Chris Carnabuci started his career in woodworking over 30 years ago as an innovative, furniture-as-art designer/craftsman. In 2012, he began using CNC fabrication to create his pieces. His self-taught method of stacked wood sculpting was exhibited in his first piece for public exhibition: “Fertility”, depicting the goddess Aphrodite emerging from an egg, exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in April 2014, and then auctioned at Sotheby’s.

The success of “Fertility” gave Carnabuci the impetus to continue with CNC sculpting, culminating in “Mariposita”, a 22’ high piece funded by an honorarium for the Burning Man art festival in Nevada, 2019. Since then, it has exhibited in Toronto and Mexico City, and in 2022 appears in Istanbul and NYC, as well as a 2/3 scale reproduction commissioned by Dreamland in Austin, TX.

During the pandemic lockdown, Carnabuci garnered public attention with a 12’ tall bust of George Floyd, the victim of police brutality. This led to two more sculptures - Breonna Taylor and John Lewis. These three pieces make up the SeeInJustice exhibit which was unveiled in October, 2021 at Union Square, NYC. Plans for the Breonna sculpture include an exhibit in her hometown of Louisville, KY, an auction at Sotheby’s and a Breonna Taylor NFT drop.

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