined blueprint, Christopher works intuitively, creating poignant and poetic forms that respond to a personal narrative or reflection, eliciting a powerful emotional response from the viewer.