Through his innate fascination of how objects are made and put together, Stian Korntved Ruud has always experimented, modified, repaired and destroyed the objects around him.
These days Stian is focusing on materials natural and enforced properties. The last years specifically exploring the sound making / shaping properties of materials.
He is a founding member of the art and craft studio KNEIP making small scale everyday objects and sculptures. 2022 founded HAKIMAKI with Martin Gautron, making inventions and set design pieces for the film industry and museums.
These days Stian is focusing on materials natural and enforced properties. The last years specifically exploring the sound making / shaping properties of materials.
He is a founding member of the art and craft studio KNEIP making small scale everyday objects and sculptures. 2022 founded HAKIMAKI with Martin Gautron, making inventions and set design pieces for the film industry and museums.
KODE Art Museums, Bergen
National Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Trondheim
solo exhibitions
2027 Oplandia, senter for samtidskunst, Lillehammer (NO)
2026 Galleri Ram, Oslo (NO)
2019 Material reflections, FORMAT, Oslo (NO)
2017 Kneip, KRAFT, Bergen (NO)
2017 Ludological, Podium, Oslo, (NO)
2016 KNEIP, Det Gule Huset, Asker (NO)
group exhibitions selected
2026 Homo Faber, Venice, (IT)
2026 Steinbeisser. Jeongkwan Snim, Vienna (AT)
2026 What we do, Sinsens Sentral (NO)
2025 Kunst Hånd Verk, Nasjonalmuseet (NO)
2025 Homo Faber, Venice, (IT)
2022 KÖSK, Oslo (NO)
2021 CUP x QB Gallery, (NO)
2021 CUP, The Classen Library, (DK)
2021 Earth, Wind, Fire, Water, Gustavsberg konsthall (SE)
2020 Jule-bordsetting, Pyton (NO)
2020 Matters - Rethinking Materials (RO)
2020 Earth, Wind, Fire, Water. F15, Jeløy (NO)
2019 Matters - Rethinking Materials, CHART, Copenhagen (DK)
2018 Steinbeisser, Bern (CH)
2018 Homo Faber, Best of Europe, Venice (IT)
2018 Norwegian Presence, Milano, (IT)
2018 Museum de Domijnen, Sittard (NL)
2017 Design Miami, Patrick Parrish gallery, (US)
2017 What Wood Would, Trodheim (NO)
2017 Det Lokales logikk, Trodheim (NO)
2017 Norway x New York, Sightunseen Offsite (US)
2016 The Logic of the local, ICC Krakow (PL)
2016 TRAFO, Szczecin (PL)
2016 Sculptuure Bredelar, Bredelar (DE)
2016 Structure, Milan (IT)
2016 Akershus kunstsenter, Lillestrøm (NO)
2016 Collective design fair, New York (US)
2016 Talent stand, Maison & Objet (FR)
2015 Illustrative IYA, Berlin (DE)
2015 Kunstnerforbundet juleutstilling, Oslo (NO)
2015 Norske Kunsthåndverkeres årsutstilling, Oslo (NO)
2015 Passionswege, Vienna (AT)
2015 100% Norway, London design week (UK)
2015 Maison & Objet, Paris (FR)
2015 Oslo design week, Lillestrøm (NO)
2015 Galleri A, Oslo (NO
2015 Collective design fair, New York (US)
2015 Is It So Collective, Oslo (NO)
2015 Norwegian Wood Art, Galleri FORMAT, Oslo (NO)
2015 Norwegian Presence, Milan (IT)
2015 Maison & Objet, Human Made (FR)
2015 IMM-furniture fair (DE)
Talks / workshops
2026 Artist presentation, Nasjonalmuseet, (NO)
2023 Modulating Craft, Stockholm Craft Week, (SE)
2019 Material Reflections performance, FORMAT, Oslo (NO)
2017 19 fylker, Nordenfjeldske kunstindustrimuseum (NO)
2017 Does the machine work for us or do we serve the machine? Podium (NO)
2016 A scientific spirit: Synopsium on emergent design
2016 strategies, Miami, (US)
2016 Arbeid med tre, Kunsvissitten, Akershus Kunssenter (NO)
2016 Norsk-bergverksmuseum (NO)
2016 Kunst- og håndverkskonferansen 2016 (NO)
2015 Workshop: Form i tre!, Kunstindustri
Grants
2025 Arbeidsstipend 3år, Kunsthåndverkere
2024 Diversestipend
2020 Arbeidsstipend 3år, Kunsthåndverkere
2015 Arbeidsstipend 3år, for yngre/nyetablerte kunstnere
education
2008 - 2011 BA Product Design, Høgskolen i Akershus (NO)
internship
2013 Tom Dixon (UK)