Gallery of Functional Art

Besides good art, this is the greatest gift store in LA. I even had my wedding registry there. Excellent art for the home at every price point and lots of cool, unique items — especially jewelry.

This place is so cute, if you are looking for the neatest artsy signature pieces to put in your house you will surely find something here from silverware to a chandelier type light fixture that is made out of everything you’d find on a dining room table, oh and little doggies made of what appeared to be newspaper and magazines. I wasn’t offered help by the staff, but I may have not looked like I needed it. Unusual items and a cool location that’s a fun walk through, worth a trip.

While visiting the Gallery of Funtional Art with my boyfriend in January I spotted this pair of beaaauuutifullll earrings that my boyfriend also found exceptional. I graciously hinted that they would be a good Valentines Day gift and we left the gallery after browsing the rest of the merch.
Unbeknownst to me, my boyfriend visited the gallery again in the beginning of February to purchase the earrings for me, only to find that the one and only pair had already been sold. The girls working at the gallery told my boyfriend that they could contact the artist and commission another pair to be made just for me, but that they would most likely not be ready in time for Valentines Day. My boyfriend strung me along about my gift until the beginning of March, when he surprised me with the amazing earrings by Pade Vavra.
Both my boyfriend and I were blown away by the extra effort made by the gallery employees in order to help him get me the gift I truly wanted. Kudos to great customer service! I will definitely come back here for unique one of a kind jewelry and gifts in the future!

I love there stuff. Lot of items recycled into art. Also a very large retail shop/​space. Lots of the items in the shop are unique, but a large portion are avaliable elsewhere at a much lower price.

Ever walked into a gallery and thought, all that wonderful art but even if I could afford it, what am I supposed to DO with it? That’s where these guys come in. Fabulous functional art you can not only afford, but actually USE!
Think large scale paper lanterns a la Dune, moulded chairs from recycled post-​consumer product, found item mosaic framed mirrors, lucite clocks, golden pig piggy banks, one of a kind jewelry, vases, hand forged silverware, sublime ceramics and table top accessories galore, all the way down to the little things like unique stationary, wrap and cards.
This is the ultimate toy store for any art appreciator, full of limited edition high design items and a fabulous spot to find a great gift even the pickiest of peeps will thank you for over and over. And since it’s attached to an actual gallery in Bergamot Station it’s a great opp to check out the less accessible eye candy, too.