Kipp Stewart was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1928 and moved to Southern California at an early age.

At the age of 15 years old, Kipp’s artistic senses were deeply moved by pencil drawings in a store window along Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. In the 1940’s, Kipp then enrolled in the influential Chouinard Art Institute (now the California Institute of the Arts) in LA. The Los Angeles Mid-Century Modern movement was in vogue and it was here that Kipp began his furniture designs.

Kipp Stewart’s creative legacy would eventually encompass three worlds: Furniture Design, Architecture and Painting, each reflecting his distinctive eye for form, material, and composition. Internationally recognized for his award-winning furniture designs and celebrated architectural works, his designs have been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, the Pasadena Museum, and the Santa Barbara Museum, while his furniture has also been selected for the White House collection.

Alongside these achievements, Stewart maintained a deeply personal painting practice for more than three decades. His artwork, ranging from still lifes and coastal landscapes to expressive abstractions, offers an intimate perspective on the creative vision that shaped one of California's most accomplished designers.