I grew up in a Pennsylvanian town called Spring Brook: it has one restaurant, one bar, and no gas station. I’m an only child, and my upbringing mostly had to do with the forest, then after that, with my queerness. This process of self-realization informs

Parker Dubiel

sculptor

Rochester based multidisciplinary artist Parker Dubiel was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Trained in painting since childhood, he now attends Rochester Institute of Technology, class of 2025, for a bachelors in studio arts with a focus on sculpture.

I grew up in a Pennsylvanian town called Spring Brook: it has one restaurant, one bar, and no gas station. I’m an only child, and my upbringing mostly had to do with the forest, then after that, with my queerness. This process of self-realization informs a lot of my work today; there is a transformation, a death, a confusion, or a love. I make work that is abstract, but I also like to work with figures and memories.

I like to explore themes of the self, the human condition, nature, and queerness. I'm especially concerned with the human body - how it works and behaves, the way we inhabit one, the ways to use it, and the vastness of human experience.

I focus on 3d works, but I am also a painter and printmaker. For my sculpture, I enjoy using steel, fabricated or forged. I create mixed media works, involving found objects, textiles, or clay. I'm thinking about how to push materials to their limits, how materials interact with one another, and how to extract meaning from them.

Contact:

ped4391@rit.edu

parkerdubiel@gmail.com

IG: parkerdubielart

The Orb, steel with black patina, 10" diameter, 2023