Dotan Appelbaum 











Education 


2024 Master of Fine Arts in Furniture Design, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 

2024 Certificate in Collegiate Teaching in Art and Design, Rhode Island School of Design 

2022 Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Studio Art, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 

2021 Certificate, Nine Month Comprehensive, Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Rockport, ME 


Teaching Experience 


2025 Instructor of Record, Woodworking Techniques, Department of Craft and Material Studies, School of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

2025 Teaching Fellow, Sophomore Studio, Department of Furniture Design, Rhode Island  School of Design, Providence, RI 

2024 Teaching Fellow, Advanced Furniture Studio, Department of Furniture Design, Rhode 
Island School of Design, Providence, RI 

2024 Instructor of Record, Working With Veneer; Pattern and Image, Found and Made, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 

2024 Teaching Assistant to Meg Callahan and Aspen Golan, Sophomore Studio, Department of Furniture Design, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 

2023 Teaching Assistant to Lothar Windels, Design and Processes, Department of Furniture Design, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 

2023 Teaching Assistant to Jesse Groom, Nomadia, Department of Furniture Design, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 

2022 Teaching Assistant to Tula Telfair, Painting II, Studio Art Department, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 

2021 Teaching Assistant to Tula Telfair, Painting I, Studio Art Department, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 

2019 Instructor of Student Forum, Woodworking 101, Studio Art Department, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 


Honors and Awards 


2025-2026 Windgate Emerging Artist Fellow, Department of Craft and Material Studies, School of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

2024-2025 Teaching Fellowship, Department of Furniture Design, Rhode Island School of Design,  Providence, RI 

2025 Artist-in-Residence, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO 

2022 Honors, Studio Art Department, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 

2021 Student Best of Show, Design + Innovation, International Society of Furniture Designers, High Point, NC 

2021 First Place: Open Category, Fresh Woods Competition, AWFS Fair, Association of Woodworking and Furniture Suppliers, Las Vegas, NV 


Exhibitions


2026  Put Together, Placed Gallery, NYCxDesign Week pop-up, New York NY

2026  Labor and Adronment: Radical Craft in America, Superhouse, New York, NY

2025  Scope Art Fair, Placed Gallery Booth, Miami Beach, FL

2025  Solo Show, Severe Optimism, McEachern Art Center, Mercer Univeristy, Macon, GA

2025 Collectible Fair, Placed Gallery booth, New York, NY

2025 Unknown Friends, Nurture by Nature, Burlington, VT

2025 Wŏ Men (Us), group show curated by Wu Hanyen and Emily Lindberg celebrating their  feature in Dwell Magazine, Providence, RI

2025 Renewal, 31st annual juried exhibition, Wharton Esherick Museum, Malvern, PA. Juried by Rosanne Somerson, Jennifer Scanlan, and Emily Zilber

2024  The Art of Craftsmanship, Peters Valley Gallery, Peters Valley School of Craft, Sandyston, NJ 

2024  Solo Show, The Future Is Over, Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI 

2024  Jonald Dudd, independent group show, NYC Design Week, New York, NY 

2023 Graduate Biennial, Sol Koffler Gallery, Department of Furniture Design, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 

2023 Not In My Home, Rhode Island Design Week, DESIGNxRI, Providence, RI 

2023 Illuminated Faces, Brown RISD Hillel, Providence RI 

2022  Furniture Design Triennial, Woods Gerry Gallery, Department of Furniture Design, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 

2022  It’s Mutual, Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 

2022  Solo Show, TRUCE, Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 

2021  Innovation + Design Showcase, International Society of Furniture Designers, High Point, NC 

2021  Current Student Work, Messler Gallery, Rockport, ME 


Publications 


2026  Ones to Watch: The Naturalist,  Architectural Digest, May 2026

2024 “Fiberglass Chairs, Rodeo-Inspired Lamps, and More From Jonalddudd’s 2024 Show,” Curbed from New York Magazine, New York, NY. https://www.curbed.com/article/nyc-design-jonalddudd-chairs-furniture-lamps.html 

2024 “Art on display at the RISD Graduate Thesis Exhibition,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI 

2021 Fresh Woods Design Book, Association of Woodworking and Furniture Suppliers 

2021 “‘Current Student Work’ showcases emerging artists at Messler Gallery,” Penobscot Bay Pilot, Camden, ME, https://www.penbaypilot.com/article/current-student-work-showcases-emerging-artists- messler-gallery/146271 

2021 “ISFD holds second juried competition,” Woodshop News, 

2021 “BONUS: Innovation + Design Recap,” Design Between the Lines Podcast