Philippe Pallafray

Sculptor Philippe Pallafray is a member of the Sculptors Society of Canada. Born in France, he emigrated to Canada in 2006 and currently resides in Québec. Pallafray uses steel and stainless steel that he cuts, shapes, folds, and welds. Pallafray likes to use geometric and curved forms in his sculptures to tame and play with light.

Philippe Pallafray is a member of the Sculptors Society of Canada. Born in France, he emigrated to Canada in 2006 and currently resides in Québec. He uses steel and stainless steel that he cuts, shapes, folds, and welds. Pallafray likes to use geometric and curved forms in his sculptures to tame and play with light.

His sculptures have been exhibited in Canada and the United States, both as part of group and solo exhibitions. His work is in public collections such as Wellington Heritage Museum, Ontario, Royal Botanical Garden, Ontario, and Parc Veilleux, Québec, as well as in private collections  in Canada, France, Asia and the United States.

With rifts, fissures, and empty spaces, Philippe Pallafray stimulates the experience of transparency by playing with the effect of light reflecting off the edge of metal. In his outdoor work, he uses the sun reflecting off stainless steel to recreate landscapes. Composing sculptures with different elements separated by gaps,  Pallafray highlights the antagonism between natural and industrial forces, creating a brutal juxtaposition between nature reflected in the polished metal elements and the mechanical forces of the segments that trap it.