Biography

BORN  
Whalley, Lancashire, UK 1966

EDUCATION
1985 – 1988   
Exeter College of Art & Design, Devon, UK – BA in Graphic Design/photography (First Class Honours)

1984 – 1985   
Preston Polytechnic, Lancashire, UK – Art & Design Foundation course.

CAREER
2005 – 2026 
Working as Artist/Designer.

1991 – 2005
Working as freelance Photographic Illustrator.

1990 – 1991  
Travelling the world.

1988 – 1990  
Photographic Assistant & Photographer, London,UK.

TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
1995-2005   Visiting lecturer at Plymouth University Photography Department.

EXHIBITIONS

2025 Turn The Dark Off, London Design Festival, London studio
2022 Material Matters, London Design Festival, Bargehouse, London
2020 Against The Grain - Copeland Gallery, Peckham, London
2020 National Gallery Victoria - Triennial (Optical/tinted)
2019 Dysfunctional - Carpenters Workshop Gallery, 58th Venice Biennale, Italy
2016 Daydreaming With Stanley Kubrick - Somerset House, London
2015  Favoris - Moustache, Paris
2015  Envelope – Group show at Peninsula Arts, Plymouth University,UK.
2014  Play – Solo exhibition at Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris.
2013  Design Miami / Basel – Carpenters Workshop Gallery, (Spectacle Mk2)
2013  Glasstress – White Light White Heat – 55th Venice Biennale, Italy
2013  God Is In The Detail – Victoria & Albert Museum, London Design Festival.
2012  Ember – Project for Abu Dhabi Art (UAE), working with local craft artisans.
2012  Hackney House – Showcase of East London design talent.
2012  Mixed Media – Haunch of Venison Gallery, London.
2011  Grandmateria II – Gallery Libby Sellers, London.
2011  Object d’Art – Gallery Seomi, Seoul, S.Korea.
2011  This Is Design – Design Museum London.
2011  Plastic Lemons – Spring Projects, London.
2011  Igloo – Howarth Art Gallery ( Re-visit ), Accrington, UK.
2010  Framed – installation at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London Design Festival.
2010  Freak Show : Helmrindknecht Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2010  Let’s Dance : Musee d’Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Paris.
2009  Found : solo show at Haunch of Venison gallery, London
2009  Mythologies : Haunch of Venison gallery, London
2008  Second Lives : Mixing the Ordinary - Museum of Arts & Design, New York
2008  From Now To Eternity - exhibition organized by Arts Co, Biscuit Building, London
2008  The Birds, Bats & Bees – Charity auction organized by Arts Co for Adventure Ecology.
2008  Icon Experiment – Grand Designs Live London, Excel London.
2008  Phillips de Pury - Design Auction, London.
2008  Bombay Sapphire Glass Prize – Salone Del Mobile, My Own Gallery, Milan, Italy.
2007  Design Miami - Florida, USA – Gallery Libby Sellers & performance, Drop chandelier.
2007  The Hub - Sleaford, Lincolnshire, UK – Contemporary Lighting.
2007  The Lighthouse - the Review Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
2007  The Bridge Art Fair - The Trafalgar Hotel, London
2007  Trash Luxe - Liberty store, London
2007  Grandmateria - Gallery Libby Sellers,1-5 Exhibition Road, London.
2007  Deptford Market Design Challenge - Royal Festival Hall, London.
2007  Says The Junk In The Yard - Flowers East Gallery, London.
2007  Design Contre Design - Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, France.
2007  Objet D' Art - Alexia Goethe Gallery, London.
2007  Aladdin - Toolsgalerie, Paris.
2007  Incidental Collections - Aram Gallery, London.
2007  Modern Ground Exhibition - 242 Brompton Road, London.
2006   Dover Street Market - London - Spectacle installation.
2006  Tokyo Tide - Japan.
2006   Dover Street Market - London - Aladdin installation.
2006  Design Museum London - Installation of Twentytwenty as part of Design Mart.
2006  Anstoss Berlin Kunst macht Welt - Haus am Waldsee,Berlin, Germany .
2006  Cibone Gallery - Tokyo, Japan.
2006  Cassina Showroom - Paris, displayed Tide, Millennium and Disposable chandeliers.
2006  Scraps Only - Toolsgalerie, Paris.
2005  Twinkle Twinkle - British Council Lighting Exhibition, Barnsley Design Centre, Yorkshire, UK
2005  Dover Street Market - London - installation of ‘Tide’ chandelier.
2005  Designersblock - London, as part of the London Design Festival.

AWARDS

2022 Ladislav Sutnar Prize - Pilsen, Czech Republic
2009  Wallpaper Courvoisier Award – nominee
2009  Jerwood Contemporary Makers – shortlisted
2009  Rosemount Taste Award – shortlisted
2008  British Design Awards ( Elle Decor ) - New Designer Award.
2008  Bombay Sapphire Glass Prize – shortlisted for Aladdin.
2007  Elle Décor ( Italy – No.12 ) - Best Design for OPTICAL.
2007  Arena Magazine – ‘ Man of the Year ‘ award for Design.
2007  Wallpaper Magazine - Winner of Best Breakthrough Designer.
2005  Designboom - shortlisted in Re-Cycle / Re-Think category for Millennium & Shadey Family lighting.

COLLECTIONS

National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia ( Optical (tinted)150cm)
Museum Fur Kunst Und Gewerbe Hamburg, Germany ( Tide 200, colour)
Design Museum, London,UK – Twenty Twenty
Lincoln Museum, Usher Gallery, UK – Tide (clear,1.0m)
Museum of Art & Design (MAD), New York, USA - Spectacle
Craig Robins Collection, Miami, USA - Tide & Drop
David Roberts Collection, London, UK - Spectacle

COMMISSIONS / PROJECTS

2022 Optical (180) - Fulham Centre, London, UK
2022 Flame - 9 Devonshire Square, London, UK
2019 Dark Matter - Dover Street Market, Los Angeles, USA
2015 Tools Of The Trade, Wellcome Trust, London, UK
2014  Comet – Coca Cola HQ, Wimpole Street, London, UK
2013  Artists Make Pub Signs – The Space In Between gallery, London, UK
2013  Optical – Land Securities, 62 Buckingham Gate, Victoria, London, UK
2012  Ember – Abu Dhabi Art, Saadiyat Island, UAE.
2012  Strand – University College Hospital, MacMillan Cancer Centre, London UK
2012  Temple Tip Bower – WWF Pandamonium2 auction, London UK
2011  Igloo  – Haworth Art Gallery, Accrington,UK
2010  Framed – Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
2009  Tutu – Jerwood Dance House, Ipswich, UK
2008  Chaya Restaurant – Downtown Los Angeles, USA
2008  The Birds, Bats & Bees – ArtsCo, Auction at Phillips de Pury, London, UK
2008  Selfridges – Storm Project, London, UK
2007  Habitat  – Cheltenham, product installation at new flagship store.
2007  Deptford Design Market Challenge – London Design Festival, London, UK
2007  Vogue Nippon – Childrens ‘Night Light’ for UNICEF charity auction, Tokyo, Japan
2006  London Design Museum – Lighting commission, TwentyTwenty.
2006  Make-up Artists Cosmetics (MAC) – Lighting installation ‘Cosmic Burst’ for NY and LA flagship stores.

Stuart Haygarth is represented by Carpenters Workshop Gallery
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