About Sanctuary Studio
We are a design-build studio that specializes in creating Sanctuary. Our wildly creative and unique installations & artwork are prominent on both residential and commercial properties providing homeowners and visitors with inspirational areas to rest, relax, heal, and escape.
We accomplish this by finding creative talent, managing multiple teams, and discovering something that is uniquely suited to your space. Our team solves the challenges that may occur with standard interior design, architecture, and landscape design processes. We say no to buying “art” off the shelf, and instead, believe your space can be the art that inspires you.
About Traven
Traven Pelletier was born in St. George’s, Grenada while his parents were serving as Peace Corps volunteers. Raised in Wellfleet and Eastham, Massachusetts, he quickly developed a strong love for his natural surroundings, which have since become the source for his ecologically-oriented sculpture and installation work.
Traven studied sculpture, environmental science, and German at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, graduating with honors from the Studio Art Department. In the mid '90s he developed a collaborative Arts - Mapping Project at the cutting edge of Landscape Installation and Environmental arts while doing his graduate work as a First & Second Year Visual Arts Fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown; spending the Winter of 1997/98 at the C-Scape Dune Shack in the Cape Cod National Seashore park.
Most recently, Traven has been awarded private and public commissions in Michigan and has exhibited at the Ann Arbor Art Center, and done public work for the City of Ann Arbor and the Toledo Museum of Art while building an award winning design/build Landscape firm Lotus Gardenscapes Inc.
Known for his creative approach and unique artistic designs, you can find Traven’s awe-inspiring work exhibited locally and internationally. He brings talent and an artist’s eye to challenging design problems combining the natural elements; stone, water, wood & plantings with artistic flair.
Traven currently lives in Chelsea, Michigan, He is a Michigan Licensed Builder and a Certified Green Professional. He has extensive experience in the fields of Fine Art, Sculpture, Design and Landscape Architecture.
List of Accomplishments:
BA of Art - Wesleyan University - 1994
Fine Arts Work Center - 3 years independent Fellowship work with 1st&2nd year fine arts Fellowships 1996 & 1998
LEF Foundation Ecological Arts Grants 1998-99
1996-2000 Multiple exhibitions at Schoolhouse Gallery & PAAM Provincetown MA
1997 International 2 person exhibition Stichting Kunstruimte Kampen -Netherlands
2007 Environmental Art Exhibition A2 Art Center Ann Arbor MI
2010 Treeform Installation - permanent public art - West Park City of Ann Arbor MI
2013 Elemental Totems - 2 person Exhibition - Malton Gallery - ADC Fine Art - Cincinnati OH
Multiple Design Awards - Michigan Nursery & Landscape Association 2010-2020
Multiple Design Awards - Detroit Home Awards
2020 National Association Landscape Professionals - National Design Build Award