Elliott Louis Gallery Canadian Fine Art

Jeff Petry  Media/Press  ·    Bio  ·    Video  ·     ·  Exhibitions:   OPERNBALL click to view video  ·  Photo Mission : Three Stories click for videos


There is little comfort left in the idea of citizen-ship, especially when it comes to national citizenship. For this body of work I was interested in exploring the concept of the citizen not in terms of nationality, but rather in relation to youth and masculinity - knowing well that these topics are embedded with plenty of narratives around privilege, isolation, rebellion, agency, sexuality, alienation, nostalgia, fiction, to name a few.


I am interested in portraying unaltered sites - found locations - that reveal the subjectivity of my figures, despite their constructed roles.  The single figures in these images play on narratives that are collective and individual, ficticious and autobiographical, fantastic and banal.


 




Click on the thumbnails below to view a larger image.

Jeff Petry - This is My Vessel (edition of 2) - click for larger image

This is My Vessel (edition of 2)
37 x 37 Inches 
c-print mounted on aluminum
$3,200
#1 of 2 is sold
Jeff Petry - This Boy Sat (edition of 6) - click for larger image

This Boy Sat (edition of 6)
37 x 37 Inches 
c-print mounted on aluminum
$3,200
Jeff Petry - Treading (edition of 6) - click for larger image

Treading (edition of 6)
37 x 37 Inches 
c-print mounted on aluminum
$3,200
Jeff Petry - It's Okay, We'll Both Go (edition of 6) - click for larger image

It's Okay, We'll Both Go (edition of 6)
37 x 37 Inches 
c-print mounted on aluminum
$3,200
Jeff Petry - Life at the bottom of a well (edition of 6) - click for larger image

Life at the bottom of a well (edition of 6)
37 x 37 Inches 
c-print mounted on aluminum
$3,200
Jeff Petry - Home (edition of 3) - click for larger image

Home (edition of 3)
37 x 37 Inches 
c-print mounted on aluminum
$3,200
#1 of 3 is sold
Jeff Petry - 29 Years Old (edition of 6) - click for larger image

29 Years Old (edition of 6)
37 x 37 Inches 
c-print mounted on aluminum
$3,200
Jeff Petry - Opernball I (edition of 2) - click for larger image

Opernball I (edition of 2)
47 x 71.5 Inches 
c-print mounted on aluminum
$4,200
Jeff Petry - Opernball II (edition of 2) - click for larger image

Opernball II (edition of 2)
26 x 40 Inches 
c-print mounted on aluminum
$1,800
Jeff Petry - Opernball III (edition of 2) - click for larger image

Opernball III (edition of 2)
26 x 40 Inches 
c-print mounted on aluminum
$1,800
Jeff Petry - Opernball IV (edition of 2) - click for larger image

Opernball IV (edition of 2)
26 x 40 Inches 
c-print mounted on aluminum
$1,800
Jeff Petry - Opernball V (edition of 2) - click for larger image

Opernball V (edition of 2)
26 x 40 Inches 
c-print mounted on aluminum
$1,800
Jeff Petry - Opernball VI (edition of 2) - click for larger image

Opernball VI (edition of 2)
26 x 40 Inches 
c-print mounted on aluminum
$1,800
Jeff Petry - Opernball Vll (edition of 2); diptych - click for larger image

Opernball Vll (edition of 2); diptych
26 x 80 Inches 
c-print mounted on aluminum
$3,600
Jeff Petry - Opernball VII diptych (detail left side) - click for larger image

Opernball VII diptych (detail left side)
26 x 40 Inches 
c-print mounted on aluminum
Jeff Petry - Opernball VII diptych (detail right side) - click for larger image

Opernball VII diptych (detail right side)
26 x 40 Inches 
c-print mounted on aluminum
Please email the gallery to view more works by Jeff Petry.


Biography
Born under the ever oscillating skies and long cast shadows of the Prairies – there was time to think – time to absorb.  This osmosis (a constant), created pathways paved of quiet glances.  The sun was direct – seldom diffused.  This made shadows, broad moments of comfort and knowing.  A recognition of light and it's contours of absence.

Jeff Petry has been photographing and living in Vancouver and Vienna for the past 5 years.  Maintaining a life of constant change, not unlike the atmosphere of Manitoba where he was born in 1976, and raised until going abroad.  One of the founding members of the Cartelera Talent House and a member of Nobasura, Jeff spends most of his time in Vancouver surfing, traveling, & producing visual works.



Group Exhibitions
2007 "Photo Mission : Three Stories" - Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver


[top of page]

#1 - 258 East 1st Ave, Vancouver, B.C. Canada V5T 1A6
Tel: 604.736.3282   Email: gallery@elliottlouis.com
Copyright 2008 Elliott Louis Gallery Inc.