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This is the public profile of Stoel Burrowes, click here to view our interview with Stoel BurrowesAbout Stoel Burrowes : Stoel Burrowes is a fine woodworker, artist and university lecturer. He is greatly admired by his students and colleagues. Stoel's furniture designs craft the poetic language of material, form and function. His art work plays in the narrow area between life and death. His background in woodwork and furniture design has been the foundation of creative scholarship, and he has had work exhibited in several national and international venues, including the Center for Art in Wood in Philadelphia and the National Conference of The Furniture Society in Durham, the A’ Design Awards and Competition in Italy, the Interior Design Educators' Council in High Point and Georgia, and the Center for Visual Artists in Greensboro.
Stoel's creative scholarship has played a major role in his teaching and mentoring of students.
He has made several conference presentations that explore the relationship of making and learning as demonstrated in his work.
STATEMENT OF ART:Stoel's creative scholarship has played a major role in his teaching and mentoring of students.
He has made several conference presentations that explore the relationship of making and learning as demonstrated in his work.
40 years of experience and research in woodcraft and furniture design have led to the designs of my chairs. The technology and economy of the Scandinavian, the Windsor and the Shaker Chairs inform my design most profoundly. The modernity of the chair design contrasts with the traditional economy and craft. Modern and contemporary must include life. So, I play in that zone of creative space between simplicity and ambiguity where archetype and generation reside.
ORGANIZATION:
The University of North Carolina Greensboro
NON-DESIGN OCCUPATION:
University lecturer, other subjects Education, research, training
EDUCATION:
1975, History of Art, BA, Yale University, NEW HAVEN/USA
1994, Industrial Design, MA, North Carolina State University, RALEIGH/USA
EXPERIENCE:
1981 - 2000, Woodwoker, Hillcountry Woodworks, CHAPEL HILL/USA
2000 - 2005, University Lecturer, UNCG, GREENSBORO/USA
2005 - 2007, University Lecturer, VCU, RICHMOND/USA
2007 - present, University Lecturer, UNCG, GREENSBORO/USA
2020 - present, Senior Academic Professional, Emeritus
MIXED EXHIBITIONS:
2015, "Cat's Cradle", Home Exhibit, The Furniture Society, Durham, NC, USA
2016, A Back Windsor and M Cat's Cradle, The Edge of Your Seat, THE CENTER FOR ART IN WOOD, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2017, Chair Exhibit, High Point University, High Point, NC, USA
2018, "Sitting Pretty: The Chair Re-Envisioned", Moss Art , USA
EVENTS:
2016, "Speculation, Poetry and Subtraction." Presentor, Furniture Society Conference Craft/Facturing: An Evolution of Makers + Entrepreneurship, Philadelphia, PA /USA
2015, "Fostering the Entrepreneurial University: A Practical Guide to a Campus-Wide Entrepreneurship Program." Presentors, Burrowes, Stoel, D. Welsh, S. Cramer, J. Wassel, and B. Johnson Small Business Institute, New Orleans, LA/USA
2012, "Reading for Tommy Lambeth, Self Portraits." Presentor, IDEC South Regional conference, Richmond, VA/USA
2011, "Design Team Building: Collaboration Inside and Outside the Studio." Presentors, Hicks, Travis, and Burrowes, Stoel. IDEC, South Regional Conference, Savannah, GA/USA
REGISTRATION DATE:
2012-01-28 12:47:46
COUNTRY/REGION:
United States of America
ACCOUNT TYPE:
Academic
Awards received by Stoel Burrowes
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Letter Back Rocker Rocking Chair Bronze A' Design Award Winner for Furniture Design Category in 2018 Stoel Burrowes for Sb Design |
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'a' Back Windsor Dining Chair Golden A' Design Award Winner for Furniture Design Category in 2011 Stoel Burrowes for Stoel Burrowes Studio |
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Cat's Cradle Living-Room Chair Golden A' Design Award Winner for Furniture Design Category in 2012 Stoel Burrowes for Stoel Burrowes Design |
Runner-Up status designs by Stoel Burrowes
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M Cat's Cradle Chair Runner-Up for Furniture Design Category in 2015 Stoel Burrowes for Stoel Burrowes Design |
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