Exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery: Minuscule from May 3rd to June 6th, 2014

Artist Bio:
Artist Biography:
Zoë Williams creates otherworldly creatures that serve as spirit guides. Her sculptures are inspired by dreams, visions, and the collective unconscious. Born in 1983 in New Orleans, LA, Zoë Williams holds a BA in Fine Art from the University of New Orleans and a Certificate in Fiber Art from the University of Washington. Her work in needle felted wool has been exhibited in galleries around the world. She currently lives and works in New York City.

Artist Website:
http://zoewilliams.com/index.html

Exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery:
- Minuscule from May 3rd to June 6th, 2014

Jessica Dalva grew up in northern California and moved to Los Angeles to study illustration at Otis College of Art and Design. She spends her time sculpting, painting, sewing, building puppets and props, illustrating, and generally making things. She finds great satisfaction in discovering new materials and, perhaps due to curiosity, perhaps restlessness, she is constantly playing with fresh modes of creative problem solving by exploring unfamiliar techniques and tools. She is fascinated by the seemingly infinite possibilities that are presented in the human form, and is always striving towards a better understanding of the figure, as well as the anatomies of other creatures. The complexities of nature and the wide array of human struggle and experience are constant inspirations and explorations in her work.

Artist Website: http://jessicadalva.com

Exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery: Minuscule from May 3rd to June 6th, 2014

Jessica Dalva grew up in northern California and moved to Los Angeles to study illustration at Otis College of Art and Design. She spends her time sculpting, painting, sewing, building puppets and props, illustrating, and generally making things. She finds great satisfaction in discovering new materials and, perhaps due to curiosity, perhaps restlessness, she is constantly playing with fresh modes of creative problem solving by exploring unfamiliar techniques and tools. She is fascinated by the seemingly infinite possibilities that are presented in the human form, and is always striving towards a better understanding of the figure, as well as the anatomies of other creatures. The complexities of nature and the wide array of human struggle and experience are constant inspirations and explorations in her work.

Artist Website:
http://jessicadalva.com/

3 pieces: Small Curiosity I, Small Curiosity II and Small Curiosity III for the exhibition
Glass dome is not included.

Exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery: Minuscule from May 3rd to June 6th, 2014

Ellen Jewett was born in Markham Ontario, Canada and raised among snails. She took to shaping three dimensional forms naturally and obsessively at a young age. To Ellen, sculpting has always been about life; biological narratives, emotions, movement, balance and observations about life’s subtleties and overtures. Her aesthetic ranges from the hyper-real, to the surreal,fantastic, and the grotesque. Ellen’s creative process is truly her own, she enjoys making and engineering original material combinations to suit her needs. She has always worked by the principle that materials should conform to her vision, rather than confine her vision to the limits of a material. It is in this way that she produces mixed media sculptures that achieve an otherworldly quality.

In 2007 Ellen completed her post-secondary education with honours in Biological Anthropology and Fine Art from McMaster University. She hit the ground running and became a full-time studio artist without pause. As a lover of life and the mechanisms of both art and nature, Ellen continues to supplement her knowledge with professional courses and apprenticeships. She aspires to pursue graduate work in anthrozoology whilst maintaining her life as a studio artist. Ellen has, at various times, taken on the instructors role and enjoys teaching sculpture at all levels. Her favourite class to date was children’s clay animation for the city of Hamilton Ontario. Ellen is looking forward to travelling and offering more courses and workshops in the future.

When working in her studio Ellen enjoys the company of her vast menagerie of ‘second-hand’ animals, drinking heroic quantities of coffee and listening to audio books, online university courses and, when she wants to give her brain a rest, the food network. Ellen finds this immersion in thought and ideas helps to create the depth and spontaneity in her sculptural narratives. Outside the studio Ellen is a prolific hiker, amateur organic farmer, women’s crisis counselling volunteer and professional animal trainer.

Artist Website: http://creaturesfromel.ca/index.html

3 pieces: Small Curiosity I, Small Curiosity II and Small Curiosity III for the exhibition
Glass dome is not included.

Exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery: Minuscule from May 3rd to June 6th, 2014

Ellen Jewett was born in Markham Ontario, Canada and raised among snails. She took to shaping three dimensional forms naturally and obsessively at a young age. To Ellen, sculpting has always been about life; biological narratives, emotions, movement, balance and observations about life’s subtleties and overtures. Her aesthetic ranges from the hyper-real, to the surreal,fantastic, and the grotesque. Ellen’s creative process is truly her own, she enjoys making and engineering original material combinations to suit her needs. She has always worked by the principle that materials should conform to her vision, rather than confine her vision to the limits of a material. It is in this way that she produces mixed media sculptures that achieve an otherworldly quality.

In 2007 Ellen completed her post-secondary education with honours in Biological Anthropology and Fine Art from McMaster University. She hit the ground running and became a full-time studio artist without pause. As a lover of life and the mechanisms of both art and nature, Ellen continues to supplement her knowledge with professional courses and apprenticeships. She aspires to pursue graduate work in anthrozoology whilst maintaining her life as a studio artist. Ellen has, at various times, taken on the instructors role and enjoys teaching sculpture at all levels. Her favourite class to date was children’s clay animation for the city of Hamilton Ontario. Ellen is looking forward to travelling and offering more courses and workshops in the future.

When working in her studio Ellen enjoys the company of her vast menagerie of ‘second-hand’ animals, drinking heroic quantities of coffee and listening to audio books, online university courses and, when she wants to give her brain a rest, the food network. Ellen finds this immersion in thought and ideas helps to create the depth and spontaneity in her sculptural narratives. Outside the studio Ellen is a prolific hiker, amateur organic farmer, women’s crisis counselling volunteer and professional animal trainer.

Artist Website: http://creaturesfromel.ca/index.html

3″ x 2″ x 1″
Polymer, Oil Paint, Wire and Pigments

3 pieces: Small Curiosity I, Small Curiosity II and Small Curiosity III for the exhibition
Glass dome is not included.

Exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery: Minuscule from May 3rd to June 6th, 2014

Ellen Jewett was born in Markham Ontario, Canada and raised among snails. She took to shaping three dimensional forms naturally and obsessively at a young age. To Ellen, sculpting has always been about life; biological narratives, emotions, movement, balance and observations about life’s subtleties and overtures. Her aesthetic ranges from the hyper-real, to the surreal,fantastic, and the grotesque. Ellen’s creative process is truly her own, she enjoys making and engineering original material combinations to suit her needs. She has always worked by the principle that materials should conform to her vision, rather than confine her vision to the limits of a material. It is in this way that she produces mixed media sculptures that achieve an otherworldly quality.

In 2007 Ellen completed her post-secondary education with honours in Biological Anthropology and Fine Art from McMaster University. She hit the ground running and became a full-time studio artist without pause. As a lover of life and the mechanisms of both art and nature, Ellen continues to supplement her knowledge with professional courses and apprenticeships. She aspires to pursue graduate work in anthrozoology whilst maintaining her life as a studio artist. Ellen has, at various times, taken on the instructors role and enjoys teaching sculpture at all levels. Her favourite class to date was children’s clay animation for the city of Hamilton Ontario. Ellen is looking forward to travelling and offering more courses and workshops in the future.

When working in her studio Ellen enjoys the company of her vast menagerie of ‘second-hand’ animals, drinking heroic quantities of coffee and listening to audio books, online university courses and, when she wants to give her brain a rest, the food network. Ellen finds this immersion in thought and ideas helps to create the depth and spontaneity in her sculptural narratives. Outside the studio Ellen is a prolific hiker, amateur organic farmer, women’s crisis counselling volunteer and professional animal trainer.

Artist Website: http://creaturesfromel.ca/index.html

Exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery: Minuscule from May 3rd to June 6th, 2014. Sold out during the exhibition, more sculptures requested and added during Designer Con, 2014.

Artist Biography:
Matthew Levin moved to Los Angeles in 2008 to work as a digital sculptor. A year later, he happened upon a box of super sculpey and a love affair began. Since then, his work has been shown on TV’s “NCIS”, displayed in numerous galleries, and commissioned by Guillermo del Toro, among others. Sculptural explorations into moments of transformation, mutation, growth, evolution, his work attempts to shine a light on the grace within the grotesque. It’s easy to love something pretty. We’re capable of much more than that.

“Mr Levin’s portraiture is both quirky and mesmerizing. Each of his little sculptural sketches becomes a three-dimensional snapshot of the bizarre. Just as the eyes in a classical portrait are meant to ‘follow’ you through the room, so will these disquieting Homunculi.”
- Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy)

Artist Website: http://www.matthewjlevin.com/

Exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery: Minuscule from May 3rd to June 6th, 2014. Sold out during the exhibition, more sculptures requested and added during Designer Con, 2014.

Artist Biography:
Matthew Levin moved to Los Angeles in 2008 to work as a digital sculptor. A year later, he happened upon a box of super sculpey and a love affair began. Since then, his work has been shown on TV’s “NCIS”, displayed in numerous galleries, and commissioned by Guillermo del Toro, among others. Sculptural explorations into moments of transformation, mutation, growth, evolution, his work attempts to shine a light on the grace within the grotesque. It’s easy to love something pretty. We’re capable of much more than that.

“Mr Levin’s portraiture is both quirky and mesmerizing. Each of his little sculptural sketches becomes a three-dimensional snapshot of the bizarre. Just as the eyes in a classical portrait are meant to ‘follow’ you through the room, so will these disquieting Homunculi.”
- Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy)

Artist Website: http://www.matthewjlevin.com/