Stefania Urist
Conceptual Sculptor
“Urist’s sculptures connect man-made materials with natural forms in order to complicate and question these divisions that humans have created.”
A native of Westport, CT, Stefania has lived in and gathered inspiration from various different locations including Brazil, Seattle, and Brooklyn. She received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design’s Glass Department in 2013. She has attended and created new stimulating pieces at some vibrant artist residencies including creating a portrait of her mother out of mushrooms at Elsewhere Studios in Colorado. Stefania currently lives, creates new work, and plays in Manchester, VT.
Exhibitions
August 2020, Man-Made Mother Earth, Solo Exhibition, Helmholz Fine Art, Manchester, Vermont
October 2017, Doors & Windows: Open & Closed a juried and curated exhibition by Rebecca L. Lawrence, AVA Gallery Lebanon, NH
The Views From Home won the Juror’s Choice Award
March-May 2017, House of Her – Stefania Urist Solo Show, Gallery 287 at the Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut, Danbury, CT
May-July 2016, Modern Alchemy – The Art of Glass, Wilson Museum at the Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT
April-June 2016, Breaking the Mold: Inspired by Innovation – A Contemporary Juried Exhibition, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
March-April 2016, Eco Creations 7, Arts Longmont Gallery, Longmont, CO
May 2015, Pith: Cycles of Life and Death, Elsewhere Studios, Paonia, CO
March 2015, Art for the Love of It, Lockwood Mansion, Norwalk, CT
June 2014, People’s Choice Salon Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
May 2014, Art for the Love of It, Lockwood Mansion, Norwalk, CT
April 2013, Glass Department Senior Exhibition, Woods Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
February 2013, The In-Between, Solo Senior Thesis Exhibition, 204 Westminster Street, Providence, RI
February 2013, Glass Department Triennial, Woods Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
April 2012, Intangible Change, Gallery 304, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Residencies
September 2017, Fine art scholarship to Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
April 2016, Vermont Artist Week, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
May 2015, Elsewhere Studios Art in Residence, Paonia, CO
February 2014, RISD Glass Department Artist in Residence, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Education
February 2013, BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design Glass Department, Providence, RI