MICHAEL BENNETT
Born Louisiana, USA, 1985
An interdisciplinary artist, Bennett creates works that engender empathy, harmony, congregation, and connection. guided by his ancestral roots, the objects and spaces he creates are deeply embedded in the experiences and traditions of the African diaspora. Inspired by a sense of community and the senegalese and Haitian customs of oral storytelling, Bennett’s works are rich with narrative, living repositories that invite cultural dialogue and intimate conversation. In this celebration of history, storytelling, and craftsmanship, He explores form and language across various spatial scales, utilizing sculpture, architecture, and furniture design to communicate through space
By Integrating contemporary and historical elements while balancing an understanding of blackness in America with a global diasporic perspective, Bennett explores themes of race, identity, politics, and intersectionality. His work is rooted in the ideas of place and community through references to historically Black cultural motifs and object-histories, and consciously challenges dominant Western domestic codes
A former NFL Player and a super bowl champion, Bennett studied at the Heritage School of Design in Seattle and the University of Hawaii’s School of Architecture, where he focused on the reclamation of public space through the study of spatial theory and architectural typologies. Based in Hawaii, He founded his atelier, studio Kër, in 2024. An Activist and bestselling author, Bennett is an advocate for numerous causes and organizations across the globe, including an endowment for students from low-income homes at Rhode Island School of Design
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MICHAEL BENNETT
MICHAEL BENNETT
Born Louisiana, USA, 1985
An interdisciplinary artist, Bennett creates works that engender empathy, harmony, congregation, and connection. guided by his ancestral roots, the objects and spaces he creates are deeply embedded in the experiences and traditions of the African diaspora. Inspired by a sense of community and the senegalese and Haitian customs of oral storytelling, Bennett’s works are rich with narrative, living repositories that invite cultural dialogue and intimate conversation. In this celebration of history, storytelling, and craftsmanship, He explores form and language across various spatial scales, utilizing sculpture, architecture, and furniture design to communicate through space
By Integrating contemporary and historical elements while balancing an understanding of blackness in America with a global diasporic perspective, Bennett explores themes of race, identity, politics, and intersectionality. His work is rooted in the ideas of place and community through references to historically Black cultural motifs and object-histories, and consciously challenges dominant Western domestic codes
A former NFL Player and a super bowl champion, Bennett studied at the Heritage School of Design in Seattle and the University of Hawaii’s School of Architecture, where he focused on the reclamation of public space through the study of spatial theory and architectural typologies. Based in Hawaii, He founded his atelier, studio Kër, in 2024. An Activist and bestselling author, Bennett is an advocate for numerous causes and organizations across the globe, including an endowment for students from low-income homes at Rhode Island School of Design
STUDIOTWENTYSEVEN