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1—5
(except opening Fridays & between exhibitions)

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SANCHEZ ART center

1220-B Linda Mar

Pacifica, CA 94044

650.355.1894

fax 650.355.1752

 

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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.