Vincent A. Edwards
he / him / his
vincentaedwards@gmail.com
203-915-4167
Director of Technology, Advanced Technologies 3D Lab Technician / Instructor
School of Art, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701
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EDUCATION
2012 MFA Furniture Design, Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN
2007 BFA in Printmaking, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2023 Special Topics (advanced sculpture) Independent Study
SP23 Forrest Frederick and Caite Ramos
FA23 Ana Buitrago and Drew Nikonovicz
2022 Advanced Sculpture -- Digital Fabrication, University of Arkansas
Co-taught with Mathew McConnel
2021 CNC Lighting Design – Anderson Ranch Arts Center Summer Workshop
2020 Furniture Design for the CNC Router – Anderson Ranch Virtual Workshop
2020 Advanced Sculpture – Digital Fabrication, University of Arkansas
2019 CNC Furniture Design, University of Arkansas (Summer Session 1, 3cr)
2019 Advanced Sculpture – Digital Fabrication, University of Arkansas
2018 Form and Space (3D Foundations) 3cr
2018 CNC Furniture Design, University of Arkansas (Summer Session 1, 3cr)
2018 Advanced Sculpture – Digital Fabrication, University of Arkansas
2017 Workshop – Building the Frank Lloyd Wright Origami Chair - for CBMAA
2017 Graduate Seminar 3cr (Digital Fabrication Tools), University of Arkansas
2017 Rhino and Digital Fabrication for Artists and Designers, University of Arkansas
2016-17 Digital Fabrication workshops, University of Arkansas
2014-16 Instructor, Intro to Woodworking, Indiana University
2014-16 Instructor, Intro to Metal Fabrication, Indiana University
2015 Instructor, CNC + Woodworking Winter Studio Intensive, Anderson Ranch Arts Center
2011-12 Graduate Instructor, CNC and 3D CAD, Herron School of Art and Design
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2019- Lead Designer (Design + Prototyping) and Equity Partner with PutUp Bike Solutions
2016- Faculty, Advanced Technologies 3D Lab, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
2014-16 Fine Arts Shop Coordinator, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2012- Owner, Vincent Edwards Design, dba
2009-10 Artist Assistant, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2008-09 Furniture Designer and Maker, Clarity Designs, Inc., Bloomington, IN
AWARDS and SCHOLARSHIPS
2020 Windgate / ITE Vermont Studio Center Fellowship
2018 Architect as Artist chair design competition, audience choice award (AIA, Arkansas)
2015 Anderson Ranch Workshop Scholarship
2014 Philadelphia Invitational Furniture Show Emerging Artist
2013 Anderson Ranch Workshop Scholarship
2012 Powermatic Scholarship
2012 Furniture Society Faculty Selects award--1st Place
2012 Passenger Terminal World Student Design Competition--Grand Prize
2010 Graduate Fellowship (CNC-based design and construction), IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN
EXHIBITIONS
2023 MIXD Gallery – Design Show – Illuminated Cabinets, Facet Chair
2023 Interform Biannual Art and Fashion Show - CNC Side Table and 3D Printed Ceramics
2022 MIXD Gallery – Merging Spaces – System of Curves Bench, Facet Chairs, 3D printed ceramics.
2022 Vermont Studio Center – The River Show – Popup invitational exhibition hosted by sculpture and performance artists in residence.
2020 MANIFEST Gallery – The Wood Show – juried international group exhibition
Kubrick Chair accepted
2020 ISC Tiny Sculpture Show – Strange Fruit, 3D Scanned and Printed Apple, wood
2019 Materials Hard and Soft, International Juried Group Exhibition, Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, Denton, TX (2 works accepted)
2018 Faculty Group Show, University of Texas, Tyler
2018 Faculty Group Show, Walker Stone Building, Fayetteville, AR
2017 Shrimp, Heaven, Now!!, Group Faculty Show, University of Arkansas Sculpture Gallery
2017 Materials Hard and Soft, International Juried Group Exhibition, Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, Denton, TX
2016 Assimilation, Group Exhibition, Kenilworth Square East Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2014 Emerging Artist booth, Philadelphia Invitational Furniture Show, Philadelphia, PA
2013 The Art of Function, Two-Person Exhibition, John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN
2012 The Big One, Group Exhibition, Trained Eye Arts Center, Bloomington, IN
2012 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Group Exhibition, Eleanor Prest Reese Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2011 Handle with Care, Group Exhibition, Marsh Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
COMMISSIONS
2023 Custom Folded Steel eBike Racks for Runway Group HQ (installed)
2023 Media Cabinet for Tim Fedderson
2023 Bridge table and 4 Chairs for Alice Walton
2023 Benches for Fort Leonard Wood Hospital (long-term, completed 2023)
2022 System of Curves Bench and 4 Chairs for MIXD Gallery, Rogers, AR
2021 Custom Kitchen for Jon Blakinger, designed in Grasshopper 3D made with CNC
2018 Commission- Kiosk for Fay Jones School of Art and Architecture
2018 Bench and Porch Swing, inspired by Fay Jones, for Jeannine Durdik, Fayetteville, AR
2017 Frank Lloyd Wright Origami Chair copy for Crystal Bridges MOAA staff offices.
2017 Recording Studio Console for IU Bloomington MAC
2016 Outdoor Bench for CHI Springwoods Hospital, Houston TX for Skyline Art Services
2015 Facet Chairs for Hopscotch Coffee, Bloomington IN
2015 “I” is a strange loop Pedestal Table for Dr. Douglas Hofstadter
2015 System of Curves v2 Public Bench for Fort Benning Hospital, for Skyline Art Services
2012 System of Curves Public Bench for Indianapolis Neuroscience Hospital
RESEARCH ACTIVITY
2023 Wood Innovations Grant USFA – CO/PI – under review
2022 CAMel software for 3D Ceramic Printing collaboration with Edmund Harriss (ongoing)
2022 The KIND Project, collaboration with Dina Benbrahim
https://www.dinabenbrahim.com/creative-work/product-design-x-kind-project
2020 Product Design and Development for PutUp Bike Solutions (ongoing)
2019 A Public Library – CO/PI
Chancellors Performing Arts submission
PI- Breanne Trammell - Assistant Professor, Studio Art - Printmaking
2018 PATHS OF GRAVITY- CO/PI - NSF Pilot Grant submission
PI- Edmund Harriss - Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Mathmatics
CO-PI Stephen-- Stephen R. Burgin, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Secondary Science Education
BIBLIOGRAPHY
“Elements of Surprise,” American Craft v74 no. 3 (June/July 2014), 46.