ABOUT STEPHAN WEISS STUDIO

Stephan Weiss (1938–2001) was an American sculptor, painter, and designer best known for his large-scale bronze works that merge abstraction with organic form. A self-taught artist who began his career as a jewelry and furniture designer before turning fully to sculpture in the 1970s, Weiss explored themes of movement, balance, and human connection through fluid, gestural shapes. His pieces often carry a sense of harmony between nature and the body, reflecting his interest in Eastern philosophy and modernist design.

In 1996, Stephan converted a refueling and repair station in Manhattan’s historical West Village into an 8,000-square-foot art studio. Stephan designed and oversaw the construction and installation of every element, from the enormous first-floor open space with twenty-two-foot ceilings where he worked (and kept his ever-growing motorcycle collection,) to the addition of a second floor with dramatic twenty-foot ceilings, a defining arched paneled window and huge working brick fireplace. A ceiling-to-floor paneled glass wall and doors look out onto the oasis of an unrivaled private rooftop garden with mature trees, also conceived and designed by Stephan.