Marie Khouri, Creative Director
Khouri is a Louvre-trained sculptor who works with clay, bronze, concrete and wood. Khouri works in the immediacy : spontaneity and sensuality always win over logic and analysis. While her body of work has evolved rapidly, there is a definite continuum in her forms of choice, all of them simultaneously displaying exceptional balance, fullness and generosity. Khouri has exhibited in Paris, Mexico City and Vancouver and has been featured in Architectural Digest Collector and Montecristo, among others.
Education
Sculpture & Drawing - l'Ecole du Louvre and les Ateliers du Louvre, Paris - 2002
Exhibitions
The White Snow, Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver - 2011
SOFA: Small Sculpture Fine Art, Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver - 2010
Surfacing, Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver - 2009
Salon d’Automne 2006 - Paris - 2006
Galerie Everarts - 8 rue d’Argenson, Paris - 2006
Salon d’Automne 2005 - Paris - 2005
Salon d’Automne 2004 - Paris - 2004
Ateliers du Louvre - 111 rue du Louvre, Paris - 2004
Artcurial - Place des Champs Elysées, Paris - 2004
Mairie de Selle St Could - Paris - 2004
Hôtel de l’Industrie - Place Saint Germain des Près, Paris - 2003
Dave Demers, Director of Operations
It is through years of traveling on behalf of botanical institutions and private gardens alike that Demers has become aware of the fundamentals of genius loci, and through writing and nature photography that he has developed his sense of composition. Demers now focuses on creating outdoor spaces rich in meaning where plants, water and soil, as well as light and movement, are assembled to materialize clear ideas. He has written and lectured extensively.
Education
Ornamental Horticulture - Montréal, Quebec
Internships
Stonecrop Gardens - New York
Quaker Hill Native Plant Garden - New York
Heronswood Nursery - Seattle
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden - South Africa