| Sanchez
Art Center is pleased to present an exhibition of sculpture by Sam
Perry. Curve is the perfect title for Perry’s exhibit;
his forms curve, weave, and intertwine in shapes that become metaphors
for human feelings and interactions. The artist first learned how
to sculpt wood as a teenager in his family’s Honolulu canoe shop,
where he learned that “wood is not lumber; it’s a being with a legacy
of its own.” Perry is fascinated with the stories told by the pieces
of wood he works with, the ups and downs of a tree’s life and its
ultimate mortality. All of the wood he uses has fallen naturally,
and much of it comes from Runnymede Sculpture Farm in Woodside,
California, where he has worked for over twenty years.
| Sam
Perry will be interviewed by Richard Whittaker, founder and
editor of works & conversations magazine, on Sunday,
June 28, at 3 pm. |
Perry left Hawaii
in 1982 to study at California College of Arts and Crafts (now the
California College of the Arts) in Oakland, where he studied ceramics
with renowned ceramic sculptor Viola Frey, later becoming her assistant
for many years. Around 1999–2000, he began working with wood. Perry
received an MFA from the California College of Arts and Crafts,
and is currently the Director of Installation and Conservation at
Runnymede Sculpture Farm. His career includes multiple solo exhibitions,
most recently at St. Mary’s College in Moraga in 2014, and Rena
Bransten Gallery in San Francisco in 2013. Perry’s work is also
in the permanent public collections of Runnymede Sculpture Farm
in Woodside, and di Rosa Preserve in Napa. See more of his work
at www.samperrystudio.com.
Sanchez Art Center
is located at 1220 Linda Mar Boulevard in Pacifica, 1.5 miles east
of Highway 1. Following opening night, the galleries are open Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday, 1–5 pm, and by appointment, through June 28.
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