Gideon Holdgate

Gideon Holdgate has always worked with his hands, rooting from helping his dad as a scallop fish­er­man on Nantucket Island, and spend­ing his summers as a preser­va­tion carpen­ter and handy­man. After a few years learn­ing under an inspir­ing wood shop teacher in high school, that would push him to go above and beyond gluing up simple cutting boards, Gideon enrolled in MassArt’s Sculp­ture program with a focus on fine wood­work­ing to progress his skills in furni­ture making. Through­out the course of his under­grad­u­ate studies, Gideon designed and built furni­ture pieces and wooden sculp­tures that would go on to sell in galleries across Nantucket and Boston, as well as in the annual MassArt auction. During his time as a student, and contin­u­ing past his grad­u­a­tion, Gideon worked as a wood shop monitor and instruc­tor and both the Harvard Univer­sity Carpen­ter Center for Visual Arts, as well as in the wood shop of MassArt. Gideon has since moved back home to Nantucket, MA, where he is devel­op­ing his own shop space to continue build­ing furni­ture and sculp­ture by commission.