EDEN BENDER

Eden Bender is an established Toronto based sculptor and painter. Eden’s paintings utilize a minimalist colour palette amplifying the densely textured surfaces. Her monochromatic paintings at first glance appear quiet and placid, but upon closer inspection, visions of soft-focus memories shift shape into surreal and unsettling territory. At first blush, the quiet nesting of images seems relaxed and tranquil until her narrative titles lead you down a rocky path.

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“The dichotomy between light and dark are echoed throughout both my sculpture and painting. It is the psychological aspects of a driven, over stimulated generation, including myself, that compels me to search out an inner calmness and a sense of self-fulfilment”. Eden Bender’s sculptural work is both conceptual and figurative. It often relies on scale to draw the observer into a surreal world of transformation and metamorphosis; a world where the unusual juxtaposition of static and dynamic is the norm”