Stewart Wurtz Furniture
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ONE/TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2006 "Spotlight" NW Fine Woodworking. Seattle, WA.
1995 "New Work by Jere Osgood and Stewart Wurtz" Pritam & Eames Gallery. East Hampton, NY.
1992 "New Work by Stewart Wurtz" NW Fine Woodworking. Seattle, WA.
 
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2008 "Legacy of Talent" Center for Furniture Craftsmanship". Rockport, ME.
2008 "Meet your Maker" NW Fine Woodworking. Seattle, WA.
2008 "Live Edge" NW Fine Woodworking. Seattle, WA.
2008 "Chair: The fine art of seating"NW Fine WW. Seattle, WA.
2007 "Pattern" NW Fine Woodworking. Seattle, WA.
2007 "Cascadia: Studio Furniture from the Pacific NW" Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery. University of Victoria. Victoria, B.C.
2006 "25+1" NW Fine Woodworking. Seattle, WA.
2005 "25th Anniversary Exhibit"NW Fine Woodworking. Seattle, WA.
2003 "Craft Transformed" Boston University's Program In Artsianry 1975-1985. Fuller Museum of Art. Brockton, MA.
1998 "Dining Elegance" NW Fine Woodworking. Seattle, WA.
1997 "Modern Chairs" NW Fine Woodworking. Seattle, WA.
1996 "Table & Lamp" NW Fine Woodworking. Seattle, WA.
1993 "Chairs: Embodied Objects" Western Gallery, Western Washington Univ., Bellingham, WA.
1993 "Spring Show" Pritam & Eames Gallery. East Hampton, N.Y.
1992 "Night Tacoma Danced" Tacoma Art Museum. Tacoma, WA.
1991 "New Work" Pritam & Eames Gallery. East Hampton, N.Y.
1991 "Table, Lamp, & Chair 1991" sponsored by Oregon A.I.A., Oregon School of Arts & Crafts. Portland Or.
1989 "The Fine Art of Woodworking" Highlight Gallery. Mendocino, CA.
1989 "Early Spring Show" Pritam & Eames Gallery. East Hampton, N.Y
1988 "Western States Invitational" Highlight Gallery Mendocino, CA.
1986 "Art at Home" Pritam & Eames Gallery. East Hampton, N.Y.
1984 "Boston Connections" Snyderman Gallery. Philadelphia, PA.
1984 "Desks & Chairs" Pritam & Eames Gallery. East Hampton, N.Y
 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1984 to present Stewart Wurtz Furniture, Studio Furniture Maker
2002 to present Guest Lecturer, Furniture Studio, School of Architecture University of Washington
2006 Guest Lecturer, Bellevue Arts Museum. Bellevue, WA
2004 Co-Instructor, Center for Furniture Craftsmanship. Rockport, ME
1984 Beginning Woodworking Instructor Program in Artisanry, Boston University. Boston, MA
1981-84 Assistant to Jere Osgood, Studio Furniture Maker
1977-79 Cabinetmaker. Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers. New Gloucester, ME
 
SELECTED ARTICLES/PUBLICATIONS:
2008 Lark Books. Asheville, N.C. "500 Chairs"
2007 Pacific Magazine, Seattle Times. Oct.7, 2007 "Seeing the Sound" by Rebecca Teagarden
2006 Lark Books. Asheville, N.C. "The Penland Book of Woodworking"
2005 Pacific Magazine, Seattle Times. Oct. 2, 2005 "Portraits" by Rebecca Teagarden
2002 Seattle Times, Nov. 10, 2002. "Going with the Grain" by Elizabeth Rhodes
2002 Seattle Magazine, April 2002. "Home Specialists" by Shannon O’Leary
2002 Pacific Magazine, Seattle Times. Feb. 17, 2002 "Good Bones" by Lawrence Kreisman
2001 Seattle Homes & Lifestyles, Mar/Apr 2001. "Ranch Dressing" by Deirdre Allen Timmons
1999 Furniture Studio: The Heart of the Functional Arts, Sept. 1999. "Furniture Gallery" and "Commissioning" by Margaret Minnick
1997 Home Furniture. Aug./Sep. 1997 "Peeking Over the Designer's Shoulder" by Jonathan Binzen
1996 Pacific Magazine, Seattle Times. Oct. 27, 1996 "A Sense of Play" by Deloris Tarzan Ament
1996 Pacific Magazine, Seattle Times. Feb. 25, 1996 "Small Alterations" by Fred Albert
1995 Designer's Resources. Winter 1995 "Designing Wood" by Therresa McKenna
1994 Seattle Magazine. December 1994 "Turn the Page" by Fred Albert
1994 Pacific Magazine, Seattle Times. July 24, 1994 "One for the Books" by Fred Albert
1990 Design Book Five. The Tauton Press. Newton, Conn.
1987 Pacific Northwest. May 1987 "The Enchanted Woods" by Janice Queener-Shaw
1984 Craft International. Oct/Nov 1984 "Boston Furniture"
1984 NY Times Magazine. June 17, 1984 "Artistic Furniture" By Helen Harrison
 
EDUCATION:
1980-84 Boston University Program in Artisanry, B.F.A. 1984, Furniture Design and Woodworking
1981-82

Boston Architectural Center

 
COLLECTIONS:
Ron Abramson
Peter Joseph Collection
Alexander Payne
Rob Morrow
Natasha Richardson
Paul Brainerd
Margaret Minnick
Carl and Jan Fisher

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