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15 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2026

Artists

Charles TrevelyanFrederik MolenschotIngrid DonatNacho CarbonellStudio JobVincenzo De CotiisWendell Castle

Exhibition Statement

Carpenters Workshop Gallery Paris presents an exceptional exhibition of historical and contemporary design at The Workshop in Mitry-Mory – a creative hub just outside Paris dedicated to artistic production. The display features seminal 20th century design icons, including Andrea Branzi, Wendell Castle, Charlotte Perriand, Jean Prouvé and Gustavo Pulitzer, alongside leading contemporary figures redefining the boundaries of art, design and craftsmanship today, such as Nacho Carbonell, Vincenzo De Cotiis, Ingrid Donat, Studio Job, Frederik Molenschot, Pablo Reinoso and Charles Trevelyan.

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Artists

Charles Trevelyan

Charles Trevelyan

Charles Trevelyan is an Australian-born artist and designer based in London who creates objects inspired by the ways in which people respond to the textures, patterns and structures of the natural world.

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Frederik Molenschot

Frederik Molenschot

Frederik Molenschot is an artist and designer from the Netherlands who describes himself as a landscape sculptor. Known for crafting large, robust sculptures out of bronze, Molenschot transforms what he finds in natural, industrial, urban and cosmic landscapes into archetypes and then objects.

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Ingrid Donat

Ingrid Donat

Ingrid Donat is one of the most influential living artists working in decorative arts. As a contemporary designer and sculptor whose artistic identity has been shaped by her rich cultural heritage, Donat channels an inner creative force that allows her to reinvent the timeless elegance of French decorative arts traditions. Known for imbuing bronze with warmth and vitality, the artist integrates sculptural practices into the production of functional pieces.

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Nacho Carbonell

Nacho Carbonell

Nacho Carbonell is a Spanish designer and sculptor known for his tactile, experimental approach that transforms objects into expressive, living forms. Combining organic textures, hand-built forms and fantasy-driven design, Carbonell creates communicative objects that arouse feelings and imagination and that allow viewers to escape everyday life.

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Studio Job

Studio Job

Studio Job is a ground-breaking atelier based in the Netherlands, Belgium and Italy and celebrated for its fusion of historical techniques and contemporary themes. Led by Job Smeets, a pioneer of contemporary sculptural art and design, the studio focuses on decorative arts for the contemporary age, producing objects and interiors that exist somewhere between sculptural and functional art.

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Vincenzo De Cotiis

Vincenzo De Cotiis

A pioneer of contemporary collectible design, Vincenzo De Cotiis is known for merging art, architecture and design into a singular, sculptural language. Through manifestations that conflate archaic idioms with futuristic expressions, his evocative works embody a vision of design as poetic and non-replicable.

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Wendell Castle

Wendell Castle

Born in Kansas in 1932, Wendell Castle received two degrees from the University of Kansas, one in industrial design in 1958 and the other in sculpture in 1961. He moved to Rochester, New York to teach at the School for American Crafts and established a permanent studio in the area that is still in operation today. He reinvented himself for nearly six decades.

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