Polly Purvis
Seattle, Washington
Chess Set #2.
Mixed Media , 16x16 chessboard, 1-4” chess pieces , 2026
Recycled, painted chessboard; chess pieces constructed with repurposed aluminum, steel and rubber found objects and hardware.
My current works are sculptural constructions composed of salvaged industrial and marine metals and domestic hardware. I join each piece to highlight their surface, color and texture and to exploit the unique properties of each material. My constructions also incorporate traditional gelatin silver prints with the intent of combining two and three dimensions into a unified form. I recycle found and salvaged objects to reconfigure new forms and re-imagine artifacts to reference history, culture and the environment.
My studio is in Seattle and education is in photography, art history and sculpture. I spent many happy hours as a child in my father's machine shop in Brooklyn where my fascination with industrial metals and machined forms began. I'm inspired by the texture, history and former life of objects that bear signs of their past use. I have created various site specific installations in outdoor public spaces regionally, and exhibited in galleries and museums nationally and internationally for the past 25 years. Medialia Gallery,NJ represents my work.
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Polly Purvis
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206-979-9759

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