MARTHA STURDY

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Education

1978, Major in Sculpture, Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, Vancouver, Canada

Awards

2006

  • Martha Sturdy conferred an Honorary Doctor of Letters degree at the Emily Carr Institute
  • The first BC Creative Achievement Awards of Distinction presented to Martha Sturdy in recognition of profound contributions to the very best of applied art and design in BC.
  • Provincial Government awards Sturdy for her excellence with the BC Achievement Award of Distinction

2005

  • Martha Sturdy inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA)


2002

  • Golden Jubilee Medal, Governor General of Canada
  • UNI.CA names Martha Sturdy as one of the top 135 people in Canada

2001

  • March issue, Metropolitan Home Magazine, named one of the top 20 designers/artists to watch for in the next decade

2000

  • Emily Award, awarded by the Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design to outstanding alumni members

1999

  • Best Contemporary Designer, Decorex International, London, England

1998

  • Best New Product Award – Bath, America’s Premiere Bed, Bath & Linen Show, New York Home Textiles Show
  • West Vancouver 75 Achievers Awards, Vancouver, BC

1987

  • Entrepreneurial Award, City of Vancouver


Media

Style at Home 1998
Italian, French & English Vogue
Vancouver Magazine 1999
Toronto Life Fashion 1999
Metropolitan Home 2000
Elle Décor
Metropolitan Home 2002
NBRS, AudioVision Canada (AVC) 2002
Harper’s Bazaar
RM Fieldbook 2003
Architectural Digest 2003
Gardening Life 2003
Canadian House and Home 2004
Scarlet 2004
Perspective 2005
House and Garden 2006
National Post Interview with Linda Reeves, 2007
Martha is also regularly featured in Vogue, Elle and Flair magazines


With an international reputation as our leading Canadian designer of furniture, home accessories, jewellery and wall sculptures, Martha Sturdy is also known for creating her distinctive artworks that are bold, clean and simple. Martha takes artistic simplicity and makes oversized statements using materials such as casting resin, brass, steel and leather. Martha’s originals are ever changing and represent three decades of artistic evolution.