Darrell Petit
Born, Montreal, Canada
Lives & works in Stony Creek, Connecticut, USA
Selected Exhibitions and Projects
2006 "1996 & 2006", solo exhibition, Akira Ikeda Gallery-Taura, Japan
2006 Famiglia, site specific sculpture for Joseph A. Gallo residence, Tyringham, MA USA
2006 Runes, a collaborative project with Margie Gillis, Paola Styron and Cylla Von Tiedeman
2005 Connecticut Commission on the Arts Fellowship recipients, Hartford, CT, USA
2005 Renovation of a Japanese Stone Garden, Nabaoka, Japan
2004 Aku Aku, The Rothberg Institute, Guilford, CT, USA
2004 The Circle of Life, Dr. Jonathan Rothberg Estate, Guilford, CT, USA
2003 Gondwana for Richard Bellamy, Riverside Park, New York City, New York, USA
2003 "Approaching Turtles", rock rockscape for Bauermeister estate, Madison CT, USA
2003 International Sculpture Symposium, Egyptian Ministry of Culture, Aswan, Egypt
2002 "Art in the Rock", group exhibition, Branford Open Space, Branford CT, USA
2002 Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition at Empire-Fulton State Park, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2002 Milestones for Peace,Tel Aviv and the International Artists Museum, Lodz, Poland
2001 Rock Garden, The Loeb Residence, Branford, CT, USA
2001 MacAvoy, site-specific sculpture for Paul MacAvoy Residence, South Woodstock, VT, USA
2001 Lithic Alchemy, Julian Akus Gallery, Eastern Connecticut State University, Connecticut, USA
2001 Contingent, Chubu Museum and Cultural Center (Cesar Pelli Architects), Kurayoshi, Japan
2000 finalist in Independence Mall Public Art Competition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
2000 Geological time,The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Bethany, Connecticut, USA
2000 Dreaming III, Akira Ikeda Gallery, New York, New York, USA
2000 site specific waterfront sculpture project, Tuttles Point, Guilford, Connecticut, USA
1999 Cesar Pelli Residence, site specific waterfront sculpture, Branford, Connecticut, USA
1999 site specific waterfront sculpture project, The Loeb Residence, Branford, Connecticut, USA
1999 site specific waterfront sculpture project with architect Ullrich Hellum, Hellgeroa, Larvik, Norway
1999 Competition for a New Monument for O’Connell Street, Dublin Corporation, Dublin, Ireland
1998 Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Erector Square, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
1998 Darrell Petit Sculpture, The Stone Sculpture Garden, Milford, Connecticut, USA
1998 Connecticut Commission on the Arts Fellowship recipients, Hartford, CT, USA
1997 Symposium Norge, International Sculpture Symposium, Larvik, Norway
1996 Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, Queens, New York, USA
1995 Foreign Artists in Kyoto, Kyoto Municipal Art Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
1995 Floor Show, Kyoto City University of the Arts Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
1994 Hirukawa Sculpture Symposium, Hirukawa, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
1992 International Sculpture Symposium, Gulbarga, Karnataka, India
1990 Critical Point-1990, University of Iowa Art on Campus, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
1989 The Saskatoon Project, International Sculpture Symposium, Saskatoon, Canada
1989 Drawings and Sculptures, Gallerie Samuel Lallouz, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1987 Meteorites, Gorlitzer Bahnhoff and Hochschule der Kunste, Berlin, Germany
Selected Collections
The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation,
Bethany, Connecticut, USA
Akira Ikeda Gallery/Japan
Dr. Jonathan Rothberg, Guilford, Connecticut, USA
The Estate of Richard Bellamy/Oil and Steel Gallery, New York, New York, USA
John and Rhoda Loeb Residence, Branford, Connecticut, USA
Paul MacAvoy, Woodstock, Vermont, USA
Cesar Pelli, Branford, Connecticut, USA
The Egyptian Ministry of Culture, Egypt
Gallerie Samuel Lallouz, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
La Collection de Maurice Forget, Musee d’art de Joliette, Joliette, Quebec, Canada
A. Harris Stone and The Learning Collaborative, Inc., Milford, Connecticut, USA
Evan R. Steen, New York NY, USA
Daniel Hiquebran, Westfield NJ, USA
Related Work Experience
2004 The Circle of Life, Dr. Jonathan Rothberg Estate, Guilford, CT, USA
Project Leader: Darrell Petit LLC in collaboration with Lundh’s Labrador AS,
Design, quarry, logistics, engineering of 750 tons of Blue Pearl sculpture
2002-2005 Torosaurus, Peabody Museum, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
Darrell Petit LLC in collaboration with Stony Creek Granite Quarry
Design, quarry, logistics, engineering of 250 ton of granite sculpture
1997- Darrell Petit LLC, Stony Creek, CT, USA
Sculptor & Granite Consultant: have worked with with Cesar Pelli & Associates, Diana
Balmori
1990 - 2001 Stony Creek Granite Quarry LLC, Stony Creek, CT, USA
Sculptor & Architectural project consultant
1996 Kevin Roche-John Dinkeloo & Associates, Hamden, CT, USA
Granite Consultant, Museum of Jewish Heritage, Battery Park City, NY, NY
1991 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS, Canada
Lecturer: Site Specific sculpture, Sculpture in Context, Foundry
1984 Robert Silman Associates, P.C., Consulting Engineers, NY, NY, USA
Architectural Intern -’84, have worked in collaboration for the past 17 years
1983 The National Association for Olmsted Parks, NY, NY, USA
Assistant to the Executive Director, World Conference on Olmsted Parks-’83
Visiting Artist
2006 Colgate University, Hamilton NY, USA
2002 Yale University School of Architecture, guest critic, New Haven, CT, USA
2000 New York University, Department of Neural Science, NY, NY, USA
1998 Brown University, Sculpture Department, Providence, RI. USA
1997 Youngstown University, Youngstown, Ohio, USA
1997 Wesleyan College Department of Sculpture, Middletown, CT, USA
1995 Kyoto City University of the Arts, Sculpture, Kyoto, Japan
1994 University of Pennsylvania, Sculpture Department, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Selected Awards
2003 Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Fellowship
2003 Leighton Studios, Banff Center for the Arts, Residency
2003 The Athena Foundation Artist Grant
2000 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Residency
2000 Leighton Studios, Banff Center for the Arts, Residency
1998 Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Fellowship
1996 The Athena Foundation Artist Grant
1993 Japanese Government (Monbusho) Research Fellowship
1992 Ingram-Merril Foundation Artist Grant
Professional Memberships
College Art Association
International Sculpture Center
US National Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites
Education
1990 The University of Iowa, MA Sculpture/Drawing
1988 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
1985-87 Hochschule der Kunste-Berlin, Germany, Sculpture
1983-84 The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies of New York City, Internship
1978-82 Brown University, BA Urban Studies/Architecture