ISABEL ROWER
Medusa Tulip Field Chair I, 2023
Fired clay, pigment
23.5 x 20.5 x 30.5 inches
Medusa Tulip Field Chair, 2023
Fired clay, pigment
23.5 x 20.5 x 30.5 inches
Medusa Tulip Field Chair III, 2023
Fired clay, pigment
23.5 x 20.5 x 30.5 inches
Medusa Tulip Field Chair and Coffee Table set, 2023
The Sky Contained My Garden Chair, 2022
Swarovski crystals, ceramic
15 x 14.5 x 26 inches
The Sky Contained My Garden Side Table, 2022
Swarovski crystals, ceramic
15 x 14 x 16 inches
The Sky Contained My Garden Chair, 2022 Swarovski crystals, ceramic
15 x 14.5 x 26 inches
The Sky Contained My Garden Chair, 2022 Swarovski crystals, ceramic
15 x 14.5 x 26 inches
The Sky Contained My Garden Side Table, 2022
Swarovski crystals, ceramic
15 x 14 x 16 inches
Marbled Sidetable, 2022
Pigmented stoneware clay
15.5 x 15.5 x 15 inches
ISABEL ROWER
ISABEL ROWER
B. 1998 New York, NY
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Isabel Rower studied Furniture Design at the Rhode Island School of Design, where she began making work that operates as both furniture and sculpture. She has exhibited with Fairfax Dorn Projects, Alcova Milano, Oona House, Superhouse Gallery, New York Memory Center, Arthur Roger Gallery, and Marta Gallery. Rower has been featured in The New York Times, New York Magazine, and Dezeen. Isabel has developed projects for Kanye West that have been featured in Architectural Digest. Her work has recently been acquired by SFMOMA for an upcoming exhibition and her dishware was featured in its own pop up shop at the Hammer Museum.
EDUCATION
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design
SOLO AND DUO EXHIBITIONS
2021 A Particular Kind of Heaven, Fairfax Dorn Projects: The Living Room
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Salone De Mobile, Alcova Milano
2023 Handmade, Hammer Museum Pop Up The Hammer Museum
2022 New York Memory Center, Arthur Roger Gallery
2022 Mise En Place, Friends Artspace
2022 Super Group, 2.5 Superhouse, Milan Design Week
2022 Physical Education II, Pinkessay
2022 Ingrained, Superhouse
2021 Under / Over, Marta Gallery
2021 Parallax, Pinkessay
2021 Through A Glass Darkly, Friends Artspace
2020 Super Group, Superhouse
2020 The Essential Goods Show, Fisher Parrish Gallery
2019 The Chair Show, RISD Museum
2019 Furniture Department Triennial, Woods Gerry Gallery, RISD
FAIRS
2023 NADA Miami, group presentation with Noah Schneiderman and Willa Cosinuke, EUROPA
2022 NADA Miami, group presentation, EUROPA
2024 NADA New York, group presentation, Marta Los Angeles
PRESS
Dezeen: “Make-Do project challenges New York designers to create “improvised chairs” in three days.” 24, May, 2023
Architectural Digest: “Step Inside Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West’s Boundary-Defying Home.” 3, Feb, 2020
Interior Design: “‘Ingrained’ Exhibition Explores Works in Wood By Women and Non-Binary Artists.” 7, April, 2022
STIRpad: “Superhouse’s ‘Ingrained’ exhibit challenges the male-dominated woodworking industry.” 23, April, 2022
Curbed: “Rope Masks, Nubby Vases, a Steel Bar Cart, and More Design Finds.” 17, May, 2022
Dwell: “Our Favorite Forward-Looking Designs From Salone del Mobile 2022.”13, June, 2022
Architectural Digest: “How 11 LGBTQ+ Designers Are Creating the World They Want to Live In.” 16, June, 2022
Domino Mag: “The 65 Gifts Domino Editors Are Giving the Most Difficult People on Their Lists.” 28, October, 2022
Business of Home: “Brooklyn artist Isabel Rower doesn’t want you to understand her designs.” 10, November, 2022