Christy Oates

Christy Oates (born 1980) is an American woodworker and furniture designer.

Oates was born in Bloomington, Wisconsin, and later lived in La Crosse. She received her BFA in furniture design at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and completed her MFA, also in furniture design, at San Diego State University; her thesis exhibition was the subject of a piece in American Woodworker magazine. Oates was among the artists featured in the exhibit "40 Under 40: Craft Futures" at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, and two of her pieces were subsequently accessioned by the museum.