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WEXLER GALLERY / PHILADELPHIA 1811 Frankford avenue PHILADELPHIA, PA 19125 215-923-7030 WEXLER GALLERY / NEW YORK 200 LEXINGTON AVENUE, SUITE 431 NEW YORK, NY 10016

FEYZA KEMAHLIOGLU New York, NY Inspired by the architecture and culture of her native Istanbul, Feyza Kemahlioglu has created a unique lighting collection entitled Pillars of Meerschaum. Meerschaum (German for “seafoam”) is a soft white clay mineral found mainly in Eskisehir, a small city in central Turkey. Master Turkish craftsman carve the Meerschaum with intricate patterns and perforations to diffuse the light. The stone is then combined with handblown glass and brass elements created in New York. The blown glass compliments the detailing of the Meerschaum with the addition of delicate textures made with cane and gold leaf.

By taking this antiquated material and giving it a contemporary aesthetic and function, Feyza marries the old and the new to create timeless designs that are studies into the juxtaposition of tradition and modernity.

(right) Glowing Setiments I, 2023 Meerschaum, blown glass, metal, LED

Dreaming in Calligraphy: Landscapes (Horizonal), 2025 Meerschaum, blown glass, bronze, LED 40 x 46 x 46 inches

(left) Dream in Calligraphy: Landscapes (Vertical), 2025 Meerschaum, blown glass, brass, and LEDs 110 x 33 x 33 inches

Dream in Calligraphy, 2023 Meerschaum, blown glass, metal, LED 48 x 40 x 36 inches

Sunset Drive Collection, 2021 Meerschaum, brass, blown glass, LEDs

TRENT JANSEN Thirroul, Australia Trent Jansen is a designer based in Thirroul, Australia, and Lecturer at the University of New South Trent Jansen, a designer based in Thirroul, Australia, is a Lecturer at the University of New South Wales Art & Design. He earned his PhD from the University of Wollongong under art historian Ian McLean and holds a Bachelor of Design from UNSW. Jansen studied in Canada at the University of Alberta and later worked under Marcel Wanders in Amsterdam before establishing his studio in Sydney, later relocating to Thirroul.

Jansen’s design practice is rooted in Design Anthropology, a research-driven approach that explores cultural narratives, identity, and history through objects.

His work blends storytelling with material innovation, often incorporating local and indigenous influences. He is known for creating thought-provoking, limited-edition and one-off pieces that challenge conventional design language. A co-founder of Broached Commissions, Jansen’s work interrogates Australian identity and design heritage, earning praise from Marcel Wanders, who likens his impact to Droog’s role in shaping Dutch design.

Manta Pilti Credenza - in collaboration with Tanya Singer, 2023 Oiled American walnut 29 × 95 × 24 inches

Manta Pilti Cabinet - in collaboration with Tanya Singer, 2023 American hard maple 75 × 58 × 58 inches

Kutitji Chair / Shield - in collaboration with Errol Evans, 2023 American walnut 45 × 42 × 36 inches

Manta Pilti Chair - in collaboration with Tanya Singer, 2023 Oiled American walnut, cherry and hard maple 32 × 22 × 24 inches

Ngumu Janka Warnti (All Made from Rubbish) Bench, 2022 Aluminum and New Zealand saddle leather 19 x 94.5 x 24 inches

Ngumu Janka Warnti (All Made from Rubbish) Chair, 2022 Aluminum and New Zealand saddle leather 31.5 x 25.5 x 29.5 inches

GULLA JÓNSDÓTTIR Los Angeles, CA

Gulla Jonsdottir, an acclaimed architect and designer, is known for her dynamic use of curved forms and sensual, organic designs that seamlessly blend nature with function. Her visionary approach unlocks a futuristic yet nostalgic aesthetic, transforming spatial experiences into works of art.

Guided by a belief in the deep connection between art, architecture, and nature, Gulla’s design process begins in her sketchbook with fluid, expressive drawings. She studied mathematics before earning her architecture degree at SCI-Arc in Los Angeles. Prior to founding her own firm in 2009, she contributed to landmark projects at Richard Meier & Partners (Getty Center Museum, Gagosian Gallery), Walt Disney Imagineering (Tokyo DisneySea), and led hospitality design at Dodd Mitchell Design for nine years.

Gulla’s innovative work has earned numerous accolades, including Best International Restaurant Design (2021) for Esperanza and recognition as a Leading Woman in Design by the West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce (2022)

Puzzle Table, 2019 Black walnut and burnished bronze 36 x 54 x 14 inches

Blackened oak and zinc 36 x 54 x 14 inches

Bronze 36 x 54 x 14 inches

TOM PALMER Firle, United Kingdom

Tom Palmer is a multidisciplinary artist and designer known for his extraordinary range of work, from bespoke pieces for private collectors to large-scale architectural installations for internationally renowned interior designers and architects.

Palmer’s innovative approach blends centuries-old craftsmanship with cutting-edge contemporary techniques, resulting in deeply textural and captivating works. Drawing inspiration from Medieval and Renaissance Europe, as well as the refined aesthetic of Japanese makers, his creations evoke a profound connection between history, functionality, and fine art.

Recognized for his mastery of diverse materials—ranging from noble stone and bronze to modern industrial composites— Palmer’s work reflects a seamless fusion of tradition and modernity.

His dedication to craftsmanship earned him inclusion in the prestigious Homo Faber Guide by the Michelangelo Foundation, and a QEST scholarship that further enriched his practice through study in Italy.

Constellation Mirror, 2024 Glass, palladium mirror, resin, steel, wood 48 inches

Constellation Mirror Triptych, 2024 Glass, palladium mirror, resin, steel, wood 72 x 48 inches

Moon Pool Screen, 2024 London plane wood, steel size by commission

Archaic Bench, 2024 available in wood, composite, stone, or metal custom sizes available

RICHARD HAINING Brooklyn, NY Richard Haining is an artist and studio furniture maker whose practice bridges sustainable design and fine craft.

Raised in Atlanta, GA, and educated at the Rhode Island School of Design, he has lived and worked in Brooklyn since 2008. Guided from an early age by the belief that if something could be made better, you should learn to make it yourself, Haining brings this ethos to his work, honoring both process and material integrity. Drawing inspiration from discarded wood across New York City— from shop offcuts to old-growth timbers salvaged from pre-war buildings—he meticulously hand-stacks thousands of wood segments to form his celebrated STACKED Collection. Similar to coiled ceramics or analog 3D printing, his process creates unique forms that are refined by hand to reveal surfaces rich with variation and history. His work, which embodies permanence in an age of disposability, has been exhibited worldwide, collected internationally, and recognized with awards such as the James Renwick Alliance Award of Excellence for Innovation in Craft and the RISD People’s Choice Award.

(right) STACKED Rectilinear Mirror, 2019 Salvaged wood, glass 22.25 x 36.75 inches

STACKED Console Table, 2019 Salvaged mixed-species oak and nero gold marble 30 x 84.5 x 16 inches

Stacked Sconce #1, 2024 Salvaged Walnut, LEDs 18 x 5 x 14.25 inches

Stacked Floor Lamp No.2, 2025 salvaged Mahogany and other tropical hardwoods 67 x 13 x 21 inches (left) STACKED 10-Bulb Chandelier, 2025 Salvaged California Redwood, LEDs 16 x 36 x 36 inches

(right) STACKED Sconce No.1, 2024 Salvaged Walnut, LEDs 18 x 5 x 14.25 inches

(left to right) STACKED ‘Rise’ Vessel, 2025 California Redwood, salvaged from decommissioned NYC Water Towers 30.75 x 21 x 11 inches STACKED “Winged” Vessel, 2025 Salvaged Walnut 39 x 19.5 x 11.25 inches STACKED “Bud” Vessel, 2025 Salvaged spalted maple and bone white finish 10.75 x 8 x 8 inches STACKED “Carpel” Vessel, 2024 Salavaged Cherry with oxidized finish 22 x 17.5 x 11 inches

(right) STACKED Floor Lamp No. 3, 2026 Salvaged California Redwood 91.5 x 21 x 33 inches

ERIN SULLIVAN New York, NY Erin Sullivan makes functional sculpture encoded with the spirit of nature. She aims to honor nature’s intelligence and beauty while exemplifying its primal elegance. Each object amplifies the essence of the plant, animal, or element that inspired it.

Together, her pieces construct a symbolic language which reconnects us to the mystery of the natural world. (clockwise from top)

Feather Stool Bronze with Silver Nitrate Patina Finish 18.5 x 13.75 x 13.75 inches

Sullivan’s archetypal repertoire occupies the space between art and design. Themes of life and death, matter and spirit, masculine and feminine weave a mythopoetic narrative. With the art of ceremony at the center of her work, tables become altars, stools are totems, and mirrors can be portals. At a recent residency, Portal de Luz in Uruguay, Erin constructed a site-specific installation, “The Unified Field,” a nature temple of ritual space with natural and cast ceremonial objects.

Lily Pad Stool Bronze with silver nitrate patina, 14 x 15 x 15 inches

Her process includes mold making, wax sculpting, and lostwax casting. Since 2014, her work has been exhibited and collected worldwide.

Serpent Stool Bronze with liver of Sulphur Patina 18.5 x 13 x 13 inches

(left) Bubble Low Table/Console Bronze 31 x 54 x 15 inches (right) Scarab Mala Bronze, wood 56 x 8 x 3.25 inches Sun and Moon bronze, horse hair 81 x 36 x 3 inches Serpent Mala Bronze, wood 68 x 8 x 3.25 inches

ASHLEY AND JOHAN WILÉN-JONG Stockholm, SE A conversation between craft and concept, Wilén-Jong is the artistic union of Johan Wilén-Jong and Ash Wilén-Jong—a couple whose work blurs the boundaries between function and narrative. Rooted in Stockholm, with origins spanning Sweden and Hong Kong, their practice is a dialogue between precision and poetry: Johan’s mastery of Scandinavian woodworking meets Ash’s storytelling through design.

The result? Objects that are tactile, layered, and quietly expressive— where material and message hold equal weight. Featured in Architectural Digest, Wallpaper Magazine, WWD, Dezeen, and more, Wilén-Jong’s work is both deeply personal and universally resonant.

Contourage Quartz Sand Console Table, 2024 Quartz Sand, Painted 30 x 55 x 15 inches

Uttero Coffee Table Walnut 15.25 x 43.5 inches

(left) Bollbank Bench Walnut Walnut, satin matte finish 17 x 78.75 x 21.75 inches

(right) Hour Glass Pedestal, 2024 Marble 31.5 x 13.75 inches

EZRA ARDOLINO Keansburg, NJ Ezra Ardolino, educated as an architect, is an artist and entrepreneur working at the intersection of art, architecture, and design through digital fabrication. In 2009 he founded Timbur, a New Jersey–based studio pushing the boundaries of CNC and robotic manufacturing in collaboration with leading artists, designers, and brands. His practice centers on Futurewood, an innovative use of plywood as a sculptural medium, shaped by years of technical experimentation and hands-on problemsolving. In 2023, he debuted N90N, a collectible design series exploring the moment when digital form transcends code, transforming polygon-based models into layered, hand-finished Futurewood objects that blur the line between virtual precision and material reality.

Ezra has also extended his practice into lighting design, applying the same synthesis of digital modeling and material exploration to illuminated works. His lighting pieces often integrate sculptural form with advanced fabrication techniques, resulting in objects that not only emit light but also embody the layered, dynamic qualities of his larger body of work.

Limina, 2025 Baltic Birch Plywood, Resin, LEDs

By Commission

CIMONE KIND BERMAN Philadelphia, PA

Cimone Kind Berman plays with light, reflection and transparency, creating works that are a fusion of time-honored craftsmanship and transformative alchemy. Each mirror tells a unique story, blending history, craft, and artistic vision, inviting observers to glimpse both their own reflection and the enchanting metamorphosis of existence itself.

By infusing the essence of alchemy into her work, Berman transmutes clear glass into ethereal portals. These mirrors become vessels where copper, silver, and gold meld together, embodying the intrinsic beauty of the elements.

Please inquire about custom creations in color, reflectivity and scale.

Blue Moon Mirror, 2025 Glass, tin, silver, paint, foil, wood cleat 21.25 x 21.25 inches

Isleclair Mirror Pair, 2025 Glass, tin, silver, epoxy 38 x 60 inches (each)

MARCUS VINICIUS DE PAULA Brooklyn, NY Marcus Vinicius De Paula is a Brazilian-American sculptor based in New York whose practice explores identity, ancestry, and humanity’s place within the cosmos. The son of Brazilian immigrants—his father having risen from a small town in São Paulo to directing NASA Mars missions—De Paula reflects on legacy and fragility through stone and light. His sculptures, often titled after moons of Saturn, blend volcanic rock, granite, and alabaster—some over a billion years old—with neon and LED illumination, producing works that read as relics from another world. By handcrafting both stone forms and glass light elements, he creates monumental objects that fuse the ancient and futuristic, evoking both interstellar matter and human aspiration.

Informed by Brutalist and Modernist architecture in Brazil, as well as memories of traversing Rio de Janeiro’s visual landscape, De Paula considers his works as maquettes with unlimited potential scale. His multidisciplinary background in theater, film, and live performance—designing with light for over 15 years— further shapes his sculptural vision. He has led creative direction for installations at South by Southwest, on tour with Ra Ra Riot, and at the Edinburgh Fringe, and his sculptures have been exhibited at the Salon Art & Design Fair (2024), Burning Man (2022), Davidson Gallery (2022), Verso (2023), and Love House (2025).

Primordials, 2023 Italian alabaster, resin, LED (approx.) 50.5 x 9.5 x 9.5 inches

(left) Coeus Ultor, 2026 Italian Statuario Marble, architectural bronze, LEDs 68 x 7 x 5 inches Coeus, 2026 Italian Statuario Marble, architectural bronze, LED 49 x 5 x 5.5 inches

(right) Titan, 2022 Zimbabwean black granite, acrylic, steel, LEDs 120 x 60 x 48 inches

JONATHAN PRINCE Berkshires, MA Jonathan Prince, a New York–born artist based in the Berkshires, creates sculptural works that bridge science, technology, and spirituality. Initially trained as a maxillofacial surgeon, Prince returned to his lifelong passion for sculpture in 2002, establishing a world-class fabrication facility to pursue his artistic vision.

His practice centers on the dialogue between precision and imperfection—monumental forms that reveal both strength and vulnerability. Each work reflects his fascination with material transformation and the balance between chaos and beauty.

Now represented in collections worldwide, Prince continues to explore how form and matter embody the deeper tensions of existence, crafting sculptures that invite reflection on the complexities of the human condition.

Tumble (Monumental), 2023 Cor-Ten steel, 18 x 20 x 10 feet

Alchemy Series - Console Table, 2025 Corten steel cubes, glass, 31.5 x 20 x 66 inches (right) Tumble Series - Coffee Table, 2025 steel, resin, 12 x 35 x 50 inches

SOFIA KARAKATSANIS Worcestershire, UK Sofia Karakatsanis is fascinated by wood in all its forms; as a tree, a material, a fuel. As wood was once living it reacts to processes it is put through, moving and twisting. She responds to this in real time while constructing and carving, allowing a dialogue between maker and material. She grew up in the Black Country, a hub of industry in the UK. This lifelong exposure to craft fostered a strong fascination with making that has led to her own practice in wood, the material she feels most drawn to.

Sofia’s carving process is very organic, working with power carving tools such as angle grinders, down to finer hand tools, referencing sketches throughout. This allows her to create the forms intuitively, and react to the wood as it reacts to the processes and allow the grain to inform the shape. Sofia subjects her work to extreme conditions when finishing; chemical bleaching Sycamore to achieve a bone white colour, and scorching Ash to create a blackened, highly textured finish. Working in this way allows the forms to be material led. As she carves, Sofia exposesand focuses on the natural grain in the wood, using this to inform and accentuate the shape. She wants to evoke the feeling that these pieces were once living, appearing to come from one piece by allowing the grain to inform the shape.

Parity Console, 2021 Solid ash 35.25 x 55 x 13.25 inches

Resilience Chair, 2023 Solid ash, scorched, stained and lacquered 28.5 x 27.5 x 29 inches Phase Table, 2023 Solid sycamore side table, bleached and oiled 16.25 x 16.5 x 16.5 inches

ED MCHUGH Philadelphia, PA Edward McHugh is an American artist trained as a painter, printmaker, and sculptor. McHugh was born in 1969, and graduated from the Hussian School of Art, Philadelphia, in 1991. He later trained at Crown Point Press in San Francisco.

McHugh incorporates photographic methods into his “wax-diffused pigment print” works. By applying a thin layer of archival wax, McHugh imbues a painterly touch to the surface of his prints. He has exhibited at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder CO; Robert Klein Gallery, Boston MA; Gallery 339, Philadelphia PA; and the Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle WA.

My Heart Runs, 2023 Acrylic, iron oxide, china marker on ACP panel 192 x 120 inches

Come On Join The Party, 2020-21 Acrylic, ink, polyester resin on diebond 62 x 48 inches

TRISH DEMASI Philadelphia, PA Trish DeMasi creates abstract ceramic works that merge organic biomorphic shapes with structured geometric forms, drawing inspiration from nature and architecture. Her sculptures and vessels begin as drawings or paintings before being hand-built in various clay bodies, meticulously carved, and glazed in a refined palette. With over 20 years as a creative director in advertising, DeMasi’s background strongly influences her approach, resulting in stylized, graphic interpretations rather than literal representations.

As a self-taught ceramicist, she values the freedom to experiment without the constraints of formal training, continuously pushing the limits of clay. Her work blurs the boundaries between design, fine art, and craft, embracing creativity without labels.

WEXLER GALLERY Since 2000, Wexler Gallery has built a reputation for curating and presenting exceptional work at the intersection of fine art, collectible design, and craft.

With locations in New York City and a flagship 11,500-square-foot space in Philadelphia’s Fishtown neighborhood, the gallery represents a diverse roster of established and emerging artists whose practices span disciplines and challenge traditional boundaries.

Our program brings together important vintage design, contemporary fine art, and bespoke design objects, offering a unique resource for collectors, institutions, and design professionals alike. Many of our artists are featured in major museum and institutional collections, and we regularly facilitate private, public, and hospitality commissions on both national and international scales.

We are proud to partner with architects, interior designers, and art advisors to source exceptional work that resonates—whether for residential projects, hospitality spaces, or curated collections. From rare historical pieces to site-specific commissions, Wexler Gallery offers access to a dynamic and evolving canon of artists shaping the future of art and design.