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.

Anastasia Greer (b. 1991) is an artist living and working in Marquette, MI. Anastasia takes a multimedia approach to painting through the incorporation of textiles which she hand prints and stretches. Eliciting a graphic representation of language, Anastasia’s work functions as a humorous and playful set of runes provoking curiosity and wonder.

Ashely Peifer (b. 1986) is a St. Paul, Minnesota-based artist. 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.

As an American born to Russian immigrants, the “vicarious fantasy of America” is an integral aspect of work by self-taught photographer Dolly Faibyshev (b. 1981). By examining the relationship of her family to their adopted homeland, Faibyshev documents those experiences in pictures, which explore the meaning of the American dream in all its forms. Her images reflect an obsessive sense of color, form, and an unconventional humor. Faibyshev’s first major series, Palm Springs, captured the archaic charm of iconic Palm Springs neighborhoods, resulting in an exhibition and publication, Palm Springs, Mid-Century Modern. She continues to examine themes rooted in Americana with her series Best in show, a quirky look at Show dogs and their handlers. Her portfolio continues to grow with her exploration of rodeos and nightclubs.

In Eddie Perrote's paintings, figurative abstraction and graphic symbolism blend together to create a personal narrative that brings form to emotional and physical sensations, from the experience of joy and heartache to the palpable effervescence of morning dew in a forest.

Hayley Sheldon (b. 1984) is a West Palm Beach, Florida-based multidisciplinary sculptor and installation artist. With a focus on tactility and color, Hayley’s shaped screens explore fleeting experiences of the natural world, like the slow growth of plant life and the gentle shift of sunset to dusk. Distilled to discrete shapes and palettes, these individual pieces can be arranged and reconfigured to suit multiple installations and story-telling opportunities.