In Randy Shull's hands, wood ravaged by hurricanes gets transformed into mask-like forms and primitive implements. Birch plywood, carved into monumental forms, becomes furniture that traverses the boundaries of sculpture and painting. Extending his artistic practice beyond creating objects for the home, Shull also injects his style into the redesign and refurbishment of entire home environments. Created over two decades of artistic development and consisting of more than 30 pieces, this exhibition presents a mid-career survey of Randy Shull’s visionary art.

“In my life, in my work and in my travels I like the excitement of crossing boundaries. I love the interplay between lifestyle and work and the products that come out of that interaction. Sometimes it is painting, sometimes it is furniture design, sometime it its architecture, sometimes it is garden design, sometimes it is travel," the artist explains.

Pushing the limits of functional work and design in American craft over the past 20 years, Randy Shull’s work offers a window onto the changes in the field of craft and the blurred boundaries of art, craft and design.

About the Artist
Randy Shull is a North Carolina artist whose work has attracted critical acclaim nationwide. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1986. From 1987 to 1991 he was a resident at Penland School of Crafts and has since gone on to win several important career awards and to exhibit extensively nationwide with solo exhibitions at John Elder Gallery in New York City, Albers Fine Arts in Memephis, Hodges Taylor Gallery and the Mint Museum of Art. He has participated in many group shows including Celebrating the Creative Spirit, a traveling exhibition organized by the Mobile Museum of Art, Craft of the Carolinas at the Gibbes Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, and Art Miami, at the Leonora Vega Galelry in San Juan,  Puerto Rico. Shull was an artist in residence at Altos de Chavon,  Dominican Republic.

Randy Shull: Crossing Boundaries has been organized by the Gregg Museum of Art & Design, North Carolina State University. Support for this exhibition has been provided by the Windgate Charitable Foundation, Friends of the Gregg and the NC Arts Council. Local viewing of this exhibition has been made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the City of Bellevue.