Stone Studios

About

“Do you know the difference between an artist and a designer?

The difference between an artist and a designer is that an artist solves internal problems and a designer solves external ones.”

Paraphrased from a conversation with George Greenamyer, 01/08/2022

Assembled sculptural torso pattern in the studio

An artist who also builds for other artists.

Stone Studios & Services is the studio of sculptor Matthew J. Stone. Independent artwork and fabrication sit side by side: the same tools, the same hands, the same attention to a finished object.

The work moves between physical and digital. Objects get scanned and modeled, printed or carved, patterned for casting, drafted and built. Some of it becomes sculpture shown in galleries. Some of it becomes fountains, plaques and public art made for other artists and institutions.

Matthew studied sculpture in Boston, Stockholm and New York. His work is in the collections of Tauba Auerbach, Marilyn Minter and Judy Pfaff.

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Path so far

  1. 2003
    Bachelor of Arts, SculptureMassachusetts College of Art, Boston
  2. 2003 to 2005
    Welding and steel fabrication of public artGeorge Greenamyer, Boston
  3. 2007
    Post BachelorKonstfack School of Art, Stockholm
  4. 2008 to 2010
    Art fabrication and restorationJudy Pfaff Studio, Tivoli, NY
  5. 2010
    Master of Fine ArtsSchool of Visual Arts, New York
  6. 2010 to now
    Painter, set designer, fabricationMarilyn Minter, New York
  7. 2011
    Solo exhibitions: Residuum and TectonicsThe Hole and Like the Spice, New York
  8. 2016
    Solo exhibition: Smile In The DarkLeft Field Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
  9. 2019
    Two-person exhibitionMorgan Lehman Gallery, New York
  10. 2019 to now
    Sculpture restoration of public artNew Jersey Transit