BIOEna Dubnoff creates elegant turned wood pieces crafted on a wood lathe. An architect by profession, she applies the same aesthetic and problem solving skills finely honed in her architectural projects to her work in wood. She shapes her various wooden objects into art that often incorporates architectural materials such as concrete and engineered wood. Her work takes a variety of forms: bowls, vases; and wood to wear – bangles, cuffs, earrings and neckpieces.
Ena Dubnoff studied at the University of Southern California where she received a Bachelor of Architecture degree, graduating cum laude, and at Columbia University where she earned a Masters Degree in Urban Design. At U.S.C. she received numerous awards, including the AIA Medal for Excellence in Architecture, and from Columbia she earned a William Kinne Fellows traveling fellowship which allowed her to travel widely and to spend a year in India. She established her own practice in 1984 and her focus has been designing multi-family housing for low-income households and projects for providers of social services for local communities. Her work has been recognized by many publications. Among her awards are several from the American Institute of Architects and the Los Angeles Conservancy. She has been recognized by the Urban Land Institute and is a recipient of the California Governors Award for Historic Preservation.
Dubnoff has lectured extensively and been a faculty member at the University of Southern California, Southern California Institute of Architecture, and Pennsylvania State University. She served for many years as a board member of the Los Angeles Community Design Center. Ena Dubnoff is now devoting most of her time to woodturning. Her work can currently be seen at Ten Women Gallery Main Street in Santa Monica and at Craft Contemporary in Los Angeles. She exhibited at the American Craft Council Shows in San Francisco from 2016-2019. Many of her pieces have been selected for inclusion in juried exhibitions including “Turnabout Women at the Lathe” 2018, and in the American Association of Woodturners International Juried Exhibitions: “Continuum”, 2018, “Step up to the Plate” 2020, “Elements” 2021, “Finding the Center” 2021, “Bridging the Gap” 2022, "Form and Content", and "Out of the Woods" 2023. Click for Galleries, Exhibitions and Awards. FIGURED MAPLE BOWL
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