Evan Penny

Biography

Evan Penny was born a Canadian citizen in South Africa in 1953.

Penny began his studies at Alberta College of Art, graduating with honors in 1975 and returning to his alma mater to study post-graduate sculpture. Utilizing molding techniques for silicone primarily used for movie props, Penny creates hyper-realistic sculptures of mainly head-and-shoulders bodies on a larger than life scale. Through the painstaking addition of scars, blemishes and other imperfections of the body, he investigates human fallibility within his sculptures.

The artist currently lives and works in Toronto, Canada.

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Press

A Matter of Form, San Francisco Chronicle Download PDF (34 K)

Selected Works

Evan Penny Penny, #1, 2007 silicone, pigment, hair, aluminum 12 1/2 x 13 1/2 x 4 inches