Tiarra Bell is an emerging furniture designer who holds a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from Rhode Island School of Design.
The core of my work is an external reflection of my internal thoughts. I am interested in making furniture that does not only focus on aesthetics but rather creating a body of work that tells a story and communicates a message. I express the inexpressible by using my Biblical beliefs as a premise for my artistic expression. I'm able to translate those verbalized beliefs into something that is visual and tangible. I’m intrigued by how something that’s not visual, such as words, ideologies, or ethics can become something that you can plainly see, and touch.
Exhibitions
This is America - Hello Human, Aditions, Canoa -Milan Design Week 2022
The New Guard: Stories From The New World - Carpenters Workshop Gallery 2021-2022
Do It (Home) - Hans Ulrich Obrist, National YoungArts Foundation & Independent Curator International 2020
RISD Senior Show - Wanted Design 2020
RISD X Mabeo - Milan Design Week 2019
RISD X Mabeo - International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) 2019
RISD Department of Furniture Design Triennial 2019
Providence Fine Furnishings Show 2019
Design Arts Finalist - National YoungArts Foundation 2016
Publications
VOGUE MOVES IN | Sustainability Trailblazers
British Vogue January 2024 “Vogue New Year Nest”,“At Home With Vogue”, & “There's No Place Like” - British Vogue January, February, March 2023
How Tiarra Bell Weaves Furniture Design Together With Her Faith - Maritette Williams M.S., Hunker 2022
The Dwell 24: Bellafonté Studio - Aaron Smithson, Dwell 2022
The Best of the 2022 Salone Del Mobile – Part V - Jill Singer, Sight Unseen 2022
This is America: 15 diverse design practices shine in Milan - Pei-Ru Keh, Wallpaper 2022
Our Favorite Forward-Looking Designs From Salone del Mobile 2022 - Emily R. Pellerin, Dwell 2022
"Emerging designers explore identity and ‘the new world’ at Carpenters Workshop Gallery" - Jareh Das, Wallpaper 2021
"Some of What Wendy Loved the Most at This Year’s Design Week" - Wendy Goodman, New York Magazine, Curbed 2021
"6 Enthralling Art and Design Exhibitions to See in New York Now" - Lucy Rees, Galerie 2021
"The Viewing Room | New Guard: Stories from the New World" - Carpenters Workshop Gallery 2021
"In The Mix |The New Guard: Stories from the New World" - Design Miami 2021
"The New Guard: Stories from the New World" - Adrian Madlener, The Design Edit 2021
"Anava Projects | The New Guard: Stories from the New World" - Anava Projects 2021
"The Next Generation at Carpenters Workshop Gallery" - Daniella Ohad, Ph.D, Daniella On Design 2021
Eye-Catching Designs from Carpenters Workshop Gallery in New York - Interior Design 2021
"AD 100 Game Changers: Tiarra Bell" - Architectural Digest Italy 2021
"#HeroesMake | Meet Tiarra Bell" - Eve-Lena Shermaine Pinder, Tiny WPA 2020
"Salone del Mobile 2019: RISD and Mabeo create charming furniture objects for the Milan fair" - Avantika Shankar, Architectural Digest India 2019
"Designing Equity" - National Endowment for the Arts and the Surdna Foundation 2016
"Reshaping a Community by Design" - The Barra Foundation 2015