Photo by Kameron Herndon courtesy of Walker Art Center
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About
Evan Fay is an American born furniture designer, maker, and educator currently working/living in Detroit, MI. His work focuses on intuitive building systems and spontaneous form within the realm of functional objects that express an obvious nature of craft and structure.
In 2014, Fay received a BFA in furniture design from Kendall College of Art and Design, and an MFA in 2016 studying 3D design from Cranbrook Academy of Art. In 2015 he worked under the Dutch design studio Kiki & Joost, which Fay describes as a liberating moment in his education.
Fays work has been exhibited in the US and internationally with Galerie Philia (Paris, Singapore, Brussels, and NYC) and Salone Gallery (Boston). Other non represented exhibitions include Walker Art Center, Cranbrook Art Museum, Wasserman Projects (Detroit), Collective (NYC), Salone Satellite (Milan), Talente (Munich), Collectible (Brussels), Architectural Digest Show (NYC), and Interior Design Show (Toronto). Fay’s Lawless series has been featured in printed publications such as Interni, Dwell, Azur, Interior Design, Architectural Digest, Alive, Living, among others.
Exhibitions
Heal Exhibition, Club MishMish x Atrum SA, Oct 2023
Idea House 3, Walker Art Center, Nov 2023
Stop Making Sense Part II, Janice Charach Gallery, June 2023
Spring Show, Galerie Philia, NYC May 2023
In The Event, As part of Detroit Design Month, Sep 2022
Stop Making Sense, Center Galleries CCS Detroit, Apr 2022
With Eyes Opened, Cranbrook Art Museum, June 2021
Walker Tower, Galerie Philia, Feb 2021
Never Normal, Wasserman Projects, Sep 2020
Soft House Detroit, Grand on River, Sep 2020
Transhumances, Galerie Philia, Chateau de Barjac FR, Sep 2020
Collectible, Brussels, Mar 2020
Edge Walkers, Duke Hall Gallery WV, Sep 2019
Collectible, Brussels, Mar 2019
Lawless, Salon Design Gallery Boston, Oct 2018
Shinola x I.M. Wise Gallery Detroit, Sep 2018
Architectural Digest Show, NYC, Mar 2018
Talente, Munich, Mar 2018
A New Domestic Landscape, Cranbrook Art Museum, May 2017
Salone Satellite, Milan, Apr 2017
Interior Design Show, Toronto, Jan 2017
Collective, NYC, May 2016
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