Born in Canada, Petit studied at Brown University, The Hochschule der Kunste-Berlin, the Kyoto City University of the Arts and Skowhegan. He has worked in all capacities of the Stony Creek Quarry since 1990 - recently leading the team on the new Statue of Liberty Museum. He is currently on the Board of the Natural Stone Institute. As a sculptor he works in quarries all over the world and with architects and landscape architects having collaborated with some of the country’s most renowned professionals, including Cesar Pelli, Kevin Roche, Diana Balmori, Henry N. Cobb, Michael Van Valkenburgh, among others.
