Petroff Design 2023 Studio Open House and Sale
Annual Studio Gallery Open House and Sale
Petroff Design Studio Gallery, Toronto
October 13 – 15, 2023
10 am – 5 pm ET
Each year, artist and art consultant Sara Petroff opens her home studio gallery with an exhibition that draws a crowd. Joining her this year is sculptor Andrew Benyei, along with jewellery artists Eric Allen Montgomery and Debby Noar.
About the Artists:
Sara Petroff, English History Class
Sara Petroff
Drawn to salvaging traces of time, Sara up-cycles obsolete and discarded ephemera, reframing history in highly unusual, emotionally engaging ways.
Her recent mixed media 3D sculptural collages are turning heads and dropping jaws.
Sculpted entirely from salvaged vintage and antique books, documents and nostalgia otherwise headed for the landfill, Sara reinterprets discarded markers of cultural memory in ways that expand their meaning, relevance and interest.
Often in the form of clothing, these works are never intended as historical costume but rather as an intimate space into which the viewer projects their own memories.
Sara’s work belongs in public museums and galleries. Her artworks are richly layered and thought-provoking visual excavations, expressing history in riveting visual experiences. You must see them in person to truly appreciate their depths.
Andrew Benyei, I Beam
Andrew Benyei
Andrew Benyei is best known for his figurative sculptures; his work is expressive and contemporary, capturing human dynamics, and displaying empathy with his subjects. Whether sculpted in bronze, clay, hydrocal, resin, fibreglass or polyurethane, his interpretation is excitingly fresh and new.
Andrew’s award-winning work has earned accolades from critics and art enthusiasts. His work is bought and commissioned by both corporate and private collectors around the world. He has been invited to exhibit his sculpture worldwide including New Zealand, Spain, Asia and the United States where his work is in corporate, public and private collections.
Images (left to right): Eric Allen Montgomery & Debby Noar jewellery pieces
Eric Allen Montgomery
Utilizing a wide variety of found, altered and up-cycled objects, Eric’s mixed media assemblage jewellery pieces are visual narratives.
Linking the technical expertise of a craftsperson, the aesthetic explorations of an artist and the wit of a story teller, his wearable art begins conversations.
Eric is also an independent curator, working with private and corporate art collections and assists exhibition installations at the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery in Waterloo.
Debby Noar – DCN Designs
For over 25 years beading has been Debby’s artistic passion. Learning the intricate techniques, creating and following patterns, the tiny beads and string are symbolic of many life lessons: patience and concentration and dreaming of all the abundant possibilities.
DCN designs are hand-made with tiny Japanese Delica and Toho beads and Czech glass beads. Each piece is woven together one bead at a time with high quality, micro fused braided thread. Through her intricate jewellery, Debby is weaving community one bead at a time.
Petroff Design Studio Gallery
11 Beaver Valley Road
North York, ON M3H 4R8
www.petroffdesign.com
Contact: sara@petroffdesign.com
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