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Oliver Strand (b. 1989) is a woodworker and poet based in Gloucester, MA. He builds chairs with traditional handtools in a one-person woodshop, inspired by the green wood technology of the mid-eighteenth century. Strand holds an MFA from Brown University and in 2012 completed a one-year apprenticeship at Toyama Furniture in Ebina-shi, Japan, thanks to the support of a Michael C. Rockefeller Fellowship. His furniture, sculpture, and poetry has been exhibited at Adams and Ollman, SOLOWAY, 10b Projects, Various Small Fires, and the Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston). His poetry publications include Entropy, Burning House Press, Poor Claudia, The Brooklyn Review, and Synecdoche.

Industry Experience

2012-2013 – Studio Furniture Apprentice, Toyama Furniture, Ebina-shi, Kanagawa, Japan.

2014-2017 – Cabinetmaker, Ugol Woodworks, Providence, RI.

2018-2022 – Woodshop Coordinator, Dept. of Art, Film, and Visual Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

2018-present – Independent Studio Furniture Maker, Gloucester, MA