In Spring of 2017, Egg Collective opened the doors to their first “Designing Women” group exhibition. It was meant to call attention to inequalities women experience within the male-dominated design industry, to encourage diversity of representation of women and to celebrate the talented women working in the field in New York City. Women of all ages, stages of their careers working in a variety of materials, scales and disciplines were celebrated.
Event posters, Shawna X
In Spring of 2018, Egg Collective presented “Designing Women II: Masters, Mavericks, Mavens”. The show featured an international group of work from both contemporary and historical female voices. The conversation was about how women have achieved success, blazed trails and furthered their craft over time.
Carman Winant, Body Index
This May, “Designing Women III: MOTHER” is inspired by a Harvard study finding how much the pay gap that exists between men and women can be explained by the “motherhood penalty”. It’s defined as the belief that mothers are less committed to their jobs than their male counterparts – even if the men are fathers – and therefore are not paid equally. The show challenges this norm by highlighting the work of 28 female artists and designers who are also mothers, and through their work are making notable contributions to the art and design landscape. Historical and contemporary works of both fine art and design are presented.
Charlotte Perriand, Loretta Pettway Bennett, Flow Plans
Co-curated with Tealia Ellis Ritter, the exhibition is on display at Egg Collective’s TriBeCa Showroom. Egg Collective is a New York-based design firm established by Stephanie Beamer, Crystal Ellis and Hillary Petrie. The firm also represents a small group of emerging and mid-career contemporary artists and designers. Tealia Ellis Ritter is a trained fine art photographer whose work contends with the intersecting roles of the photograph as personal document, marker of time and physical object. Ritter is a mother of two children. Hillary Petrie of Egg Collective is the mother of one.
Elizabeth Atterbury
Eva Zeisel, Schramberger Majolika-Fabrik Jug
Faith Ringgold, Dear Selma, Every Time I See A Dime, I Think Of You
Gae Aulenti, Jumbo table, Natasha and Helena Sultan, Armor Floor Lamp
Egg Collective, Landry Wall-Mount Bookcase, 2021
Imogen Cunningham, Glacial Lily (False Hellebore) & Golnar Adili Pink Letter, 2015
Jean Pelle, Lure Radiata, Lelia Vignelli, “Metaphora” Coffee Table,
Katrina Vonnegut, Bow Chair
Kelly Behun, Charm Table & Kai Avent-deLeon DV1 Divider
Line Vautrin
Lorretta Pettway Bennett, Tank
Louise Bourgeois, Hair & Boxes by Line Vautrin
Lucia Derspinis, “Beehive” Hanging Lamp & Maria Pergay Bureau / Wave Desk
Luna Paiva, Yucca
Rachel Cope, site specific installation using a tightly curated palette of oil sticks and gestural marks on raw linen or parchment paper
Renate Mueller, Universe II: Shadows on the Moon
Tahereh Fallahzadeh, Untitled and Untitled
Tealia Ellis Ritter, Protective Gestures
Curators
Designing Women III: MOTHER is on display at Egg Collective’s showroom at 151 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013 through May 29th, 2021.
Kelly Beall is senior editor at Design Milk. The Pittsburgh-based graphic designer and writer has had a deep love of art and design for as long as she can remember, and enjoys sharing her finds with others. When undistracted by great art and design, she can be found making a mess in the kitchen, consuming as much information as possible, or on the couch with her three pets. Find her @designcrush on social.
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