Alphonse Mattia
Alphonse Mattia | |
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Born | 1947 (age 74–75) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Alma mater | Philadelphia College of Art, Rhode Island School of Design |
Occupation | woodworker, furniture designer, professor |
Movement | avant garde furniture |
Website | alphonsemattia |
Alphonse Mattia (born 1947) is an American furniture designer, woodworker, sculptor and educator. In 2005, Alphonse Mattia was elected a Fellow of the American Craft Council (ACC).
Biography[]
Alphonse Mattia was born in 1947 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1][2] He was raised in an Italian American, Catholic family.[3][4] He attended Philadelphia College of Art (now known as the University of the Arts) and graduated with a BFA degree. Mattia has a MFA degree in 1973 in industrial design from Rhode Island School of Design, where he also studied furniture under Tage Frid.[1]
Mattia taught at Virginia Commonwealth University (from 1973 to 1976); Boston University (from 1976 to 1985); the Swain School of Design (from 1985 to 1988); and at Rhode Island School of Design (starting in 1990).[4][5] Mattia was instrumental in the establishment of the in 1975, which was later purchased by the Swain School of Design in 1985.[3][6] The Program in Artisanry had emphasized art over craft.[3] Mattia's notable students included Emi Ozawa.[7]
Mattia's work can be found in museum collections including at the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[8] Museum of Arts and Design,[9] Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,[10] Philadelphia Museum of Art,[11] Rhode Island School of Design Museum,[12] and at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.[13]
References[]
- ^ a b Halper, Vicki; Douglas, Diane (2009-05-15). Choosing Craft: The Artist's Viewpoint. Univ of North Carolina Press. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-8078-8992-3.
- ^ Fitzgerald, Oscar P. (2019-01-01). Studio Furniture of the Renwick Gallery: Smithsonian American Art Museum. Fox Chapel Publishing. ISBN 978-1-60765-489-6.
- ^ a b c Fitzgerald, Oscar P. (2017-12-22). American Furniture: 1650 to the Present. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 549. ISBN 978-1-4422-7040-4.
- ^ a b "Reminiscences of Alphonse Mattia: Oral History, 1985". Columbia University Libraries, Columbia University Libraries Digital Program Division, Oral Histories Portal. 2010. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
- ^ "Alphonse Mattia". American Craft Council. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
- ^ "Boston University Program in Artisanry records, 1974-1985". Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on 2014-01-23. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
- ^ Fitzgerald, Oscar P. (2009-10-01). New Masters of the Wooden Box: Expanding the Boundaries of Box Making. Fox Chapel Publishing. ISBN 978-1-60765-034-8.
- ^ "Alphonse Mattia". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Archived from the original on 2017-09-28. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
- ^ "Collections". MAD Museum. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14.
- ^ "Architect's Valet". Museum of Fine Arts (MFA). Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
- ^ "Side Chair". philamuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
- ^ "Architect's Valet Chair". RISD Museum. Archived from the original on 2020-09-27. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
- ^ "Alphonse Mattia". FAMSF Search the Collections. 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
- 1947 births
- Living people
- Artists from Philadelphia
- University of the Arts (Philadelphia) alumni
- Rhode Island School of Design alumni
- Virginia Commonwealth University faculty
- Boston University faculty
- Rhode Island School of Design faculty
- American furniture designers
- American sculptors of Italian descent