Eventually We Bend

Amy Bowles

new porcelain sculpture
October 9 - November 7, 2026

Eventually We Bend
Eventually We Bend
The Listeners 1-3
The Listeners 4-6
The Listeners 7-10
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The Sylvan Shield
The Sylvan Shield
The Sylvan Shield
Flower Phantom
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Eventually We Bend
Endurance
Endurance
Resilience
Resilience
Under Way
Under Way
Levelled
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Folly Age
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Eventually We Bend
Pareidolia
Weathered Vessel #1
Waving
Weathered Vessel #2
Oak Leaf Guardian
Weathered Vessel #3
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Reeling Beauty
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Abstracting Space 2
Abstracting Space 1
Flock of Feathers
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Leaning
Leaning
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Goblin Hollow
Claw
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Moon Movement
Whip
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Eventually We Bend
Hag Stones
Hag Stones
The Holding
The Holding
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The Green
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Eventually We Bend

Eventually We Bend , 2026
installation view

Paul Petro Contemporary Art is pleased to present an exhibition of new porcelain sculptures by Hamilton-based artist Amy Bowles.


"Eventually We Bend examines bending as an existential posture: not as surrender or collapse, but as an adaptive philosophy of resilience in an unpredictable world.

Working primarily in porcelain - a material that embodies fragility, flexibility, and strength - these new sculptures draw on naturalistic forms that grasp, stretch, and weather over time, becoming playful expressions of conscious adaptation. Through their tension between vulnerability and resilience, the works consider how yielding to the pressures of time can become a form of strength.”

-- Amy Bowles, September 2026


Amy Bowles graduated in 1996 with a BA Hons in Ceramic Design from the Cardiff Institute of Art and Design. After a few years working as an independent artist and children's entertainer, Bowles left the UK and moved to Toronto. She is currently based in Hamilton, ON.