Biography

Fredrikson Stallard is a London based art, design and interiors practice founded in 2005 by Patrik Fredrikson (Swedish, born 1968) and Ian Stallard (British, born 1973). Breaking onto the scene with their iconic furniture and sculptural works, they have become synonymous with contemporary British art and design.

Their award-winning work is recognised for its ability to create emotionally engaging artworks, sculptural furniture and interior design. Bridging the gap between fine art and design, their work can be found at numerous museums and galleries worldwide. Fredrikson Stallard’s works have been acquired for the permanent collections of museums including MOMA San Francisco, the French National Art Collection, twice by the Victoria & Albert Museum, shown at MOMA New York, the Museum of Art and Design New York, Design Museum Holon, Design Museum London, The Belvedere Museum Vienna, Museum Angewandte Frankfurt, Musée d’Art Moderne Luxembourg, The Museum of London.

Fredrikson Stallard has exhibited widely with both solo and group exhibitions across the world.

Their cutting edge, conceptually rigorous work has been regularly discussed and praised in the design and art press and is sought after by international collectors and galleries. Their extensive monograph “Works” was published by Skira in 2019.

Fredrikson Stallard has been the recipient and nominee of some of the most prestigious art and design awards, including the Red Dot Design Award, The Arts Foundation Furniture Fellowship, a competition held only every 10 years, Designer of the year from The Design Museum, Wallpaper magazine Design of the Year, British Design of the Year from Elle Decoration.

Their work has been voted in the top ten designs of the last decade by The Financial Times and is included in the top 3 most collectible designs by HSBC Private Bank.

Their private clients include some of the most important international art collectors as well as VIP’s from the world of entertainment and royalty.

Their corporate clients include leading names in contemporary art, design and fashion including Aston Martin, Jaguar, The Kering Group, Richemont, LVMH, Royal Caribbean, Cartier, Swarovski, Brioni, Chanel, Dior, Gieves & Hawkes, Fabergé, Veuve Clicquot, Wallpaper*, Comme des Garçons, Driade, The British Independent Film Awards, Dunhill, The London Design Festival, Harrods, The Mandarin Oriental Hotel, The Savoy Hotel, Soho & Tribeca Grand.

“We create works which thrive on a raw sense of energy, chaos, destruction and recreation, to allow us to experience the world in new ways, and to see it differently. We move towards the post-apocalyptic, the chimerical, that visually embodies our thoughts. We give a dream of something different, something extra-ordinary, something genuine, authentic, human – a new reality.

Often it is through interaction with the works themselves, in real time, in the real world, that they achieve their authentic presence. Exploiting the most subtle aspects of texture, material, volume, light, movement and contrast, the works function on a four-dimensional graph, between the twin axes of time and space, they thirst for human interaction – it completes them. Because our work is often able to interact with the viewer through functionality it gives a new avenue of appreciation and pleasure, no longer just visual and aesthetic, it is now tactile, sensual, interactive and physical. The viewer now becomes an expanded interactive entity, an active participant in the creation of the final work; in effect, the audience is now the activator of the latent performative aspect of the work.

Function and technology are the two cornerstones of modernism; we reject neither, but what we strongly reject is the idea that function and technology are somehow more important than emotion – the obsession of the post-industrial age with the notion that thought is more important than feeling, ego more important than id. In our practice over the last twenty years, a hammer has been of equal importance to 3D computer software in the genesis and production of the work. Being able to sit on one of our sofas has been of equal concern to that of its aesthetic and sculptural qualities as an object in its own right. We are in tune with the thoughts of Franz West on function: ‘My aphorism is not that form follows function but that it never violates it,’ and his sense that his work was ‘too strange to be “good design” and too functional to be “good art” though they are ultimately both’.

Our focus is in the performance of creation, to capture and record instinctive, instantaneous moments, the tactical disruption of structure, and the careful choreography of its aftermath. It is the creation of a subconscious collage. Technology is deployed to reveal new dimensions within these gestural beginnings, shifting our perception through a nuanced appreciation and manipulation of scale, materiality and functional attributes. In this way we reunite thought and feeling, ego and id, subconscious irrationality and reason. The audience is given the power to perceive their own ideas in the abstractions they are presented with, as with Rorschach ink blots with which we worked extensively in our formative years. The works have an extreme precision of task within their bodies which at first glance may have appeared haphazard or inconclusive. They are in fact neither. In their baroque simplicity they are truly inclusive, collaborative. They are yours. They are what you want, desire and need.

The work must allow the freedom and expression of the manner of creation and the functionality or otherwise of the piece to be born from the core values of desire, instinct and feeling, honesty, authenticity and truth.

As Lucio Fontana stated: ‘An art based on forms created by the subconscious and balanced by reason, constitutes a true expression of existence and is the synthesis of a moment in time.’”

Collections

09.16 DESIGN MUSEUM, London
03.16 SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, San Francisco, Species II
01.13 KVADRAT COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Hallingdal Table
01.11 VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM, London, Pyrenees Sofa
01.11 VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM, London, Table#1
01.09 VEUVE CLICQUOT COLLECTION, Reims, Portrait
01.09 MUSEUM OF ART & DESIGN, New York, Pandora
01.05 FRENCH NATIONAL ART COLLECTION, Paris, Ming#1

Awards & Nominations

11.17 DESIGN OF THE YEAR AWARD, Wallpaper*
11.16 DESIGNER OF THE YEAR, Nomination by Design Museum London
02.14 BEST TROPHY, Azure Magazine
11.10 RED DOT DESIGN AWARD, Hyde Chair for Bernhardt Design
09.09 COURVOISIER DESIGN AWARD, Wallpaper*
12.09 BRITISH DESIGN OF THE YEAR AWARD, Elle Decoration
11.07 DESIGNER OF THE YEAR AWARD, Wallpaper*
12.06 THE FURNITURE DESIGN FELLOWSHIP, The Arts Foundation
11.04 DESIGNER OF THE YEAR, Elle Decoration
11.04 PRODUCT OF THE YEAR, Wallpaper*
09.98 BEST YOUNG DESIGNER, Ung Svensk Form (Young Swedish Design)
08.97 PHOTOGRAPHY, Alfred Dunhill

Solo Exhibitions

05.19 REFORMATION, David Gill Galleries, London
09.17 INTUITIVE GESTURES, David Gill Galleries, London
05.17 ELEMENTS, Collective, New York
03.17 HYBRIDEAE, Fredrikson Stallard HQ
09.16 GLACIARIUM, Fredrikson Stallard HQ
07.16 SUMMER PARTY, Fredrikson Stallard HQ
05.16 FLUIDO, Machado-Muñoz Gallery, Madrid
03.16 GRAVITY, David Gill Gallery, London
09.15 MOMENTUM, Fredrikson Stallard HQ, London Design Festival, London
03.15 PROLOGUE, Swarovski, Design Shanghai, Shanghai
06.14 PROLOGUE, Swarovski, Design Miami Basel
04.14 PROLOGUE, Swarovski, Art Basel Hong Kong
09.12 CRUSH, David Gill Gallery, London
06.11 IRIS, Swarovski, Design Miami/Basel
02.10 FREDRIKSON STALLARD, OA Gallery, Madrid
11.09 GASOLINE GARDEN, David Gill Galleries, London
09.09 SWAROVSKI CRYSTAL PALACE, Cannes Yacht Show, Cannes
09.08 PORTRAIT, SOMERSET HOUSE, London
09.08 KING BONK, David Gill Galleries, London
10.07 DESIGN ART LONDON LOUNGE, London
05.07 FURNITURE, David Gill Galleries, London
01.07 FREDRIKSON STALLARD TANK, The Design Museum, London
05.05 GLOVES FOR AN ARMLESS VENUS, Tribeca Grand, New York
05.04 FREDRIKSON STALLARD, Citizen Citizen, New York

Group Exhibitions

12.23 DESIGN MIAMI, Miami, USA
10.23 PAD, London, United Kingdom
04.22 EXPO CHICAGO, Chicago, USA
01.19 FOGG ART FAIR, San Francisco, California
11.18 SALON, Armory, USA
09.18 EXPO CHICAGO, Chicago, USA
06.18 MASTERPIECE, London, United Kingdom
04.18 NOMAD, Villa La Vigie, Monaco
02.18 NOMAD, St. Moritz, Switzerland
01.18 FOGG ART FAIR, San Francisco, California
11.17 DUBAI DESIGN WEEK, Dubai, UAE
09.17 JOY OF LIVING: MAGGIES CHARITY AUCTION, London, United Kingdom
06.17 MASTERPIECE, London, United Kingdom
06.17 SUR/FACE: MIRRORS EXHIBITION, Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
06.17 SOTHEBY'S EXHIBITION, London, United Kingdom
04.17 INTERSECTION, Parra & Romero and Machado-Muñoz, Madrid, Spain
04.17 ATELIER SWAROVSKI HOME, Salone Del Mobile, Milan
03.17 DESIGN DAYS DUBAI, Dubai, UAE
02.17 ARCO, Madrid, Spain
01.17 CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS, London, United Kingdom
01.17 FOGG ART FAIR, San Francisco, California
09.16 DESIGN MUSEUM, London, United Kingdom
09.16 BELVEDERE MUSEUM, Vienna Austria
04.16 ATELIER SWAROVSKI HOME, Salone Del Mobile, Milan
04.16 DRIADE, Salone Del Mobile, Milan
11.15 SALON, David Gill Gallery, New York
04.15 DRIADE STAND, Salone Del Mobile, Milan
04.15 DESIGN ORACLES, Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris
09.14 CHANDELIERS, David Gill Galleries, London
07.14 GATHERING, Design Museum Holon, Israel
04.14 HANDMADE, Salone del Mobile, Milan
03.14 HANDMADE, Design Shanghai, Shanghai
12.13 HANDMADE, Design Miami, Miami
10.13 HANDMADE, Harrods, London
10.13 PAD, London
03.13 DESIGN DAYS DUBAI, Dubai
02.13 ATELIER SWAROVSKI, Somerset House, London
01.13 BRIONI PRESENTATION, Palazzo Serbelloni, Milan
11.12 SWAROVSKI DESIGN EXHIBITION, Times Art Gallery, Beijing
10.12 PAVILLION OF ART & DESIGN, London
09.12 DIGITAL CRYSTAL, The Design Museum, London
04.12 KVADRAT HALLINGDAL 65, Salone di Mobile, Milan
04.12 DRIADE, Salone di Mobile, Milan
03.12 BRITISH DESIGN 1948-2012, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
03.12 THE BIG EGG HUNT, Green Park, London
02.12 ARCO, Madrid
10.11 THE HOUSE OF THE NOBLEMAN, London
10.11 PAVILION OF ART & DESIGN, London
10.11 BEIJING INTERNATIONAL DESIGN TRIENNIAL, Beijing
09.11 VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM, London
06.11 DESIGN MIAMI, BASEL, David Gill Galleries, Basel
04.11 SWAROVSKI LIGHTING, Euroluce, Milan
11.10 SAVOY HOTEL, Launch of Fredrikson Stallard Chandeliers for The Savoy Grill, London
10.10 DAVID GILL GALLERIES, Frieze Art Fair, London
09.10 BERNHARDT GLOBAL EDITION, London
06.10 DESIGN MIAMI/BASEL, Basel
04.10 DESIGN CITY LUXEMBOURG, Musée d'Art Moderne, Luxembourg
07.09 TELLING TALES, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
05.09 BERNHARDT GLOBAL EDITION, ICFF, New York
04.09 BERNHARDT GLOBAL EDITION, Milan
04.09 SWAROVSKI, Euroluce, Milan
01.09 SWAROVSKI CRYSTAL PALACE, Maison et Objet, Paris
11.08 TURNING OF THE SEASON, The Wapping Project, London
10.08 DESIGN ART LONDON, London
04.08 SWAROVSKI CRYSTAL PALACE, Milan
04.08 SWAROVSKI UNBRIDALED, London
01.08 UNBRIDALED, Hotel de la Monnaie, Paris
12.07 DESIGN MIAMI, Miami
10.07 DESIGNER'S UNIVERSE, Grand Paplais National Gallery, Paris
10.07 DESIGN ART LONDON, London
09.07 SWAROVSKI CRYSTAL PALACE, London
06.07 PLAY WITH, Tools Galerie, Paris
06.07 DESIGN MIAMI/BASEL, Basel
04.07 SWAROVSKI CRYSTAL PALACE, Milan
03.07 FORM VIP ROOM, Olympia, London
01.07 P DESIGN GALLERY, Denver, Colorado
12.06 ST.ETIENNE BIENALLE, St. Etienne
12.06 MOMA CITIZEN CITIZEN, San Francisco
12.06 ART BASEL DESIGN MIAMI, Miami
11.06 NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER, Dallas
09.06 CONTRASTS AND CONTRADICTIONS, Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai
09.06 IN PRODUCTION, London Design Festival, London
08.06 DESIGNERS BLOCK, Frankfurt
07.06 PEEL GALLERY, Citizen Citizen, Houston, Texas
05.06 THE APARTMENT LOVES..., Citizen Citizen, New York
05.06 ICFF, Citizen Citizen, New York
04.06 THORSTEN VAN ELTEN, Superstudio Più, Milan
02.06 SHOWROOM LAUNCH, Citizen Citizen, San Francisco
09.05 TRULY BRITISH, Harrods, London
09.05 UPSTAIRS IN THE WOODLANDS, Truman Brewery, London
05.05 FREDRIKSON STALLARD AND ALEXANDER TAYLOR, Citizen Citizen, New York
05.05 THE APARTMENT BUILDS AN APARTMENT, The Apartment, New York
05.05 THE CONRAN SHOP, New York
03.05 ROSSANA ORLANDI, Milan
01.05 MARTIN BOUCHE & THE COLLECTION, Maison Et Objet, Paris
12.04 THE GREAT EASTERN HOTEL, London
09.04 FIRMITAS UTILITAS VENUSTAS, Factio, London
09.04 DESIGNED IN SWEDEN, Museum Of London, London
09.04 PRINT, Mint, London
09.04 FREDRIKSONSTALLARD, 100% DESIGN, London
04.04 THE GREAT INDOORS / INSPIRED LIVING, Spring Gallery, New York
03.04 INCOGNITO, Riverside Gallery, Reading
03.04 LIFE SYMPHONY, Felissimo Gallery, New York
09.03 FREDRIKSONSTALLARD, 100% Design, London
09.02 TOP DRAWER, London
09.01 TOP DRAWER, London
09.00 POT VALLIANT, London
09.00 TOP DRAWER, London
10.99 CARTE BLANCE, Mission Gallery, London
09.99 TOP DRAWER, London
09.99 MISCELLANY OF OBJECTS II, Mission Gallery, London
09.99 UNG SVENSK FORM, Designers Block, London
09.99 YOUNG SWEDISH DESIGN, Best Scandinavian Design, Sweden
09.98 EXPLORING DESIGN, Form Design Centre, Malmo, Sweden
09.98 MISCELLANY OF OBJECTS I, Mission Gallery, London
08.98 OUT OF DARKNESS, Mission Gallery, London
06.98 NEW DESIGNERS, London
09.97 PATRIK FREDRIKSON, Anteprima '97, Germany
09.97 LEICESTER CITY GALLERY, Leicester
09.97 DIRECTIONS '97, Lethaby Gallery, London
09.96 DIRECTIONS '96, Lethaby Gallery, London
04.94 KRAFTWERK, Ponnert Gallery, Malmo, Sweden