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
2026 Lydgalleriet, Bergen (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
2025
Homo Faber, Venice, (IT)
2022
KÖSK, Oslo (NO)
2021
CUP x QB Gallery, (NO)
CUP, The Classen Library, (DK)
Earth, Wind, Fire, Water, Gustavsberg konsthall (SE)
2020
Jule-bordsetting, Pyton (NO)
Matters - Rethinking Materials (RO)
Tendenser 2020. Earth, Wind, Fire, Water, F15, Moss (NO)
2019
CHART, Danmarks design museum, Copenhagen (DK)
2018
Steinbeisser, Amsterdam, (NL)
Best of Europe, Homo Faber Event for Michelangelo Foundation, Venice (IT)
Norwegian presence, Milano (IT)
The dutch savannah, Museum de domijnen, (NL)
2017
Design Miami, Patrick Parrish gallery, Miami (US)
Nils Aas, Norsk Kunsthåndverk, (NO)
Norway x New York, sight unseen offsite, (US)
International Chopsticks Festival, Cheongju (ROK)
What wood would - Fortellinger i tre, NKIM, Trondheim (NO)
Det lokales logikk, NKIM, Trondheim (NO)
Fresh Paint Art fair, Te Laviv, (IL)
2016
The logic of the local, International Cultural Centre, Krakow (PL)
Ludological, TRAFO Szczecin (PL)
Sculptuure Bredelar, Bredelar (DE)
Structure, Milan (IT)
Steinbeisser, Amsterdam, (NL)
Akershus kunstsenter, Lillestrøm (NO)
Maison&Objet, Talents à la carte, Paris (FR)
2015
Kunsterforbundets, Oslo (NO)
Norske Kunsthåndverkeres årsutstilling, Oslo (NO)
Passionswege, Vienna (AT)
100% Norway, London design week (UK)
Oslo design week, Lillestrøm (NO)
Collective design fair, New York (US)
Norwegian Wood Art, Galleri FORMAT, Oslo (NO)
Norwegian presence, Milano (IT)
Maison & Objet, Human Made (FR)
Gave og Interiørmessen, Kneip (NO)
2014
Norske Kunsthåndverkeres årsutstilling, (KODE bergen, NO)
2013
Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Etienne (FR)
100% Norway, London (UK)
Paris Design Week (Look To Norway), Paris (FR)
2012
Gave- & interiørmessen, Lillestrøm (NO)
LIMITED LIMITLESSNESS, Berlin (DE)
ICFF, New York (US)
SaloneSatellite, Milan (IT)
2011
Designer Open (Look to Norway), Leipzig (DE)
Graduation Exhibition HIAK (Doga), Oslo (NO)
EuroDesignExhibition, Düsseldorf (DE)
SaloneSatellite, Milan (IT)
talks / workshop
2017
Does the machine work for us or, do we serve the machine? Podium (NO)
19 fylker / 19 counties, Det lokales logikk, NKIM, Trondheim (NO)
2016
A scientific spirit: Synopsium on emergent design strategies, Design Miami (US)
Arbeid med tre, Kunsvissitten, Akershus Kunssenter (NO)
Norsk-bergverksmuseum (NO)
Kunst- og håndverkskonferansen 2016 (NO)
2015
Workshop: Form i tre!, Kunstindustrimuseet (NO)
Persjonlig håndverk, bergen (NO)
grants
2015 Arbeidsstipend for nyetablerte NK, 3 år
2019 Arbeidsstipend for nyetablerte NK, 3 år
education
2008 - 2011 BA Product Design, Høgskolen i Akershus (NO)
internship
2013 Tom Dixon (UK)