Tone Shift

Uprise Art is pleased to present Tone Shift, an exhibition featuring the work of Hayley Sheldon, Dolly Faibyshev, Eddie Perrote, Ashely Peifer, and Anastasia Greer.

Faibyshev’s photographs capture the people and places that make up the American cultural landscape with an eye toward humor, color, and fantasy. From Dolly Parton impersonators to the New York City Pride Parade, Faibyshev’s photographs capture fleeting moments of joy in kaleidoscopic color. Through a lens that celebrates the extraordinary in the everyday, Faibyshev’s work invites viewers to revel in the exuberance, diversity, and eccentricity of contemporary culture that define our shared experiences.

In these new works, Greer sews together pieces of raw and dyed silk, contrasting the organic quality of the dispersed pigment with defined stitched borders, mimicking the order and chaos of daily life. The interaction between the dye and natural silk fibers results in fluid patterns that embody spontaneity as the dye settles and disperses in unexpected ways. The sewn elements introduce a contrasting dimension, merging the silk's softness with the structured lines of the stitching, the interplay fostering a visual dialogue that offers moments of introspection, contentment, curiosity, and wonder.

From Faibyshev’s quiet observations of loud subjects, to Peifer’s transcendent inner musings, together, these works provide a multifaceted exploration of how art can illuminate, transform, and deepen our understanding of both ourselves and the world around us.

Sheldon’s work is deeply rooted in the act of noticing and reinterpreting the familiar, and her palette reflects the colors she observes throughout West Palm Beach, where she is based. Her woven screens transform everyday landscapes into vivid visual representations that resonate with both memory and metaphor. By capturing the essence of her surroundings with a delicate balance of color and texture, Sheldon guides viewers to experience a heightened sense of awareness and connection to their own environments.

Inspired by visions seen in her own dreams, and her parallel practice in meditation and energy work, Peifer’s paintings are intuitive and mystical musings on the connection between the conscious and unconscious mind. A recurring cast of symbols act as personal incantations, imbuing her paintings with sigils that connote transformation, strength, and rebirth. Deeper meanings are both unveiled and obscured through these symbols, a duality that the artist manipulates deliberately. Frequently, the title of each piece provides subtle hints that guide viewers toward the intended significance, yet the finished paintings are rich with illusions, energy, and a sense of magic.

Through his unique use of color-blocking, Perrote distills the essence of his environment into abstracted forms that evoke the emotional resonance of the natural world. Each painting becomes a window into an internal landscape, revealing how personal memories and feelings intertwine with one’s experience of the external landscape. By shifting the focus from the physicality of nature to its emotional impact, Perrote’s work operates on a more intimate level, with viewers experiencing the natural world not just as a visual phenomenon but as a source of profound emotional reflection.

In Tone Shift each artist brings a unique lens to the examination of human experience. From Faibyshev’s quiet observations of loud subjects, to Peifer’s transcendent inner musings, together, these works provide a multifaceted exploration of how art can illuminate, transform, and deepen our understanding of both ourselves and the world around us.

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