Phoebe Kuo
Pronunciation: “quo”
Born 1983, Lompoc, CA
Lives and works in Oakland, CA
Education
2019 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Master of Fine Arts in Design, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2015 The Krenov School, Certificate in Fine Woodworking, Fort Bragg, CA
2013 The Apprenticeshop, Three Month Boatbuilding Apprentice, Rockland, ME
2006 Stanford University, Bachelor of Science in Product Design, Stanford, CA
Awards, Honors, and Residencies
2021 ACRE Projects, Summer Residency, Chicago, IL | Steuben, WI
2020 Chicago Artists Coalition, FIELD/WORK Residency, Chicago, IL
2019 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Summer Conference Scholarship, Deer Isle, ME
2019 Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, National Workshop 2021 Teaching Award, Gatlinburg, TN
2019 ICFF, Constellation Award for group booth, New York, NY
2019 Center for Craft, Exhibition Research Grant, Asheville, NC
2018 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Open Studio Residency, Deer Isle, ME
2018 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Robert C. Larson Venture Award, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Group Exhibitions
2024 Grace Hudson Museum, Deep Roots, Spreading Branches, Ukiah, CA
2022 City Gallery, Small Acts, San Diego City College, CA
2021 Strohl Art Center, Counterbalance, Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua, NY
2020 FLXST Contemporary, Two-Person Exhibition, In the System, Chicago, IL
2020 Wasserman Projects, Never Normal, Detroit, MI
2019 Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Bridging the Gap: Contemporary Craft Practices, Gatlinburg, TN
2019 Haystack Center for Community Programs, In Residence: Selections from Haystack's Open Studio Residency, Deer Isle, ME
2019 ICFF, Design Mutations, New York, NY
Lectures & Presentations
2023 Fireweed Woodshop, Getting Into Furniture, Panelist, April 11
2021 Center for Art in Wood, Queering Woodworking: An LGBTQIA+ Woodworkers Roundtable, Panelist, Philadelphia, PA, July 24
2021 The Furniture Society x A Workshop of Our Own, Coopering with Phoebe Kuo, Workshop, Baltimore, MD, June 22
2021 University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2021 Visiting Artist Colloquium, Lecture and Graduate Studio Visits, April 14-16
2019 CAA Annual Conference, 10th Critical Craft Forum: Craft Scholarship in the Next Ten Years, Presenter, New York, NY, February 14
Teaching
WOODWORKING
2023 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, Workshop Instructor, July 16–28
Coopered by Design: Site Specific Sculptures
2021 Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN, National Workshop Instructor, August 8–13
Bent Out of Shape: Site-Specific Installations in Curved Wood
2016–17 San Francisco Community Woodshop, San Francisco, CA, Instructor
Introductory Woodworking I
Introductory Woodworking II
Weekend Workshops
DESIGN RESEARCH
2021–22 Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, Adjunct Lecturer, Segal Design Institute
DES 208: Design Thinking and Doing (FA21, WI22)
2014–17 Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering Department
DESINST 315: Coaching Design Thinking (SP17)
ME 277: Graduate Design Research Techniques, (SP14, SP16, SP17)
Service
2022 Center for Craft, Selection Panel, Career Advancement Grants, Asheville, NC
2022 The Furniture Society, Summer Conference Mentor, Asheville, NC
2022 ACRE Projects, Residency Admission Panel, Chicago, IL
Other Professional Experience
2018–19 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Studio Manager for Scott Klinker, Artist in Residence, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2015–17 Quotient Design Research, Designer + Ethnographer, Oakland, CA
2006–11 Point Forward, Senior Design Researcher (2011–14), Associate Design Researcher (2006–11), Redwood City, CA
2005–06 Olbrish, Product Designer, Berlin, German