JOSEPH PETROVICS

In 1987, Joseph, his wife Judit, and their two daughters, Edith and Vera, visited relatives in Princeton, New Jersey, and in 1988, moved to the United States. Here, Joseph was sponsored by Alex Ettl and Sculpture House Casting Company, based in New York City. As the sculptor-in-residence of the Ettl Farm in Princeton, Joseph worked on multiple monument-sized sculptures, and was particularly inspired by the seemingly endless columns of the skyscrapers of New York, viewed on his frequent commutes into the city from New Jersey... From 2003 to 2006, as the lead sculptor of the team, Joseph worked on the official 9/11 Firefighters Memorial Wall at Ground Zero, New York City. This base-relief is 6-feet in height and measures approximately 56-feet long and is "Dedicated to those who fell and those who carry on." Joseph sculpted the Memorial Wall from the clay model through to the full-scale bronze chasing-finishing of the monument, which was unveiled for permanent placement in 2006 in honor..

Primary location: Blawenburg United States