Annie Evelyn

Annie Evelyn is a furniture designer and artist known for works that combine an innovative use of materials with humor. She is co-founder of Table Fights.

Biography Evelyn received her BFA (1999) and MFA (2007) in furniture design from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Providence, Rhode Island.

Evelyn resides in Penland, North Carolina.

Work "Creating conceptual dimension through performance" Many of the chair seats were created in collaboration with other artists, such as with the chairs and benches with patterned ceramic tile seats created by Shay Bishop.

Static Adornment

Breaking away from traditional furniture forms, Evelyn created a series of work titled "Static Adornment", wall mounted structures decorated with ornamented materials such as fake roses, metal scales, and beads, would appear as extensions of the body when people physically engage with the artworks.

Other public work

Table Fights Between 2008 and 2012, Evelyn, in collaboration with Shaun Bullens, organized a number of furniture performance public events in which artist-built robotic, automated, and remote controlled tables were set to fight in a ring in front of a live audience. Events were held in New York, Boston, and Providence, Rhode Island.

Awards and honors Distinguished Artist Series, James Renwick Alliance (2020) The Furniture Society's EFASO Grant awarded (2020) Wornick Distinguished Visiting Professor California College of the Arts (2019) Finalist, Burke Prize for American studio crafts from the Museum of Arts and Design (2018) Windgate Fellowship Artist in residence at University of Wisconsin-Madison (2018) John D. Mineck Furniture Fellowship (2016) (2014–2017)

Exhibitions Evelyn's solo exhibitions include: Annie Evelyn: Multiple Impressions, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX (2017)

Selected group exhibitions include: Making a Seat at the Table: Women Transform Woodworking, The Center for Art in Wood, Philadelphia, PA (2019)