“Kraft Bench,” 2025, aluminum, walnut, white oak, 55 x 18 x 23 in. Photo credit: Mark Serr Photography.
Windgate-Lamar Fellowship
2026
Helena Garzotto is a San Francisco–based furniture maker and interdisciplinary artist from Portland, Oregon. She attended California College of the Arts in San Francisco, where she received a BFA in Furniture Design.
Helena was first introduced to woodworking during her gap year in Denmark, her mother’s homeland, where she came in close range of mid-century modern design aesthetics and Danish folkcraft histories. Bringing along those influences to California, she was met with and captivated by the intuitive and tender treatment of wood by local makers such as JB Blunk and Ido Yoshimoto, who react to and emphasize natural-found elements in the material.
Helena’s practice exists at the junction of these and many other influences. Her work mediates contrasts and tensions, and aims to probe questions about how it is made, asking people to confront the processes that happen behind the curtain.
Selected works
“Vector Cabinet,” 2024, white oak, aluminum, 62 x 32 x 48 in. Photo courtesy of the artist.
“Karton Chair,” 2024, steel, 25 x 27 x 25 in. Photo courtesy of the artist.
“Stairs,” 2025, waxed cotton, steel, 51 x 40 x 31 in. Photo credit: Nicholas Bruno.
“Redwood Stool,” 2025, redwood, pewter, 25 x 15 x 19 in. Photo credit: Mark Serr Photography.
“Kraft Bench,” 2025, aluminum, walnut, white oak, 55 x 18 x 23 in. Photo credit: Mark Serr Photography.
“Ponte Chair” (back), 2024, white oak, 28 x 18 x 32 in. Photo credit: Nicholas Bruno.
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