Sculptor and furniture designer Fernando Mastrangelo is a master of many mediums, including stone, cement, silica, sand, salt and glass. His side tables, stools and wall-mounted sculptures are all made by hand at his New York studio. Each piece represents an interplay between art and function.
Mastrangelo paved himself a course toward sculpting and design early on in life. He graduated from Seattle’s Cornish College of the Arts with a BFA in 2002 and from Virginia Commonwealth University with an MFA in sculpture in 2004. He worked for a short time for artist and photographer Matthew Barney before launching the Fernando Mastrangelo Studio (F/MS) in 2006.
Mastrangelo found quick success and recognition in his budding career. In 2008, his corn-based Avarice sculpture was acquired by the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Inspired by the Aztec calendar stone, the piece was later included in the museum’s “Connecting Cultures” exhibition.
Mastrangelo took his first foray into furniture in 2014, when he launched his debut line at the Sight Unseen Offsite design fair. He exhibited at Sight Unseen Offsite again in 2016, this time with a range of cement furniture known as the Fade series.
His star on the rise, Mastrangelo moved into a new, 10,000-square-foot studio and gallery space in Brooklyn in 2017. In describing the area to Introspective, he said: "My goal is to make my gallery a destination where people can come to see the passion of young creatives."
To celebrate the new chapter of his career, Mastrangelo held an inaugural exhibition at his gallery, In Good Company, to which many of his favorite designers and artists contributed. That same year, he founded the In Good Company nonprofit to provide emerging artists with a platform for their work. He later spent much of his time living and working in the Catskill Mountains in Upstate New York.
Mastrangelo’s work has been exhibited worldwide, including at the Salone del Mobile in Milan, artgenève in Geneva and Mendes Wood Gallery in Sāo Paulo. He has also been commissioned to create bespoke pieces for the likes of Dior, Stella McCartney and Audemars Piguet.
On 1stDibs, find Fernando Mastrangelo tables, seating, wall decorations and more.
Drift Bench, Sand and Cement by Fernando Mastrangelo
By Fernando Mastrangelo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Inspired by sojourns in Patagonia and the Grand Canyon, the Drift collection is comprised of sculptural objects that border on functional and non-functional, and marks the artist’s f...
Cement
BB Drum by Fernando Mastrangelo
By Fernando Mastrangelo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Composed from copper BB pellets, this made-to-order drum has a hollow cavity and consists fully of copper ammunition, creating a hypnotic camouflage of texture and smoothness. The pi...
Copper
Strata Drum, Sand by Fernando Mastrangelo
By Fernando Mastrangelo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Inspired by the layers of the earth, the made-to-order drum is solid and cast from hand-dyed black silica, crushed glass, powdered glass, crystal quartz and sand. Packed in layers, t...
Sandstone
Fade Drum, Lavender Cement by Fernando Mastrangelo
By Fernando Mastrangelo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An exploration in the softness and subtly of the materials, the made-to-order drum has a hollow cavity and is cast entirely from hand-dyed cement. Poured in individual hand-dyed laye...
Cement
Fade Drum, Indigo Cement by Fernando Mastrangelo
By Fernando Mastrangelo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An exploration in the softness and subtly of the materials, the made-to-order drum has a hollow cavity and is cast entirely from hand-dyed cement. Poured in individual hand-dyed laye...
Cement
Drum, White Cement and Crystal Quartz by Fernando Mastrangelo
By Fernando Mastrangelo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A layering of cement and crushed aggregates, the made-to-order drum consists of an hand-dyed white cement top and a packed crystal quartz bottom. Poured by hand over the jagged miner...
Quartz, Cement
Drum, White Cement and Silver BB by Fernando Mastrangelo
By Fernando Mastrangelo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A layering of cement and crushed aggregates, the made-to-order drum consists of an hand-dyed white cement top and a packed silver bb bottom. Poured by hand over the silver pellets, t...
Cement
Established & Sons Drift Bench by Amanda Levete
By Amanda Levete, Established & Sons
Located in London, GB
A piece of found driftwood initiated the design for the Drift bench. The naturally formed fluid lines of that found object provided inspiration for Amanda Levete’s exercises in compl...
Glass
Drum, White Cement and Black Silica by Fernando Mastrangelo
By Fernando Mastrangelo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A layering of cement and crushed aggregates, the made-to-order drum consists of an hand-dyed white cement top and a packed black silica bottom. Poured by hand over the jagged mineral...
Cement
Drum, Black Cement and Black Silica by Fernando Mastrangelo
By Fernando Mastrangelo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A layering of cement and crushed aggregates, the made-to-order drum consists of an hand-dyed black cement top and a packed black silica bottom. Poured by hand over the jagged mineral...
Cement
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