Chris Wolston
07 November 2025 – 01 February 2026

Chris Wolston’s upcoming exhibition at Dallas Contemporary explores the ecstatic potential of form, where decoration becomes a mode of expression and function yields to fantasy. Drawing from Art Nouveau, pre-Columbian symbolism, and architectural excess, Wolston blurs the line between the sculptural and the domestic. Iconic works like his terracotta and Nalgona chairs appear alongside new creations, forming a richly layered narrative that revels in material transformation, bodily gesture, and the wild, seductive force of nature. Featuring lighting and furniture, the exhibition offers a dynamic and immersive expression of Wolston’s evolving practice.

As a non-collecting institution committed to presenting the most compelling art of our time, Dallas Contemporary offers an ideal platform for Wolston’s boundary-pushing practice. The exhibition aligns with the museum’s mission to engage audiences with experimental and interdisciplinary work that challenges conventional categories and invites new ways of seeing. In this spirit, Wolston’s immersive, materially rich installations transform the museum into a space of both wonder and confrontation—where beauty, art history, and design collide.

CHRIS WOLSTON is an American artist and designer based in Brooklyn, New York and Medellín, Colombia. His thoughtfully conceptualized and deliberately fabricated work—which ranges from furniture and lighting to installation and sculpture—rigorously blends traditional techniques and materials with a wry, contemporary realism, arriving at an entirely original postmodern aesthetic, imbued with material fluency and environmental urgency. Wolston’s interest in non-Western art-making traditions originated at the Kokrobitey Institute, in Accra, Ghana, where he studied before receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2009 from the Rhode Island School of Design. He later earned a Fulbright grant to study pre-Columbian ceramics in Colombia. Invigorated by his exposure, Wolston opened a second studio in Medellín to continue his collaboration with local artisans. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Museum of American Glass, The Museo de Antioquia in Medellín, Colombia, the National Museum of Qatar, the Odunpazarı Modern Müze (OMM) in Turkey and the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne. He was recently profiled in T Magazine, Architectural Digest, Galerie, Elle Decor Italia, Domino, and Surface Magazine. He has created work for such brands as Fendi, Dior, and Philip Lim.

Portrait of Chris Wolston. Photo: David Sierra.

This exhibition is presented in collaboration with The Future Perfect, a leading contemporary design gallery with locations in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, and San Francisco. The partnership reflects a shared commitment to supporting visionary design across mediums and geographies.

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Header image: Chris Wolston, Flower Power Installation View. Photo: Joe Kramm.